Madeleine McCann: Kelsey Lynn Kudia For Hire, Paris Hilton And Propaganda
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN front page: “’MADDIE’ FOR HIRE”
Tonight Kelsey Lynn Kudia is Madeleine McCann. Kelsey looks likes Madeleine McCann. She’s not in Morocco. She;s nopt Bouchra Benaissa. She not in Malta. But for the right fee she might be. Kelsey is a working Madeleine McCann double
Pages 4 and 5: “The boss of a lookalike agency who hopes to make a fortune out of a little Madeleine McCann double said last night: ‘It’s not sinister – it’s entertainment’. Shona Adams reckons three-year-old Kelsey Lynn Kudla’s similarity to missing Maddie could earn her £9MILLION for starring in a proposed feature film about the vanished tot”
Well, someone would have to play the missing child, unless she is found alive and well…
Says Shona, owner of London’s Juliet Adams Model Agency: “If the film about Madeleine is ever made, then the world is Kelsey’s oyster. If someone like Steven Spielberg made it, she could make £9million easily – of which I’d take 20 per cent. She will become a name in her own right and make it as a child model or actress because she’s got her foot in the door”
Just when you thought it was safe to holiday in Portugal…Dum-dum…
Of course, great acting careers have begun with less. Didn’t Tom Hanks play the baby in a Cry In The Dark?
She continues: “And from there, her earning potential is limitless. It’s not sinister. And if the McCanns are upset, there’s nothing they can do because it’s a democracy. I wouldn’t back away from it because, if a film is being made, then it’s entertainment”
Kate and Gerry McCann are “doctors”.
Says Shona: “I wouldn’t put Kelsey in a position of doing anything bad taste”
SLAP IN FACE FOR McCANNS: Sun columnist Lorraine Kelly says: “It makes you recoil to think a lookalike agency would have a Madeleine on their books alongside someone who looks like Jack Nicholson or Paris Hilton”
Whatever could she mean? Neither Nicolson nor Hilton were available to defend themselves…
DAILY EXPRESS: “The Madeleine lookalike on hire for £600 an hour”
Do you want to get your resort or country in the papers? Hire Kelsey to be a “Madeleine” and attract the world’s media to your locale as she is spotted time and time again
Kelsey is American
“PARENTS trying to ‘distract’ police
A source “close to the official police” investigation says: “Who do the McCanns think they are? The discovery of new witnesses in the last few weeks lead the authorities to believe they are at war with a gigantic propaganda machine. The McCanns have some very powerful people on their side - millionaires, celebrities, even politicians”
Says Robert Murat’s lawyer: “Robert Murat does not have millionaires supporting him, nor campaign funds. “He just wants to see his name cleared in this case as he has nothing to do with Madeleine’s disappearance, despite every day people emerging trying to forcibly incriminate him”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE – The £600 an hour lookalike”
Page 7: “MADDIE DOUBLE FOR HIRE”
“A sick mother is touting her daughter as a £600-an-hour Madeleine McCann lookalike,” says the paper, amid adverts for “adult fantasies”, “nasty sex” and FILTH”
She is an “unnamed American girl” - see the Sun above
Says Clarence Mitchell: “This is an offensive way to make money out of Madeleine’s disappearance. This is deeply offensive to parents Kate and Gerry”
MADDIE: THE MOVIE: “Yesterday, Channel 4’s head of documentaries Angus Macqueen said he had attended a meeting with the McCanns’ representatives to discuss a movie. He tells us: “Of course we are interested in making a film about this compelling story. We have a history of making quality films about crime matters”
That’s entertainment: “Meanwhile, producers of US psychic TV show Haunting Evidence have been in Praia da Luz planning their own show about Madeleine’s disappearance”
DAILY MAIL: “McCanns are ready to sack detective agency”
Says a source: “We will carry on the search for Madeleine, but not necessarily with Metodo 3. We are stuck with them to the end of the contracted period. The question of whether it is renewed or not has still to be decided. They have faced not having their contract renewed every since Francisco shot his mouth off… It was made clear what they were doing was foolish and unhelpful”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “US TV psychics join hunt for Madeleine McCann”
“Three clairvoyants from the hit show will travel to Praia da Luz in a bid to find the missing four-year-old”
Come in Madeleine…
Kate and Gerry McCanns have received “1,500” offers from psychics hoping to find Madeleine. Like the Psychic Barber…
Says Clarence Mitchell: “We did receive an offer and chose on this occasion not to respond. We are grateful for any assistance they bring to bear in the hunt for finding Madeleine. We thank them for their concern and any demonstrably checkable fact is passed on to the police or the private detective agency”
Tune and pick up into Madeleine on the telly…
Madeleine McCann: the entertainment, speculation and lookalikes…
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January 11th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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Will Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Male or female all the same to me.
