1) why are they all saying they knew Philip was shagging this teen but they couldn’t report on it? Why not? There was no NDA or injunction, and it would be The Sun vs ITV. With all the money behind the Sun, they’d win.
If the younger man didn’t want to sell his story, then the news report would essentially amount to: there are rumours that Schofield had a younger lover.
Whatever we think of the tabloid press, they do usually try to verify stories to some degree and to have some credible source that’s more than just TV set gossip.
There just wasn’t enough here until the younger man in this case decided he wasn’t going to play along with the coverup anymore ~ and now it’s all come out.