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The bed trick : sex and deception on trial
Scott, Izabella2026
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She said she wore a blindfold at all times. She said she didn't know who she was really having sex with. Two former best friends face each other in court at a sex offence trial. Miss X, making the accusation, claims she was tricked into queer sex, many times, by a best friend pretending to be her boyfriend. But that friend, Gayle Newland, tells a different story. They were secret lesbians, she says, lovers in the closet. The boyfriend was imaginary, and part of a role play that had been going on for years. This astonishing case reached UK courtrooms twice in 2015 and 2017, capturing national attention. As 'The Bed Trick' unfolds the riveting story of Newland's trials - a case where reality was stranger than fiction - it also reveals the malleability of courtroom narratives, and the many myths, archetypes and stories embedded in the law.
Main title:
The bed trick : sex and deception on trial / Izabella Scott.
Author:
Scott, Izabella, author
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2026.
Collation:
336 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781805462545 (pbk)
Dewey class:
345.420253345.4202
LC class:
KD7975
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4325453