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WHAT?????? Now that’s called putting your foot in it ……..
January 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Male or female all the same to me.
January 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
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BabyJane Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Ian is a boy???
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I sure hope so, seeing that he’s referred to himself as a dad???? Or am I remembering correctly here …. oh no wassup Ian …. clarify quickly
January 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Ian is a boy???
January 11th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
771…Ian
if it wasn’t…..think positive….no offspring could result from that
tryst.
January 11th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
772
Either way, Ian, it still makes for an everlasting memory, right?
January 11th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
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Ian Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
770
766
Im hoping that the liverpuddlian I may have spent a pleasant few hours with in my youth was in fact a female!
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I sincerely hope so for your sake! I can see one very sleepless night coming up ……….
January 11th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
M&A … Spam devil decided he’s missing me terribly, and grabbed my last post. Would you please be so kind as to release it, it’s a copy of the reply I received from the solicitors of the Find Madeleine Fund. Thank You
January 11th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
January 11th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
770
766
Im hoping that the liverpuddlian I may have spent a pleasant few hours with in my youth was in fact a female!
January 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
ITV has just said the PJ has asked for three-month arguido extension for McCanns
January 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Just received a reply from the solicitors of the Find Madeleine Fund regarding the query I sent them as to whether they were going to ask for a refund from M3 because the promise of returning Madeleine by Christmas was not honoured. I copy directly from their letter sent to me :
By email: julie***@********.*** (sorry, censored for privacy
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Dear Madam
Madeleine’s Fund – Leaving no Stone Unturned Limited
We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23 December 2007 which was also sent to the auditors of Madeleine’s Fund, Haysmacintyre. We are also replying on behalf of Haysmacintyre.
We are advised by our client that reports in the media purporting to be from the investigators, which made claims as to when Madeleine would be found are inaccurate and misrepresentations of their views.
Our client has every confidence in the investigators who continue the search for Madeleine.
Yours faithfully
Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP
January 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
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Slyfox Says:
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very perceptive
January 11th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
756 Carmen
I looked in the archives. There was a Carmen in France - female. I guess that’s you. The other was the male with Carmen as surname. I don’t know what you mean about being clever. I remember the man saying that - if it wasn’t you, then it was a poster with the same name.
January 11th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
768, 765
Only one fact? Its going to be a very short trial!
January 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
765…the watcher
You overlooked some.
January 11th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
You are on a losing streak tonight Stevo, nothing new there, no one said I was on the American continent, supposition again Stevo.
January 11th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
436 Carmen
All this Carmen talk is making me feel a little uncomfortable!
Is this the same Carmen as was heading toward me puckering up ready to administer the kiss of life earlier?
EEEEK!
January 11th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
i see its business as usual on here
people - you know who you are …
trying desperately to look important , spouting outlandish theories and opinions based on rubbish printed in the tabloids.
there is only one fact in all of this
a little girl is missing.
that is the ONLY fact.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Now Stevo give it a rest, you were wrong as your post shows+++++++++++626
Stevo Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
622 Carmen
Just curious because I read “sweetie”. You’re male and I assumed you didn’t call another bloke “sweetie”. It’s hardly obsessive or unhealthy to ask a simple off the cuff question
January 11th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
750 Totje
I have done a very quick Google search but been unable to find when the law was changed - quite recently, it seems. You may find this of interest, though - from 2002, six years ago:
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Police say new child murder law is needed
Met presses for joint liability when individual evidence is lacking
John Carvel, social affairs editor, ‘Guardian’, Friday April 19, 2002
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Dozens of child killers are escaping prosecution every year because the police cannot identify which carer dealt the fatal blow, a public inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié will be told today.
