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Cowell complains to PCC over Heat X vote claim
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 18 November 2010
Simon Cowell has reportedly lodged a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission over Heat magazine’s recent claims that he knows the exact percentages of the weekly ‘X-Factor’ votes.
The gossip mag reckons that, because he knows how close things are each week between different ‘X-Factor’ contenders, Cowell can try to influence viewers which way to vote to ensure his favoured singers stay in, or more people vote, or something. To be honest I don’t really understand what Heat is claiming Cowell does with this information.
But either way, the Syco man is denying he has access to the percentage breakdowns, and he has, apparently, asked his lawyers, Carter Ruck, to write a letter complaining about the allegation to the PCC, because, presumably, Cowell has forgotten how to write. Or possibly he’s now so rich he can’t send a letter to anyone without handing some tedious legal type a big pile of cash first.
Heat publisher Bauer Media says it is yet to hear from the PCC.