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Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  PeterMac on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:15 pm

Following a question posted by 'aquila', if it has not been done before we could start to list the people who are known to have made money out of Madeleine.
I do not include Police officers, who get paid whatever they are doing, or other people who would simply be doing what they normally do anyway.=
These are people who are benefitting specifically from the reported disappearance.
I shall start it off, and we can fill in the details, and reasons, as we go.

Very close
The parents
The Tapas 7
The kid who did the web site

Lawyers
Carter-Ruck
Extradition lawyers
Lawyers for the “Fund”
Auditors for the “Fund”
International lawyers


Press (have also lost some money)
Sun
Mail
Express
Olive Press
Sky
etc etc

Individuals
Mitchell
McGuiness
M3, including Jimenez Raso - now in prison
Halligen - now in prison
Edgar

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  jd on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:32 pm

Who has Suffered?

Madeleine McCann
Honest citizens of the public who care about her and the obvious truth

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  Ross on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:40 pm

jd wrote:Who has Suffered?
Truth and integrity?

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  ufercoffy on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:41 pm

Mike Gunnill.

I can't imagine he did what he did for no fee.

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  Jean on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:53 pm

Agreed Ufercoffy and that also goes for all the what I call professional trolls like Sans_Souci.

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  ufercoffy on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:56 pm

Robert Murat.

Goncalo Amaral and anyone else who wrote a book about Madeleine including Steve Marsden and Rosiepops and her own mother who wrote a child porn book.

Oprah Winfrey.

Piers Morgan.

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  Daisy on Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:59 pm

Who supplies all the 'find Madeleine' merchandise? I don't suppose the 'good quality wristbands', T.shirts & the rest are donated for free? So someone's making money here.

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  TheHare on Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:10 pm

I suppose to be fair, you should add a bunch of authors on both sides of the divide, including Dr Amaral, his publishers, the TV company responsible for the documentary etc, Pat Brown etc.

The key point comes down to truth and integrity. Those authors didnt claim that the proceeds from their work would be used for any charitable purpose.

I remember Esther McVey making asurances that every penny donated would be spent on searching for a missing child. Likewise, Mr Mitchell assured radio listeners that they need not be worried that donations would be spent on lawyers. As the funds own accounts indicate that very little was spent on direct search activities, I would would argue that the public where misinformed, and possibly deliberately so.

I guess you could add channel 4, the producers of the original mockumentary, various actors etc. I'm sure Oprah Winfrey and Piers Morgan made a few bucks out hosting interviews etc

The commercialisation of a missing child is beyond contempt really, but I guess its a bit of a catch 22 situation. Should Dr Amaral keep silent, and give up a fight he believes in because a side effect of telling the world results in profits from the book ? What compensation is adequate for the loss of a career and reduced pension etc.

I suspect Mark William Thomas made a few bob providing his input. Its rather a long list really.

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  jd on Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:25 pm

I suppose to be fair, you should add a bunch of authors on both sides of the divide, including Dr Amaral, his publishers, the TV company responsible for the documentary etc, Pat Brown etc


I don't think you can ever say Pat Brown has made money from this! They banned her book! And Amaral has had his pension and houses taken by the mccanns, and the profits he may make from his book the mccanns are claiming all of this too!! The TV company who made the documentary put the £10,000 in themselves and wasn't it under the guidance of jon corner!

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Re: Who has Made Money out of Madeleine

Post  TheHare on Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:35 pm

jd wrote:
I suppose to be fair, you should add a bunch of authors on both sides of the divide, including Dr Amaral, his publishers, the TV company responsible for the documentary etc, Pat Brown etc


I don't think you can ever say Pat Brown has made money from this!


If Pat had simply wanted to diseminate information, she could have published the ebook for free. The fact that she chose to sell it through amazon (who incidentally I no longer purchase from as a result of them withdrawing Pats book), indicates she at least hoped to make something from the sale of the book.

Its not meant as a critisism, and I fully support Dr Amarals decision to publish too.

I just think that the issue is a bit more complex than simply who made money, or who exploited a particular situation to make money

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