Evidence from the Metropolitan police calls for changes in the law to allow parents and other carers to be jointly convicted of conspiracy to murder without there being proof of which individual caused the injury, provided both carers were present in the building at the relevant time.
The police have been frustrated by the regularity of cases in which all the medical evidence points to murder or assault, but in which no prosecution can be mounted. Some parents and relatives have blamed each other for attacks or refused to give evidence to establish which of them was the perpetrator.
According to a police expert in child protection, there are, each year, between 30 and 40 child murders in England in which the killer escapes prosecution in this way. This compares with about 150 cases in which homicide is proved.
The police believe there are a further 120 serious assaults every year in which the perpetrator escapes prosecution for the same reason.
Under the change proposed by the Met, parents could be convicted of conspiracy to murder even if they were in another room and unaware of the assault at the time it was committed. Parents, relatives or carers could also be convicted of conspiracy if they were present and tried unsuccessfully to intervene to stop the crime.
In a recent case on the south coast of England, a child died after being severely traumatised by violent shaking. The medical evidence pointed to murder. The child was being cared for by a grandmother. They were visiting an aunt, who said she had been in the kitchen at the time and did not hear a disturbance. The grandmother said she was out of the room and had come back to find the child had suffered an unprovoked seizure.
Police wanted to prosecute in this case and sought advice from a leading QC. He advised that neither adult could be charged since no individual responsibility could be proved. The case was dropped.
The Met’s view will be put in evidence to the inquiry, under Lord Laming, which is seeking to learn the lessons from the case of the child abuse victim Victoria Climbié. It is focusing today on whether child protection services are effective and delivered consistently across the country.
The police evidence says: “Criminal investigations are sometimes unable to proceed to a judicial process where both parents/carers maintain their silence or blame each other for the death or injury to their child, thereby escaping prosecution.”
Parents should have a statutory duty of care towards their children or other children in their care. “Parents/carers, if they decline to offer an explanation should be subject of a ’special warning’ along the lines of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.”
This move would allow carers to be charged and convicted of conspiracy to murder or assault “without proving which individual struck the blow or caused the injury, providing both were present at the relevant time”.
The possibility of conviction and a maximum sentence of life without proof of any individual responsibility would overturn centuries of English legal tradition.
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January 11th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
753 Sledgehammer
Thanks, I didnt see your defence but appreciate it anyway!
January 11th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
740 Julie
Good point about the twins not kicking up a fuss about their parents leaving them.
You would expect tots of that age to do the ‘clingy’ bit and make a real fuss about being separated from mum and dad.
Except you wouldn’t see that from the twins if they were predominantly looked after by a nanny and their parents only spent ‘exhibition’ time with their ‘trophy’ brood on high days and holidays and had no more of a personal relationship with them than with the BMW or the ‘lovely’ home. IMO.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
756
Carmen
So what happened to the other Carmen from Spain then?
January 11th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
749
Ian Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
740 Julie
I think this is the result of the children being with nannies, in creches etc for almost all of their lives.
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All three of my boys were in creches at 2 years of age (this was because I HAD to work to support us), they had learned by this age to accept this as part of their routine. However, it was an entirely different kettle of fish when I needed to go somewhere and had to leave them with family or friends for a while, they would go into absolute fits of tears because to them it wasn’t normal for me to leave them.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
753 Sledgehammer
If you’re on the American continent, I’d find it weird for anyone there to say “spat the dummy”. I think you make it up as you go along.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
752 Julie
I think thats right.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
749 Ian
I remember growing up as a kid in the military, there were always some families who sent their kids off to boarding school. Their parents were like mine and I always felt bad for them because there was a definite difference that even as a kid you could detect. Why bother having kids to send them away for months on end?
January 11th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
750…Totje
Fred/Rose West
January 11th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Ian my dear boy, how nice to see you back to your logical self, I do hope you noted my defence of your good self and the upholding of free speech. Stevo surmised something without all the facts the lovely Carmen corrected him, I think as they say up here “he may have spat the dummy”.