Ex-‘X Factor’ judge trial nixed over lying claims

Published July 21, 2014 5:43pm ET



LONDON (AP) — The drug trial of a former British “X Factor” judge collapsed on Monday after the judge said the star prosecution witness, an undercover reporter known as the “Fake Sheik,” had lied under oath.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned Sun on Sunday tabloid reported last year it had caught Tulisa Contostavlos acting as go-between in a deal to sell cocaine to a reporter posing as a film producer.

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