US authorities destroyed dossiers on Lord Mountbatten at the request of the British Government after discovery of wartime FBI file accusing aristocrat of having a 'perversion for young boys', historian claims

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12089825/US-authorities-destroyed-dossiers-Lord-Mountbatten-request-UK-Government-historian-claims.html

• Andrew Lownie found FBI file claiming Mountbatten had 'lusting for young boys'

• He says he was told other files on the Earl were destroyed after he asked for them

The US destroyed FBI dossiers on Lord Mountbatten at the request of the British Government after the discovery of a wartime file accusing the royal of being a paedophile, his biographer has claimed.

Writing for The Mail's new Royals section, Andrew Lownie expanded on his 2019 discovery of a Second World War-era file which contained the claim that the Earl was a 'homosexual with a lusting for young boys'.

When he made a request to the FBI for other files the agency held on Mountbatten, he was told they had been destroyed 'after you asked for them'.

Dr Lownie, the author of The Mountbattens: their Lives & Loves, claimed this had been 'clearly' carried out at the 'request of the British Government'.

The historian also lamented the 'absurd' difficulty faced by biographers in getting access to royal archives in the UK after finding that files on King Edward VIII and his American wife Wallis Simpson were 'mysteriously' withdrawn from public view.

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Jury deliberates, no verdict yet in Danny Masterson rape retrial

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jury-deliberates-no-verdict-yet-in-danny-masterson-rape-retrial/ar-AA1bhO1y?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Jurors in Danny Masterson’s rape retrial finished their first day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the case against the former “That ’70s Show” star.

The jury of seven women and five men got the case in the morning when prosecutors finally finished their rebuttal after all-day closing arguments a day earlier. They deliberated for about 3 and a half hours before going home, without asking any questions or giving an indication of how discussions were going. They resume Thursday morning.

Late last year, a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case against Masterson involving rape allegations by three women, and Los Angeles Judge Charlaine Olmedo declared a mistrial.

Prosecutors said in their closing argument Tuesday that Masterson drugged the women in order to assault them, then relied on his status as a prominent member in the Church of Scientology to avoid consequences for decades.

“You don’t want to have sex? You don’t have a choice," Deputy District Attorney Ariel Anson told the jury. "The defendant makes that choice for these victims. And he does it over and over and over again.”

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