Yep, I think incompetence is more likely than conspiracy tbh, but you never know.Re Dotty’s post on the last thread suggesting a cover up
I agree it’s not impossible, but I always assume ‘cockup before conspiracy’.
Barrymore is the one doing the cover up and is still trying to save his lost career.
The only reason I can think of that they're staying quiet now is that they've been told if they 'throw him under the bus' he'll take them with him. I don't know why they'd have loyalty to him even then, never mind now and I don't think he'd have enough money to pay them all off unless they're very cheap.I still wonder why or how none of the people at the party have come forward with any info, to the police. I don't mean the 3 who could have been the guilty parties, but the others? Although I guess perhaps if they were elsewhere in the house and didn't actually see what happened, maybe they've nothing of substance to tell. But if neighbours allegedly heard screams, they must have too? They surely can't have loyalty to Barrymore after all these years? Were they paid off? If they signed NDAs that would mean nothing as where there is a crime an NDA doesn't hold water. Why has there been so much silence?
Police incompetence in the 90s in Essex is well known. The Essex Boys case was a Royal rooster up as well with possibly a huge miscarriage of justice.Yep, I think incompetence is more likely than conspiracy tbh, but you never know.
Quoting myself as Stuart died in 2001. Sorry couldn't remember the date.Police incompetence in the 90s in Essex is well known. The Essex Boys case was a Royal rooster up as well with possibly a huge miscarriage of justice.
That or they are/were married with kids and don't want anyone to know they aren't 100% straight. Sounds mad in this day and age but people still cover it up.The only reason I can think of that they're staying quiet now is that they've been told if they 'throw him under the bus' he'll take them with him. I don't know why they'd have loyalty to him even then, never mind now and I don't think he'd have enough money to pay them all off unless they're very cheap.
His name came up recently with my kids and my youngest said he’s a lovely guy and posts such wholesome content on tt. It’s a worry that people can just rewrite history without any consequences.I was 14 years old when this poor guy died. I'm 39 now and I've always felt a deep sense of unease about the whole case...even back then something struck me as odd as a child...
I was not convinced his passing was accidental. There's something seedy and sinister about the whole thing. Michael Barrymore was a regular in my household on telly as a child of the 90's, and so when it came to light this happened at Michael's house I was absolutely appalled and stunned.
I can say many years on this case still fills me with dread and unease, I don't understand his death it was needless and a waste of life. Why is this shrouded in so much mystery?
Seeing Michael doing the rounds on tiktok doesn't sit well with me as he is at the centre of this case. There's no way he couldn't have been aware of the goings on that fateful day. I fear the truth is never going to come out and it's unfair as Stuart and his family deserve nothing but the truth.
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Apparently people have come forward, I’m sure it’s on this thread?I still wonder why or how none of the people at the party have come forward with any info, to the police. I don't mean the 3 who could have been the guilty parties, but the others? Although I guess perhaps if they were elsewhere in the house and didn't actually see what happened, maybe they've nothing of substance to tell. But if neighbours allegedly heard screams, they must have too? They surely can't have loyalty to Barrymore after all these years? Were they paid off? If they signed NDAs that would mean nothing as where there is a crime an NDA doesn't hold water. Why has there been so much silence?
I like your expression ‘spiteful witch’.His name came up recently with my kids and my youngest said he’s a lovely guy and posts such wholesome content on tt. It’s a worry that people can just rewrite history without any consequences.
He’s moved to a beautiful place where most people can’t afford to live, or even go on holiday or even get into a local cafe for a coffee, it’s second home central , most locals are very moneyed and no doubt all over him like a rash because he’s a ‘celebrity’ .
It makes me sick how bad people seem to prosper and I hate the thought of young potentially vulnerable people being taken in by his new ‘wholesome’ persona.
He was a spiteful witch on telly when I was a kid, I’m sure that meanness hasn’t gone away
Previous thread, I hadn’t realised this is a new one!Apparently people have come forward, I’m sure it’s on this thread?
I thought he ran away and hid when Stuart was discovered and went to stay at someone else’s house in the village? That’s part of the reason everyone thinks he’s a selfish bleep.He claims he called the ambulance in his video. Unless 2 people called it, he didn't. They played the 999 call on "Death In The Pool" and it was one of the other lads. I suppose it's possible 2 emergency calls came from the house but surely Barrymore's call would have been played also if that were the case.
I wonder how long he’ll stay in Devon for? Will it last as long as the ‘move’ to Spain did?His name came up recently with my kids and my youngest said he’s a lovely guy and posts such wholesome content on tt. It’s a worry that people can just rewrite history without any consequences.
He’s moved to a beautiful place where most people can’t afford to live, or even go on holiday or even get into a local cafe for a coffee, it’s second home central , most locals are very moneyed and no doubt all over him like a rash because he’s a ‘celebrity’ .
It makes me sick how bad people seem to prosper and I hate the thought of young potentially vulnerable people being taken in by his new ‘wholesome’ persona.
He was a spiteful witch on telly when I was a kid, I’m sure that meanness hasn’t gone away
Just saw he is now trying to claim the injuries happened after Stuart passed. I went on a deep dive and found an article from The Guardian back in 2002 which mentioned that back when it happened, the press tried to claim the injuries were down to a...thermometer, the reason being his temp needed to be checked constantly and a nurse who spoke at the enquiry thought the same. Pathologists unsurprisingly said that was bull.
Fed drugs so he wouldn’t put up a fight, SA’d in the pool which drowned him is the thoughtSo what did they do? Use the pool thermometer repeatedly up his ass in a panic after feeding him a load of drugs?
I might be miss remembering, but didn't Barrymore run off for a few hours when they found the body and the 999 call was made.