Nigella Lawson Trial
December 4, 2013 by staff
Nigella Lawson Trial, Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admitted Wednesday in a U.K. court that she had taken cocaine a handful of times. But she denied habitually using illegal drugs and accused her ex-husband of spreading that allegation to savage her reputation.
Lawson said ex-husband Charles Saatchi, a wealthy art dealer and advertising mogul, had threatened to destroy her if she did not clear his name after he was photographed gripping her throat outside Scott’s restaurant in London, a widely published image that was soon followed by a divorce.
“He told everyone that he was taking cocaine out of my nose at Scott’s when he knows that is a lie,” Lawson said, testifying at the trial of two former assistants accused of fraudulently using the couple’s credit cards.
The British ‘domestic goddess’ claimed Saatchi said he would ‘destroy’ her if she didn’t defend him after photos surfaced showing his hand around her neck in June.
Lawson, 53, appeared as a prosecution witness at the fraud trial of Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, longtime employees who worked as nannies, cleaners and assistants in the couple’s home.
Coverage of the trial has focused more on the couple’s failed 10-year marriage and their tempestuous home life than on allegations that two women working for them were living the high life at the couple’s unknowing expense. Defense lawyers for the employees have suggested that Lawson ignored the Grillos’ lavish expenditures in return for their silence about her drug use.
Nigella Lawson walks into court in the trial of her former assistants, the Grillo sisters, who are accused of stealing money from Lawson and Saatchi during their 10-year marriage.
Known for her sensuous TV manner and “domestic goddess” image, Lawson said Saatchi had spread “false allegations that I was a habitual user and drug addict” who snorted cocaine daily.
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