The celebrities he ‘exposed’

CELEBRITIES, sports stars and even a minor royal are among those queuing up to sue Mazher Mahmood following his downfall

SARAH FERGUSON

IN 2010, Sarah Ferguson told Mahmood she could get him access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, who was a quasi-official British trade envoy, in return for £500,000.

In the most embarrassing episode of a gaffe-strewn career, the Duchess of York was secretly taped saying, ‘That opens up everything you would ever wish for.’

She later apologised for a ‘serious lapse in judgment’, saying she was ‘in the gutter’ due to her drinking but is now suing for ‘years of lost earnings’.

MAZHAR MAJEED

SPORTING agent Majeed and three Pakistan cricketers were jailed for their part in a ‘spot-fixing’ scam following a corruption trial in 2010.

The case came to court after Mahmood posed as a match-fixer. He later said their actions were a ‘sad day for cricket but a good day for investigative journalism’. Majeed is another of the six cases seeking to get their convictions quashed as a result of the evidence of Mahmood’s dishonesty.

He and the three cricketers could also sue for damages.

JOHN ALFORD

LONDON’S Burning and former Grange Hill star John Alford was jailed for nine months in 1999 after being secretly filmed at the Savoy agreeing to supply Mahmood with cocaine.

After his trial, the actor, who bowed repeatedly in front of someone he thought was Saudi royalty, described himself as ‘the biggest mug on the planet’.

A leading critic of the Fake Sheikh, Mr Alford’s case is one of six before the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

HERBIE HIDE

FORMER boxing champion Herbie Hide was jailed for 22 months in 2013, reduced to 18 months on appeal, after a classic cocaine sting orchestrated by Mahmood.

He said the Fake Sheikh’s team ‘begged’ him to buy the drugs and his actions left him ‘crying every day’ as he battled depression. Hide has already unsuccessfully brought a case at the Court of Appeal, but is expected to return to the Criminal Cases Review Commission within weeks.

EMMA MORGAN

THE former Page Three glamour model was lured by Mahmood with offers of a lucrative contract for a Middle East bikini calendar.

Miss Morgan, who was 24 at the time, was covertly filmed taking cannabis and cocaine. When the story was published her career was destroyed.

She is believed to be one of at least 18 people suing for loss of earnings and the damage to her reputation.

JODIE KIDD

THE supermodel lost a string of valuable contracts after being caught up in an undercover drugs sting by the News of the World.

In 2007, she was recorded in conversations with Mahmood, who was posing as a businessman, offering to arrange a drugs deal.

Kidd was said to have arranged for 3gms of cocaine to be delivered for £150 and could be among those preparing a civil case.