{"id":47603,"date":"2024-03-11T19:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2006343"},"modified":"2024-03-11T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:41:22","slug":"hampstead-paedophile-hoax-true-story-behind-channel-4s-accused","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hampstead-paedophile-hoax-true-story-behind-channel-4s-accused\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampstead Paedophile Hoax \u2013 True story behind Channel 4\u2019s Accused"},"content":{"rendered":"

The four women at the centre of the hoax are speaking out for the first time. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 March 2024 at 18:00 PM<\/p>

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The mothers of a vicious hoax are speaking out for the first time in a new Channel 4 documentary, Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax.<\/p>\n

Described as though they were \u201cunder siege\u201d, the innocent women are portrayed by actors and referred to by pseudonyms to protect both their privacy and that of their children.<\/p>\n

The documentary explores how the ordeal affected the families of those targeted, and how they eventually brought those harassing them to justice.<\/p>\n

Read on for the full story of Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax.<\/p>\n

The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax true story<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Four mothers were falsely accused of being satanic paedophiles by internet trolls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
In 2014, their names and contact details were published online as part of a list of 175 alleged cult members<\/a>, and they were accused of abusing their own children.<\/p>\n
A brother and sister, who were pupils at a primary school in Hampstead, alleged that the group were worshippers of the devil who had sexual intercourse with children, drank their blood and made sacrifices.<\/p>\n
The siblings\u2019 mother, Ella Draper, and her partner Abraham Christie also claimed that her children accused their father of running a satanic paedophile ring.<\/p>\n
The police investigated their claims but could find no evidence, and in the following months they were re-interviewed and altered their story.<\/p>\n
The children claimed Draper and Christie had forced them to lie<\/a> and told the police how Christie was physically abusive and coerced them into telling the false story.<\/p>\n
In 2015, the targeted mothers were made aware of the allegations. Anna (whose name is changed for privacy), told The Sun<\/a>: \u201cIt was about 4pm and I was at work. I got an email from the school saying there had been some allegations [the] police had investigated and found nothing.<\/p>\n
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