The whole 'trial by media' thing scares the living fuck out of me. It is so easy to manipulate people on both sides. There is some compelling evidence in this case, and newspapers have stated that none of the women knew each other or were paid for their testimonies. Further, they stated that it took a long time to release the story because they were being fastidious about evidence gathering.
Okay, fine, but the UK press is now having a field day hunting for new people to come forward (with incentives being offered), and all sorts of irrelevant and misleading stories are being thrown out to the public (the funniest one being that he shagged the transsexual antiques dealer Lauren Harries). There must be a fair trial before this sort of thing can happen. I'd rather die than be a celebrity.