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Thread #141144   Message #3418133
Posted By: GUEST,CS
11-Oct-12 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: Obit: RIP Sir Jimmy Savile of BBC [2011]
Subject: RE: 2011 Obit: RIP Sir Jimmy Savile UK disc jockey
"In light of the source, my comments still stand."

I think that's fair enough Musket. In particular, The Mail do not offer a direct quotation from Marsden, which I would have been happier with myself than his supposed statement asserting 'many other family members were aware', being paraphrased by them. Also, thus far, no other paper has followed up his story to my knowledge, though I may be wrong on that.

That said, and purely for the sake of pedantry, I think Keith's point wasn't that we necessarily know for certain that all members of Savile's family were aware of his past, but merely that there was "some reason" to believe that others apart from the nephew interviewed, *may have* known.

Not being in any position to know the truth myself, I'm unwilling to pass judgement either way. Yet I do not believe that these allegations should continue to remain secret, purely in order to protect members of Savile's extended family from being embarrassed, disillusioned or upset by them being finally revealed.