Where Fake Sheik Mazher Mahmood is now after ITV I'm A Celebrity's Tulisa drug scandal

N-Dubz prima Tulisa is champion known to galore for her euphony career, but she besides became embroiled successful a high-profile proceedings aft being acceptable up by undercover newsman Mazher Mahmood

Tulisa was erstwhile 1 of the biggest names successful showbiz until she "lost everything." Now, she's relaunching her vocation connected ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

The erstwhile X Factor justice faced allegations made by notorious writer 'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood, claiming she was capable to assistance him get his hands connected drugs. "It's been a journey. And determination is nary prime successful coping. You either combat oregon you fall. And truthful I've flooded things that, you know, I didn't realise I was susceptible of overcoming," she told OK! Magazine.

Entangled successful ungraded owed to Mahmood, who notoriously utilized his Fake Sheikh persona to lure celebrities into compromising situations, Tulisa faced pugnacious times successful 2013. The N-Dubz prima was arrested connected June 4, 2013, connected suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and was aboriginal bailed to a day successful July of the aforesaid year. Tulisa, 36, was charged connected December 9 with "being acrophobic successful the proviso of Class A drugs," and aboriginal appeared astatine Westminster Magistrates Court wherever she denied being involved.

However, the proceedings which was acceptable for July 14, 2014 was aboriginal dismissed aft it emerged that writer Mazher Mahmood, who was known arsenic the "fake sheikh" had lied to the court. He was aboriginal sentenced to 15 months down bars. Entrapped by Mahmood's strategy implying a starring movie role, she recovered herself accused of arranging a cocaine woody worthy £820 for him, contempt believing him to beryllium portion of the filming industry—a setup which led to apprehension and trial.

However, Tulisa valiantly stood against the wrongdoing, yet bringing Mahmood's arguable techniques to light. During the trial, Mahmood was convicted of conspiring to pervert the people of justness aft his driver, Alan Smith, altered a constabulary connection that omitted remarks from the vocalist indicating her disapproval of hard drugs. The lawsuit against Tulisa collapsed, and Mahmood received a 15-month situation condemnation for tampering with evidence.

Previously, Mahmood had been employed by the Sunday Times and the now-defunct News of the World, wherever his investigative enactment reportedly led to 94 convictions. He gained notoriety for exposing wrongdoings but faced disapproval for orchestrating stings portion masquerading arsenic an Arab businessman to unafraid stories.

One of his high-profile targets was exemplary Jodie Kidd, who discussed her ordeal successful the 2023 Prime Video documentary bid "The Fake Sheikh," wherever she lamented that befriending him was "the biggest mistake of my life," aft being labelled a "coke fixer" successful the property pursuing their encounter.

Post-conviction successful 2016 and consequent imprisonment, Mahmood vanished from the limelight and is presumed to person ceased moving arsenic a journalist. Nonetheless, successful a 2023 interrogation with The Guardian, Paul Samrai, an subordinate of Mahmood's, hinted astatine rumours that Mahmood mightiness inactive beryllium progressive successful journalism, albeit nether a pseudonym.

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