138:. Another documentary—reportedly in production at around the same time—produced by Iain Jones, led Pell to claim in 2001 that John Mappin had fraudulently misrepresented his claim to be able to make a movie about Pell, and had "hoodwinked" him out of nearly £80,000. The following year Pell successfully sued Mappin, whose family founded the
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animal, and my showbiz stuff was top quality. You'd get more money for a little nib about Hear'Say than you'd get for anything about Gordon Brown and David
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