John Leslie was suicidal with 'a tree and a rope' after false rape allegation
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mirror.co.ukJohn Leslie said in court today that sexual assault allegations left him suicidal and in a park 'with a tree and a rope'. The former Blue Peter presenter, 55, told a jury at Southwark Crown Court he went from a "carefree" star with a "great life" to a "depressed and suicidal" recluse after he was wrongly outed as the TV presenter who raped Gladiators' star Ulrika Jonsson.
Leslie told how he was hosting daytime show This Morning live when fellow presenter Matthew Wright named him as Ulrika's attacker on a rival channel.
He said it was an "Armageddon" moment and the "end of my career". Leslie knew he was entirely innocent. He had dated Ulrika for "several months" when they were rising stars and they'd had a "great time" before splitting
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