A stir has been caused in the British show business after the revelations in the newly published autobiography of Ulrika Jonsson, the co-presenter ot the 1998 contest.
At first, everybody thought that Ulrika, 35, was trying to capitalise on the public's curiosity about her recent short-lived romance with fellow-Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, manager of the English national football team. However, it was another part in Ulrika's book, titled “Honest”, that was to shake the nation's media world; the revelation that, at the beginning of her career, she had been raped on a casual date by a well-known TV presenter.
The revelations were further fuelled when Ulrika, a single mother of two, appeared in a documentary for Channel 4, called “Ulrika Jonsson: The Truth About Men”. “It frightened me a lot. I became quite ill for a period after that,” confessed Ulrika. Asked why she didn't report the incident to the police at the time, she said:”I genuinely felt that it would be my word, I guess, against his. And I think I felt ashamed.”
Although Ulrika did not give out the name of the man, many women who were victims of the same person identified with her and came forward with accusations.
The name of the TV presenter was accidently leaked out on TV and the british tabloids followed shortly afterwards. Some of today's newspapers were claiming that the man has been asked by police to contact them as soon as possible, for the 'best interest of both parties'.
There is also a lot of criticism going on at the moment, concerning whether the media have the right to act as judges for people who still haven't been found guilty by the official justice.
Ulrika, who is currently presenting a TV game called “Dog Eat Dog” for BBC1, is said to have agreed providing the police with information. She allegedly received £1million for her autobiography by her publisher. She denies the figure was that high.
