Sir Cliff Richard is demanding another £1.5million from the BBC to go towards his legal costs after he won an invasion of privacy case last year.
He was awarded £210,000 in damages and the licence fee-funded BBC later agreed to pay £850,000 of his legal costs.
He took them before justices after they were tipped off about a police raid on his home in Berkshire in 2014 and broadcast footage from a police helicopter.
South Yorkshire Police had sought to follow up an allegation of sexual misconduct in 1985 - though he was never arrested or charged.
Cliff Richard arriving at the Rolls Building in London, as a High Court judge prepared to analyse evidence ahead of the battle at the High Court
The BBC broadcasting house in London, the public broadcaster could see their costs rise to more than £2m
The Mirror revealed the pop legend was after further compensation after his company Balladeer Limited stated in their accounts: 'The company has incurred legal costs in defending the reputation of Sir Cliff Richard.
'The final award in respect of costs in relation to this case has not yet been determined by the court and so it is impractical to include an estimate of this amount within these accounts.'
If Sir Cliff were to pursue them for the reported amount their final bill could reach well over an eye-watering £2m.
The police raid, which emerged after an exclusive tip off by officers and led to a TV helicopter being flown in, was part of a 2014 investigation into historical child sex allegations - but Sir Cliff was not arrested or charged.
Sir Cliff suggested that senior BBC executives deserved to lose their jobs for putting him through ‘the most horrible thing that’s ever taken place in my life’.
After winning a landmark court battle over the broadcaster’s coverage of a police raid on his home, the singer said a handful of BBC managers had acted as his ‘judge, jury and executioner’.
Sir Cliff wept with relief last year after a judge ruled that the BBC had seriously infringed his privacy with its ‘sensationalist’ reporting of a historic child sex claim against him.
The broadcaster named the 77-year-old star as the subject of a police investigation - which was dropped two years later without Sir Cliff ever facing arrest or charge - and used a helicopter to cover the search of his home.
Although the ruling sparked jubiliation among Sir Cliff’s supporters, it led to warnings from lawyers that it risked undermining journalists’ ability to report police investigations.
The BBC claimed it represented a ‘significant shift against Press freedom’, while experts suggested that it could enable criminal suspects to block disclosure of their arrests.
An emotional Sir Cliff Richard after winning his case against the BBC in July 2018
Jonathan Munro head of BBC Newsgathering, Fran Unsworth, BBC Director, News and Current Affairs and Gary Smith, former BBC Home Editor arriving at court in 2018
In an emotional interview with ITV News after the ruling, the star said the experience had been ‘the most horrible, disastrous thing that’s ever taken place in my life’.
He said he felt compelled to take legal action because the BBC had abused its position of trust and responsibility.
In an extraordinary attack on the broadcaster, the tearful star said: ‘What the BBC did was an abuse... They took it upon themselves to be the judge, jury and executioner.’
Asked if executives should lose their jobs, he replied: ‘They have to carry the can. I don’t know how they’re going to do it but they’ll have to. If heads roll then maybe it’s because it’s deserved.’
He added: ‘The BBC knew the police were not going to name me. It seemed to me there was a great deal of arrogance there in that they took no notice of the police, they obviously didn’t read again the Leveson report.’
Sir Cliff told how the stress of the experience had caused long-term health problems and said he feared his reputation had suffered a permanent ‘tarnish’ because of the worldwide publicity surrounding the allegation.
He has previously described how he collapsed when he first saw the television coverage and later feared the stress would trigger a heart attack or stroke.
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Main photo article Sir Cliff Richard is demanding another £1.5million from the BBC to go towards his legal costs after he won an invasion of privacy case last year.
He was awarded £210,000 in damages and the licence fee-funded BBC later agreed to pay £850,000 of his legal costs.
He took them before justices after ...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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