Editing Neil Hamilton (politician) (section)

==False rape accusation==
On 10 August 2001, Hamilton and his wife, Christine, were arrested by police who were investigating an alleged rape. The Hamiltons said they could not have been present at the alleged rape scene because they were hosting a dinner party and produced alibis including one from [[Derek Laud]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-22 |title=Dinner guests whose testimony will count |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1337240/Dinner-guests-whose-testimony-will-count.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622133132/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1337240/Dinner-guests-whose-testimony-will-count.html |archive-date=22 June 2022 }}</ref> The investigation against the couple was dropped when it became apparent that the accusations were [[False accusation of rape|entirely false]]. This event was recorded on film by [[Louis Theroux]], who, at that time, was spending time with the Hamiltons for an episode of his documentary series ''[[When Louis Met...]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1703426.stm|title=Theroux hits gold with Hamiltons |work=BBC News |access-date=2 April 2013 | date=11 December 2001}}</ref>

In June 2003, Nadine Milroy-Sloan, the woman responsible for the unfounded accusation, was sentenced to three years in jail for [[perverting the course of justice]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2988208.stm|title=Hamiltons relieved as accuser jailed |work=BBC News |access-date=26 May 2009 | date=13 June 2003}}<br />- {{cite web|url=http://www.deabirkett.com/pages/journalism_film/journalism/an_unshakeable_delusion.htm |title=Nadine Milroy Sloan, Christine and Neil Hamilton, false accusation |website=Deabirkett.com |access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> In February 2005, the publicist [[Max Clifford]], who had acted for Milroy-Sloan, settled, paying Hamilton an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{cite web|last=Boffey|first=Daniel|title=Hamiltons toast end of PR king Max Clifford's reign with champagne|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/03/christine-hamilton-max-clifford-jailed-toast-champagne|work=The Guardian|date=3 May 2014| access-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, Milroy-Sloan, under her birth name Emily Checksfield, was jailed again for falsely claiming to police that her ex-partner had threatened to kill her with a [[Samurai sword]].<ref name="kent">{{cite news|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/rape-claim-liar-said-i-threatened-her-with-sword-24436/|title=Army veteran speaks of prison ordeal at hands of Hamiltons' rape claim liar Emily Checksfield after she is jailed for more lies|author=Beth Robson|website=kentonline.co.uk|date=2 October 2014}}</ref> The same year, Clifford was jailed for sexual assaults on under-age girls.<ref name="cliffordjailed">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27259318|title=Max Clifford jailed for eight years for sex assaults|website=bbc.co.uk|date=2 May 2014}}</ref> After Clifford died in prison in December 2017, he was described by Hamilton as a "monster".<ref name="monster">{{cite web|url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/max-clifford-was-an-unscrupulous-monster-hamilton/ |title=Max Clifford Was An Unscrupulous Monster, Says Neil Hamilton|website=lbc.co.uk|date=11 December 2017
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