Famous British actor who gagged the press about his shagging prostitutes

**Seekingasylum** · 19-04-2011, 03:01 PM

....is Hugh Bonneville.

Now, stating this in breach of the injunction currently in force and having it published in the UK would mean imprisonment and or a fine for those responsible. But since this is the internet on a site hosted outside the UK nothing nasty will happen to the Dog.

But really, is it right that a man who seeks his fame and fortune in the public eye should be protected from that gaze when he is discovered philandering in moral turpitude with a common prostitute whose name has not been similarly concealed?

Personally, I think not. However, I do admire his work and would recommend in particular to anyone his performance in a Diary of a Nobody.

**Bobcock** · 19-04-2011, 03:04 PM

ain't that famous, never heard of him.

**Seekingasylum** · 19-04-2011, 03:09 PM

I think he caught the attention of many in Britain because of a series, " Downton Abbey " but he's been around a while. You may remember him as the bumbling banker type in " Notting Hill ".

**DrAndy** · 19-04-2011, 03:16 PM

so why are you so determined to "out" the poor man

all he did was fuck a prostitute

Originally Posted by thegent

is it right that a man who seeks his fame and fortune in the public eye should be protected from that gaze when he is discovered philandering in moral turpitude with a common prostitute whose name has not been similarly concealed?

oh right, another Mary Whitehouse on the march

**DrAndy** · 19-04-2011, 03:18 PM

from a blog

Everyone's favourite family man footballer Ryan Giggs is the hot rumour for the Imogen Thomas all-Welsh in-flagrante. And top Hollywood actor Hugh Bonneville as the Rooney-prostitute user.

**nidhogg** · 19-04-2011, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by thegent

You may remember him as the bumbling banker type in " Notting Hill ".

Notting Hill? I though you were supposed to be a pretentious twat, not a raving woofter.

Any movie with Hugh Fucking Grant should be burnt, preferrably before release.

sabaii sabaii · 19-04-2011, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Any movie with Hugh Fucking Grant should be burnt, preferrably before release.

^ Harsh but fair

**DrAndy** · 19-04-2011, 04:16 PM

I quite liked "Notting Hill, and "All those weddings and this and that"

just because HG was in them, so what?

**blue** · 19-04-2011, 04:18 PM

Hugh Grant can only play one role -himself -a bumbelling idiot .
and as playing yourself is not acting , he is not an actor.

Hugh Bonneville never heard of him ,
looking at his CV - expensive private school then Cambridge University then some poncy drama schools , finally breaking into TV series at 27 .
A TOSSER ?
Well , I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt till I read
''He is also fluent in French.''
Guilty as charged , throw the fukin keys away

**baldrick** · 19-04-2011, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by thegent

Famous British actor

Originally Posted by thegent

Hugh Bonneville

never heard of the pommy cnut

is he a mate of yours genticles ? were you his fag or vice versa ?

**Gerbil** · 19-04-2011, 04:33 PM

^^ have to agree there. Sounds like a wanker of the highest order.

**Kurgen** · 19-04-2011, 04:35 PM

Who the fuck is Hugh?

**taxexile** · 19-04-2011, 04:45 PM

is it right that a man who seeks his fame and fortune in the public eye should be protected from that gaze when he is discovered philandering in moral turpitude with a common prostitute whose name has not been similarly concealed?

ita absolutely correct that his privacy is protected, his morals are his business and his alone, its not for you or i to judge whether his morals are better or worse than ours.

although i dont know the details of this story, the lady in question, or as you pompously brand her, a common prostitute, is probably quite grateful for the publicity.

the private affairs of an actor have no bearing on his employment.

the english obsession with curtain twitching is typical of the holier than thou pomposity that characterises that race.

let the man be, its nothing to do with you, me or anyone else.

sabaii sabaii · 19-04-2011, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by taxexile

let the man be, its nothing to do with you, me or anyone else.

What about his wife and child ?

**Warwick** · 19-04-2011, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by thegent

But really, is it right that a man who seeks his fame and fortune in the public eye should be protected from that gaze when he is discovered philandering in moral turpitude with a common prostitute whose name has not been similarly concealed?

Provided that he is not seeking fame through claiming to be a moral pillar of society, I don't see it is our business what he does in his private life.

**Tickiteboo** · 19-04-2011, 04:57 PM

Think I used to know his brother "Triumph" .

**taxexile** · 19-04-2011, 05:00 PM

What about his wife and child ?

thats for them to sort out, not the baying mob.

for all we know he may have an open relationship with his wife or he may be a serial philanderer of the highest order. its really not our business.

it doesnt affect his work, he hasnt robbed anybody or stabbed anybody.

Gagging order actor blocks web users who guessed his identity

A leading actor who obtained a privacy injunction after cheating on his wife with a prostitute has had to block internet communications from members of the public who have guessed his identity.

Prostitute Helen Wood said she had been paid to have sex with a world famous actor

By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter 7:39AM BST 19 Apr 2011

The world-famous celebrity has found it increasingly difficult to keep his name a secret after Helen Wood told a newspaper he had paid her £195 for sex.

Miss Wood, whose other clients include the England footballer Wayne Rooney, was banned from naming the actor after he was granted a gagging order by a High Court judge.

