Oh fuck off, the woman was a dangerous charlatan. I'd said she was dodgy for years.
Among the 42 signatories are the members of Coldplay, actor Joanna Lumley, film director Stephen Frears, psychotherapist Susie Orbach, the poet Lemn Sissay, former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and former BBC director-general Tony Hall.
Other signatories include a roster of academic experts and senior psychotherapists, journalist and peer Rosie Boycott, chair of School of African and Oriental Studies Lord Hastings, and writer and ex-Chumbawamba musician Alice Nutter.
This week’s hearing marks the latest chapter in a decade-long fight by Batmanghelidjh and her supporters to rescue the reputation of a charity that before its downfall was hugely popular with the public, media and politicians alike, attracting the support of prime ministers, artists, and celebrities.