Maxwell Frank "Max" Clifford (born 6 April 1943) is an English former publicist, once the best known in the United Kingdom, and a convicted sex offender. In his career he had a range of clients and was a controversial figure, due to his representation of unpopular clients (such as those accused or convicted of crimes) and his work for people wishing to sell "kiss-and-tell" stories to tabloid newspapers.Clifford was arrested in December 2012 by Metropolitan Police officers on suspicion of sexual offences; the arrest was part of Operation Yewtree. After further investigation, he was tried in March 2014 and found guilty of eight indecent assaults on four girls and women aged 14 to 19. On 2 May 2014 he was sentenced to eight years in prison. He is currently incarcerated at HM Prison Littlehey.
It's a very sad state of affairs. But it's a fact that homophobia in football is as strong now as it was 10 years ago. If you'd asked me in 2000 whether I thought we'd have a famous, openly gay footballer by 2010 I would have said yes. You look across society and see openly gay people in music, movies, television, politics, the clergy, and it's not a problem, nor in many sports. It's not that footballers are homophobic but the fans can be vicious. I've had two high-profile Premier League football clients in the past five years who've been gay or bisexual and my advice has been not to make that public. For a top player to come out, I would envisage they'd be a hard man, with an established reputation, and perhaps a year or two at most left in the game, so if coming out brought too much hardship, it wouldn't matter so much professionally.
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"Today, image is everything. Reality seldom comes into it." (Speaking in 2006)
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I'd hate to have a real job after all these years.
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Convicted and jailed in 2014 for child sexual abuse.
Was responsible for The Sun's famous (but untrue) headline "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster" in 1986. He also invented the story that David Mellor made love to his mistress in a Chelsea strip, which became another Sun headline in 1992.
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Revealed in April 2008 that he is being treated for prostate cancer after being diagnosed in late 2007.
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