Daily Mirror: "Phillip Schofield will be missing from This Morning for weeks"

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Ooh, I wonder why?

(I'm not suggesting Phillip has done anything wrong)

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...host will not return to ITV show for weeks amid his brother's sex abuse trial...

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11927555/This-Morning-break-silence-Phillip-Schofield-amid-absence-show.html

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Brother of Phillip Schofield found guilty of sexually abusing teenager

Timothy Schofield, 54, was charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019.

The brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy over a period of three years.

Source : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/phillip-schofield-avon-and-somerset-police-bath-exeter-crown-court-bristol-crown-court-b2313315.html if you want the full story. Hidden behind a paywall, so use https://archive.ph/. Cut and paste URL.

Phillip has taken steps to distance himself...

Phillip Schofield issues statement after brother found guilty of sexually abusing boy

Timothy Schofield, 54, was charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between 2016 and 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child

Phillip Schofield has issued a statement after his brother has been found guilty of sexual abusing a teenage boy over three years.

The This Morning, 61, star has said that he 'no longer has a brother' after the verdict.

Phillip said: "My overwhelming concern is and has always been for the wellbeing of the victim and his family. I hope that their privacy will now be respected.

“If any crime had ever been confessed to me by my brother, I would have acted immediately to protect the victim and their family.

“These are despicable crimes, and I welcome the guilty verdicts.

"As far as I am concerned, I no longer have a brother.”

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-phillip-schofield-issues-statement-29620374 - I don't think it serves any useful purpose to copy the rest of the article.

He will be sentenced on May 19th.