Michelle Mone, a Baroness, and her husband, Doug Barrowman, are embroiled in a scandal involving their connection to PPE Medpro, a company that received lucrative government contracts. It has been revealed that a journalist who worked on a film about Mone also acted as a private investigator for her. Several lawyers have issued incorrect statements on behalf of Mone, with one lawyer apologizing and another distancing himself from Mone's claim. The Guardian has named the lawyers involved. Additionally, Michelle Mone is facing legal action from The New European and Good Law Project for allegedly lying to the press and attempting to bully them through her lawyers. The government is cooperating with an inquiry into PPE Medpro, and there are calls for Mone to lose her place in the Lords if found guilty.
Baroness Mone facing legal action following 'threats' to sue newspaper over PPE coverage Read more ⬇ https://t.co/s086K2Ji4H
Gov contracts for gowns & masks £200 mill, allegedly fast-tracked via “VIP lane” to PPE Medpro yielded profits £65 mill which £29 mill somehow found way into a trust of which Mone, Barrowman & their children are beneficiaries Thank you @AllisonPearson https://t.co/KTltsuKtPc
Popcorn time🍿 Michelle Mone is now being sued by those she tried to bully through her lawyers, while all the time she knew she was lying @TheNewEuropean & @GoodLawProject now suing her for the money they had to waste defending themselves https://t.co/190AjGWLQG
💥NEW: We’re helping @TheNewEuropean sue Michelle Mone💥 The newspaper has spent thousands of pounds defending legal action from Michelle Mone over its coverage of the PPE Medpro scandal. Now we’re going to help get it back. ⬇️ https://t.co/sG3VsCueq1
Michelle Mone & libel lawyers @BylineTimes She claimed she lied to press as her lawyers told her to A Mone lawyer has now hired another lawyer saying - to say he lied to press on her behalf is defamatory We're gonna need a bigger spreadsheet😂 https://t.co/TiOUC9rO4n
Three years ago almost to the day we were working on our first PPE Medpro piece, trying to understand why its £203m government contracts were “VIP lane” when Michelle Mone’s lawyer said she had no “association” with it. This week that lawyer apologised. https://t.co/x7Xu86BreU
An investigation into Michelle Mone's husband, Doug Barrowman's company PPE MedPro has begun ⚖️ She is believed to have exploited personal contacts to get onto the VIP fast track to a public procurement contract. Many insist that she should lose her place in the Lords if found… https://t.co/xJrkiu2NkX
An investigation into Michelle Mone's husband, Doug Barrowman's company PPE MedPro has begun She is believed to have exploited personal contacts to get onto the VIP fast track to a public procurement contract Many insist that she should lose her place in the Lords if found… https://t.co/Bk3k7QV9JN
🔴 Gove ‘cooperating’ with inquiry into Mone PPE firm and says he hopes a case is brought against her https://t.co/AAQajVTGaU
Michelle Mone's lawyer sidesteps responsibility for repeating his client's lies and attacking a Guardian journalist's credibility: "I've acted at all times in accordance with my duties and obligations as a solicitor. I acted with total propriety." Really? https://t.co/JJcjLBaAap
Lawyer who represented Michelle Mone says he's sorry for claiming she was not linked to a PPE firm after she 'misled him' https://t.co/xiwH6I8MXo https://t.co/0Z8apVmWLM
Name and shaming the Mone lawyers - good Guardian move. There is a duty to the client, innocent until proven guilty etc etc; but once Baroness Mone turned into a self-confessed liar, all bets are off. Same applied in the Wirecard case https://t.co/4TxGBAQ3aG
“Jonathan Coad, a well-known media lawyer, said his client “never had any role or function” in Medpro. He also said “any suggestion of an association” between Mone and the company would be “inaccurate, “misleading and defamatory”. https://t.co/gnzpkYKOeL
Lawyer apologises for saying Michelle Mone was not linked to PPE firm https://t.co/zI6vzuDI5q
The Guardian has taken the decision to name three lawyers who issued incorrect statements on behalf of Michelle Mone. One, Jonathan Coad, has offered an “unqualified apology”. The other two have not. https://t.co/hov8DVjoTo
Lawyers queuing up to apologise for spreading @MichelleMone lies. There should be consequences to Barrowman and Mone beyond ridicule on this website. https://t.co/Y0AvjlXKEo
BREAKING: A lawyer who represented Michelle Mone has apologised for incorrectly claiming she was not connected to PPE Medpro. Two other lawyers who acted for Mone said client confidentiality limited what they could say. @guardian has named the lawyers. https://t.co/xvWHpzQlAf
Baroness Mone claims Tory ministers always knew about her personal connection to PPE Medpro. So why didn’t the Government correct the record when she originally misled the media? Disappointing to see the Chancellor refuse to answer questions on this serious matter today. https://t.co/yUI4ZnEPRf
Michael Gove told the media earlier today that he hopes "justice can be served". I agree with Michael — let's take a look at his record on PPE deals during the pandemic. ⬇️ https://t.co/PcIqNDTzWp
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Mone’s Lawyer Distances Himself from her Claim She Lied to Press on his Advice A lawyer acting for the lawyer of Mone told Byline Times it would be defamatory to suggest he ‘knowingly represented a false position’ – @iainoverton reports https://t.co/9OrONW27ZW
Bloody hell 🔥 Ex-cop Mark Williams-Thomas behind the Michelle Mone PR film also worked as a private investigator for her, hubby Doug Barrowman and PPE Medpro to help try to identify a suspected leaker, reveals @david_conn https://t.co/n1CaJxnMpr
Revealed: journalist behind Michelle Mone film also worked as private investigator on her behalf https://t.co/5OfiuY8bY2