Aftonbladet has a sound file of Anders Lettström saying that he told to the king about his meeting with the gangsters about trying to persuade Markovic not to publish the photos.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14025940.ab
Yesterday Aftonbladet presented the sound file for Anders Lettström. His comment was that the sound files are manipulated. But an expert is saying that the sound file is authentic.
Expert: Filerna är autentiska | Nyheter | Aftonbladet
The forensic analysis of the sound file.
Här kan du läsa hela utlåtandet | Nyheter | Aftonbladet
Aftonbladets Anders Johansson met Bertil Ternert, the director of the Information and Press Department of the court yesterday. He said there is nothing new in this and that the court didn´t want to comment it further.
Hovets svar: Inget är nytt | Nyheter | Aftonbladet
Lena Mellin from Aftonbladet writes very, very hard text:
If Anders Lettström is speaking the truth, the scandal is absolute. The king then knew that his friends tried to silence a gangster by using the services of other hard criminals. That is not how the head of state can function. The book "The reluctant monarch" claimed that the king had an affair with a certain artist, that he and his friends spent time with scantily clad women in a private club run by a criminal who brought in "professional girls".
The king has not clearly denied the information. Instead, he said that it is time to turn the page and that he had spoken with his family.
A book's source, Mille Markovic threatened to publish photos of the king and his friends. King's friends denied the information and talked about legal action. But they took instead a completely different initiative. The king´s friend Anders Lettström took contact with "the Swedish godfather" Milan Sevo and his partner Daniel Webb. Lettström wanted them to track down Markovic, buy the alleged photos and persuade him to deny the information in the book.
The deal was not completed, because Markovic wanted too much money. The talks between Lettström, Sevo and Webb were taped secretly by Webb. The recordings show that Lettström wanted to inform the king about the negotiations. Lettström says that he called the "boss" and asked for an audience to tell what was going on. Lettström says also that he told the king that Markovic could deny the information in the book if he got paid. This is sensational information if Lettström telling the truth. And why should he not do it? Lettström confessed on May 23 that he contacted a criminal. The next day the king gave a written statement. He took in it distance from all forms of negotiations with criminals.
But if Lettström is telling the truth the king knew that he through criminal agent negotiated with the gangster Mille Markovic.
Did the king lie? Yes, if Lettström is telling the truth the head of state lied to the Swedish people.
On 30 May, the king gave a long interview to TT. There he denied not only the strip club visits, but said, again, that he did not know about Lettström´s negotiations. The king said also that he would never again meet with Lettström.
But if Lettström is telling the truth, the king knew what Lettström was doing and did not take distance from his gangster connections until the media published them. The king is Sweden's head of state, a symbol of constitutional state and democracy. If he was informed that his friend negotiated with hard criminals, and didn´t stop it, he can no longer be the head of state.
Lena Mellin: Om det är sant har kungen gjort sig omöjlig | Lena Mellin | Kolumnister | Nyheter | Aftonbladet
Now also Expressen writes about this in the ground of the information in Aftonbladet:
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2640537/lettstrom-kungen-kande-till-gangstermoten
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An expert, Ulf Bjereld says that If the king has lied in the Swedish people's faces, we get a discussion of abdication, but it is not certain that he will resign and this presupposes that there is a water-tight evidence.
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2...t-om-kungen-ljugit-i-svenska-folkets-ansikten
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And the court:
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2...-med-tidigare-och-vi-har-kommenterat-tidigare
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