Word: ward
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lass & Lash. The weirdest tale of all was told by Vickie Barrett, one of the few performers who made no bones about being a prostitute. Drab, docile Vickie (nee Janet Barker) testified that Ward had picked her up one night and taken her back to his apartment to have intercourse with a man who was wait ing naked in the bedroom. In all, said the prosecution, Vickie had some 30 assignations in Ward's apartment but never saw any proceeds; the osteopath pocketed the money, said she, on the pretext of saving...
Vickie was clearly the prosecution's strongest witness until beautiful, blonde Sylvia Parker flew dramatically back from Italy to declare that Vickie's testimony was "a load of rubbish." The ex-mistress of a murdered Soho mobster, Sylvia testified that she had been living in Ward's apartment during the time when Vickie Barrett claimed to have been using it for assignations, and had never seen the prostitute there...
Tarts' Target. Stephen Ward, a suave, composed witness in his own defense, said he was only "trying to help" by introducing the girls to middle-aged friends. In fact, though he himself had been the first to inform government and opposition leaders that Profumo had lied in denying his relationship with Christine, Ward said on the stand that he had only "a shrewd idea" that they were actually sleeping together, and was horrified when he learned that cash had changed hands. Ward said he even doubted that Christine had slept with Soviet Naval Attache Evgeny Ivanov. "Like...
...hours of relentless questioning by Prosecuting Counsel Mervyn Griffith-Jones, Ward's composure was seldom shattered. Asked about Vickie Barrett, he burst out: "If this girl is telling the truth, then I am guilty. My case must depend on saying this girl is lying." Drumming nicotine-stained hands on the dock rail, Ward declared that Christine, Mandy and half a dozen other witnesses who testified against him were motivated by malice or greed. He cried, "Anyone who comes in from the street can come forward and say I am lying...
...trial recessed, it had become virtually the only topic of conversation in Britain. A show of his portraits, including those of such celebrities as Sophia Loren, Prince Philip, Mandy, and Canada's ex-Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, was a near sellout, raised an astonishing $25,000 for Ward's defense. This week a sober-looking jury of eleven mostly middle-aged men and one woman will decide whether talented Stephen Ward is a pimp and a procurer or just a jolly bohemian...