New details emerge from the Meghan/MoS Court of Appeal case today – revealing just how Jason Knauf came to break ranks to provide his witness statement. At first he adopted a 'strictly neutral' position, court papers show, and declined to help the MoS (cont'd)…
— Tom Wells (@ByTomWells) November 11, 2021
Knauf by now had changed solicitors from the firm that had previously represented him and three others known as 'the Palace Four'. The MoS then approached him directly. This time he agreed to provide a witness statement – the one that revealed so much yesterday (cont'd)…
— Tom Wells (@ByTomWells) November 11, 2021
Secondly, it raises questions over the identity of the 'confidential source' – the well-informed intermediary – who told the MoS in July that Knauf's 'strict neutrality' was now effectively at an end, and that he 'regretted' his earlier decision not to talk.
— Tom Wells (@ByTomWells) November 11, 2021