The fight to clear the woman at the heart of Britain’s most notorious sex scandal

Top barrister Felicity Gerry KC is advocating for the reputation of Christine Keeler, the central figure in Britain’s infamous Profumo scandal, to be cleared after five years of legal battles. Keeler, known for her affair with former war secretary John Profumo at age 19, was pursued in court on unrelated charges and faced a lifetime of false accusations. Gerry is representing Keeler’s son in a petition of mercy seeking exoneration for her alleged crimes, which has been stalled despite government referral to the Criminal Case Review Commission.

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