But yesterday it emerged that he has had to take steps to prevent members of the public contacting him via the internet after he received abusive messages referring to his infidelity.

The actor’s name has appeared on several websites since the injunction was granted last week. Internet sites based abroad are free to publish his name because injunctions only apply to publishers in the UK.

He has faced an uphill struggle to keep his identity secret despite being granted a gagging order by a judge.

14 Apr 2011
On Wednesday a High Court judge upheld an existing order preventing newspapers from naming the “world famous celebrity”, as he was described in court, but lifted a ban on naming Miss Wood or detailing the nature of her allegations.

Mark Stephens, one of the country’s leading media lawyers, said privacy injunctions had created a “two tier freedom of speech” system, in which newspapers were gagged but websites were effectively beyond the reach of the law.

He said: “These injunctions are not enforceable outside the UK, so foreign newspapers and websites based abroad are free to report the names of those involved.

“In the age of the internet people using the courts to obtain injunctions ought to be identified, even if the media cannot report why they have sought the injunction, otherwise you have a two-tier freedom of speech situation and that clearly is wrong.”

The actor, who is a father, is one of more than 30 wealthy or famous people who have successfully used the courts to keep damaging details of their private lives secret in the past two years.

The man, described in court papers as NEJ, booked 24-year-old Miss Wood through an escort agency two years ago, using a false name.

He arranged to spend an hour with her and was not wearing a wedding ring when he arrived at the apartment block where she was living.

Miss Wood told the Sun newspaper that she asked him if he was married and he replied: “I’d prefer not to say,” but admitted he was an actor and told her “you’re a very beautiful young lady”.

Several months earlier Miss Wood and a second prostitute were paid £1,000 by the England striker Wayne Rooney for a threesome in a five-star Manchester hotel.

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after reading the article, and learning that the woman went to the press about the story in the first place, i have to say that gents description of her as a common prostitute is spot on.

a true professional would ply her trade with discretion and pride.

and that the court was absolutely right to preserve the mans privacy, although the gent, in his outburst of moral fervour has named and shamed the poor chap.

**hopskimoet** · 19-04-2011, 05:10 PM

The price of fame. If it was a normal, everyday, bloke, that does the same, no one bats an eyelid.

**Seekingasylum** · 19-04-2011, 05:20 PM

Oh Tax, come on, you know full well this isn't about morality or has that last G&T spurred you to such splenetic indignation your comprehension has become impaired?

I rather thought I made it quite clear.

Privacy is an interesting issue and one that has to be balanced with the freedom of the press. If the chap was an MP spouting forth upon the sanctity of marriage etc and then was discovered canoodling with a common prostitute would you not wish to read about it? Or are you going to say that any privacy law has to be qualified? In which case where does that leave you and your argument that everyone's private affairs are their own?

As I said, if you make your way in the world by courting the public then it is only right the public sees you, warts and all.

Another case in point is the super injunctor, Fred "the shred" Goodwin. There the chap was, knee deep in a crisis leading to the destruction of his bank, and we subsequently learn, or rather the people in the UK didn't learn, he was banging secretaries when perhaps his attentions should have been concentrated elsewhere.

Essentially, folk engaging in dubious activity who are in the public domain should accept the consequences of their actions.

Freedom of the press and all that, eh what?

**nidhogg** · 19-04-2011, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by taxexile

the english obsession with curtain twitching is typical of the holier than thou pomposity that characterises that race.

.

LOL. I am sure Tiger woods, Charlie sheen, Jimmy Swaggart and, well, too many to name really, would fail to support your assertation that this was an "english obsession"....

**taxexile** · 19-04-2011, 05:34 PM

hes a b-list actor, not governor of the bank of england, archbishop of canterbury or any other high flying man with the responsibilities of the nations interest on his shoulders.

its nobodies business but his own.

the press should not be free to intrude on the private lives of "ordinary" people who have committed no crimes. they are not stories, they are snippets of idle gossip, that used to be passed over garden fences by housewives on washday and never got further than the end of the street.

the press these days are feeding the public a very unhealthy diet, obsessed with the everyday lives of nonentity celebs and their partners, their cosmetic surgery, their clothes, their burps and their farts, all the stupid salacious minutiae of their stupid worthless lives.

whats even more worrying is that an increasingly vapid public just lap all this shite up as if was gold dust.

the world is truly going mad.

**Seekingasylum** · 19-04-2011, 05:39 PM

Can't recall seeing that many guests viewing before, 64 and possibly rising. Dog you owe me a drink, n'est ce pas?

**DrAndy** · 19-04-2011, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by taxexile

the english obsession with curtain twitching is typical of the holier than thou pomposity that characterises that race.

blimey, a sentence worthy of theGents! I hope it isn't catching

Originally Posted by thegent

Essentially, folk engaging in dubious activity who are in the public domain should accept the consequences of their actions.

disagree

those who claim a moral superiority and are in the public domain, yes, especially those elected to represent us

a common actor, no. The publicity and interest is merely prurient

**nidhogg** · 19-04-2011, 05:51 PM

5 members and 95 guests......

**Seekingasylum** · 19-04-2011, 05:53 PM

Mind you, I could be wrong and it may be Ewan McGregor or that Craig fellow who plays james Bond or perhaps even.........

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