{"id":21709,"date":"2022-04-03T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21709"},"modified":"2022-04-03T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T19:05:11","slug":"mp-david-warburton-admitted-to-hospital-after-sexual-harassment-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/04\/03\/mp-david-warburton-admitted-to-hospital-after-sexual-harassment-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"MP David Warburton admitted to hospital after sexual harassment claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MP David Warburton has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after a parliamentary investigation was launched into his conduct, his wife has told the BBC.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His wife, Harriet, said he had severe shock and stress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Conservative whips office said he had been suspended from the parliamentary party while the investigation was ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conservative sources said there were three allegations of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The investigation was launched by the Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) following allegations about Mr Warburton’s conduct in the Sunday Times newspaper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The newspaper said three women have complained about Mr Warburton’s conduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The newspaper also reported allegations that Mr Warburton had taken cocaine, and that he had failed to declare a \u00a3100,000 loan – taken out in 2017, and since repaid – from a Russian businessman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Warburton told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper he had not heard from the ICGS and that he had “enormous amounts of defence”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Asked about the allegations, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he had no further knowledge other than what the party had said, and what he had read in the newspapers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Obviously, any allegations like this need to be taken extremely carefully, but all the facts will need to be brought out as well,” he told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Warburton, 56, has been MP for Somerton and Frome since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is chair of the all-party parliamentary group on music and has previously been a member of the European scrutiny committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He lives near Somerton, in Somerset, with his wife and their two children, his website says.<\/p>\n

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How the process for complaints against an MP works<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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