Released October 14, 2009.
SummaryBritish libel lawyers Carter Ruck, acting on behalf of Kate and Gerry McCann, have issued a demand to Madeleine Foundation co-founder Tony Bennett to have this book and all electronic copies to be destroyed. The file has never been released and was used to create the book "What Really Happened to Madeleine McCann: 60 Reasons which suggest she was not abducted".
The book sold thousands after its launch at the end of 2008 and continues to sell, albeit at a peppercorn rate or sent free by Mr. Bennet to journalists and politicians. Due to the prospective financial implications of facing a libel case against arguably Britain's top libel firm, Mr. Bennett has been forced to capitulate even though his supports say he stands by each and every allegation in the book.
The methods used by Carter Ruck while acting for Kate and Gerry McCann have been to silence anyone who challenges the abduction story that they told the police and which forms their alibi in the Madeleine McCann disappearance in Portugal in May 2007.
This file is easily verifiable against the many copies of the book in circulation - including a copy sent to every British MP in the spring of 2009.
If this file is suppressed and the book is destroyed, the public will not be able to read an alternative history of the case case as the McCanns have sought an injunction in Portugal against the chief inspector on the case who has recently had his own book injuncted pending appeal.
It should be noted that WikiLeaks does not have an opinion on Mr. Bennet's arguments or the McCann case. Our interest here is to protect the integrity of the historical record. Wikileaks for download link.
Tony Bennett last of the sixty reasons.
