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Nigella Lawson denies drug claims Charles Saatchi made threat to 'destroy' Nigella Lawson
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TV cook and author Nigella Lawson has said drug allegations against her heard in court were "false". TV cook and author Nigella Lawson has told a court her ex-husband Charles Saatchi threatened to "destroy" her with "false" allegations of drug use.
Ms Lawson's assistants Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo have claimed they were allowed to use credit cards in exchange for covering up her drug use.Ms Lawson's assistants Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo have claimed they were allowed to use credit cards in exchange for covering up her drug use.
The sisters have denied fraud at Isleworth Crown Court.The sisters have denied fraud at Isleworth Crown Court.
Ms Lawson said her former husband Charles Saatchi was using the case to destroy her name by "spreading false allegations of drug use". Ms Lawson said Mr Saatchi threatened to "destroy [her] if you don't come back to me and clear my name".
She said that the allegations that have been made about her at the trial had followed "a long summer of bullying and abuse".
"I have been put on trial here where I am called to answer, and glad to answer the allegations, and [in] the world's press," she said.
She said she had been reluctant to give evidence in the trial, which had provoked an angry reaction from Mr Saatchi.
"He had said to me if I didn't get back to him and clear his name, he would destroy me," she said.
Ms Lawson said following the "awful incident at Scotts", the "false" allegations began circulating on a "PR blog".
Mr Saatchi was cautioned for assault after images of him grasping Ms Lawson by the neck at the London restaurant appeared in a newspaper.
She said the allegations on the blog were "dedicated to salvaging Mr Saatchi's reputation and destroying mine".
Mr Saatchi and Ms Lawson divorced in July after 10 years of marriage.