Model’s pal: She told me she slept with the PM and boasted of ‘Boris bruises’
THE businesswoman under investigation for her links to Boris Johnson “bragged” about having sex with him and proudly showed off her “Boris bruises”, a friend has claimed.
Jennifer Arcuri’s alleged fling with the Prime Minister when he was Mayor of London was an “open secret”, according to the controversial right-wing activist Milo Yiannopoulos, who also worked on the London tech scene at the time.
Mr Yiannopoulos claimed that Ms Arcuri had “loudly and proudly” displayed evidence of the romance, and said that he had tried to warn her off the relationship.
He stressed that Ms Arcuri did not allege that the bruises were the result of “anything abusive”, but instead were
“trophies” from
“enthusiastic, consensual lovemaking”. This week, Ms
Arcuri repeatedly refused to deny a romance with Mr
Johnson. But she has acknowledged she was friends with Mr Yiannopoulos at the time.
Number 10 refused to comment on Mr Yiannopoulos’s claims.
Mr Johnson is facing a probe by City Hall over alleged conflict of interest. The Prime Minister faces being hauled in front of a key committee after he yesterday missed a 6pm deadline to hand over his communications with Ms Arcuri to the London Assembly.
The Assembly’s oversight committee will now consider whether to legally summon the Prime Minister to appear before it, with a decision expected to be made next week.
Under their powers, the PM could then be fined and even face prison if he fails to show up. The London Assembly does not have the power to summon Ms Arcuri. Len Duvall, chair of the London Assembly’s scrutiny committee, said: “We will be fully exploring every avenue that we have at our disposal to make sure we get to the bottom of these allegations.
“That means the possibility of summoning not just the Prime Minister but maybe others too, who may have information that might be helpful to get to the bottom of these matters.”
At the same time, the Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating Mr Johnson’s conduct. Mr Duvall will also be writing to the Independent Office for Police Conduct to establish the jurisdiction of the Assembly’s investigation, and to reassure them that he will pass on any evidence of criminal activity.
The committee plans to run a “forensic and evidence-led” investigation into whether the former Mayor breached the Greater London Authority’s code of conduct.
Members will look at trade missions that Ms Arcuri went on, public funds allocated to her company, and Mr Johnson’s visits to her premises.
It will also try to establish if the pair were more than just colleagues.
No10 indicated it would be responding to the committee, despite missing its two-week deadline at 6pm yesterday.
The PM has denied wrongdoing.
Ms Arcuri, a US tech entrepreneur and former model whose firms received more than €100,000 in public money, insisted yesterday that she received no “favouritism”.