RUSHDIE RECEIVES APOLOGY OVER BOOK
British author SIR SALMAN RUSHDIE has received a public apology from a former police officer over false claims he made in a book.
Rushdie claimed Ron Evans, an ex-police driver who guarded him after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a call for his death over the novel The Satanic Verses in 1989, had penned "surrealist untruths" about him.
The false claims made by Evans in the book On Her Majesty’s Service included that Rushdie had bad relations with his police protection team and that they once locked him in a room after he irritated them.
Evans also claimed he had poor personal hygiene and that his relationship with third wife Elizabeth West was based on his wealth.
Speaking outside London’s High Court, Rushdie said he was "very gratified" by the result.
He added, "This has been an unattractive affair.
"My only interest was to establish the truth. I’m happy that the court has made its declaration of falsity and that the authors and publishers have recognised their falsehoods and apologised."
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