Lily Allen accuses Dan Wootton of “bullying and constant surveillance” as allegations emerge

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Lily Allen has accused broadcaster Dan Wootton of “bullying and constant surveillance”, following new criminal accusations against him emerging.As reported by BBC, recent reports have included claims of the journalist offering media colleagues thousands of pounds for explicit material of themselves, and led to an online campaign to have him “cancelled”.The broadcaster – who has worked for The Sun, News Of The World, MailOnline and appeared as the Showbiz correspondent on ITV’s Lorraine – has admitted making “errors of judgement in the past” but denied all allegations of criminality.Publishers of The Sun and MailOnline have both confirmed that they are looking into the accusations raised against him, and Wootton has claimed that he has become a victim of a “witch hunt”.“These past few days I have been the target of a smear campaign by nefarious players with an axe to grind,” he said on GB News. “I, like all fallible human beings, have made errors of judgement in the past.

But the criminal allegations being made against me are simply untrue.”He continued: “I would like nothing more than to address those spurious claims.

I could actually spend the next two hours doing so, but on the advice of my lawyers I cannot comment further.”Following the allegations, pop star and actress Lily Allen took to Twitter and claimed that she faced “bullying and constant surveillance” from Wootton.She made the comments in a tweet, and shared a screenshot of one of Wootton’s updates, which contained an image of The Sun’s headline page showing her reportedly unconscious at Glastonbury, along with the headline “Wasted”.“Whilst i’m able to take responsibility for my own actions i can hand on heart say that a big part of the reason i would get.