Michael admitted he had taken the drug while at his ‘lowest ebb’ when he was on trial for 12 sex abuse charges at Manchester Crown Court.
He said: “I had never felt so low. I knew I was innocent but everything was closing in on me. The first time I ever did cocaine was in the lead up to my trial. I never thought that I was the sort of bloke who would like cocaine. But it was moments of weakness when I was at the lowest ebb of my life. For a brief few minutes the first time was a relief from everything that was going on."
An ITV spokesman for the show confirmed: “We will be meeting with Michael on Monday to discuss this situation.”
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