Yes it was definitely him. But why open your paper up for scrutiny and liable and lose being able to ring him for direct quotes , journalism seems to have shifted from the 'scoop' days of the past and stories seem to slowly unravel now instead of being laid out. I think they have planted this story from his narrative point so it can be questioned and they will develop it with updates stating facts and opinions like you have just shared
100% there would have been a lot of conversation before going with the angle that he was hacked. Bringing to the public attention that he had a Pinterest board and that he says someone hacked and added boob photos but not going with the Pervy Paul angle.
The media have to be very very careful. Paul isnāt a celebrity, heās the partner of a missing person. Imagine if they ran the story that heās this perve thatās been pinning all these soft porn photos for years and following all these young womenās TikTokās etc and then he got a huge public backlash and harmed himself. Especially as what ever has happened this must be an hugely difficult and vulnerable time for him. Ever since Caroline Flack there seems to be much more care over writing stories on people that could cause them mental harm.
Do I think heās social media activity is pervy, yes. Do I think itās very unusual. Sadly no, not all men but some men. And may well have no connection at all with what has happened to Nicola.
The idea that the newspapers in 2023 would start running articles about the partner of a missing person on his activity (not illegal nor particularly unusual) from before she went missing as if it has any significant relevance other then to shame him is wild.
My opinion is the new Kelly brook pin in all likelihood was a hacker looking to add fuel to the fire of his previous postings. As stirring the pot that heās looking at and sharing this stuff since Nicola went missing would be seen as odd. Paul may well have supplied evidence to the newspaper that his account had be compromised (like those emails you get saying your account has been accessed from a new device / location).
Wanted to read all the conversation on this before chiming in to avoid repeating or getting me facts wrong as not following this closely.