My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

Lies and bribes what she had to do to win her freedom - By Mark Forbes, smh.com.au

"MICHELLE LESLIE'S desperation to avoid a 15-year jail term fuelled a stream of lies and deceptions, supplemented by a $600,000 campaign to buy her freedom..."

"Even some of the claims spread surreptitiously by her defence team - that the drugs belonged to the friends of powerful men with her when she was arrested, that the drugs were planted in her bag, and that her drug test result was faked - appear to be false."

"Significantly, Leslie's story has been challenged by the woman who was with her when she was arrested and who was publicly blamed by the Leslie camp for the pills in her bag."

"Doubts have also been raised about Leslie's claim in court that she was addicted to the prescription medication Ritalin. Several sources in the Leslie camp have confirmed the Ritalin story was a concoction. The father of Leslie's boyfriend, Scott, is Neil Sutton, who presides over a $220 million Sydney car dealership. The Herald has established that he provided much of the $600,000 spent to bring her home."

"Some of the money was sent from the Suttons via the drug dealer who had supplied the ecstasy to Leslie and her friends. More than $100,000 in bribes was eventually distributed by some of Leslie's lawyers; $US20,000 ($27,000) was paid to the police laboratory in an unsuccessful attempt to change its test results; another $US20,000 was offered to the Bali police chief I Made Mangku Pastika, but he rebuffed the approach. After Leslie's arrest, Neil Sutton sent one of his senior managers to Indonesia to try help. The man hired several shadowy figures who claimed they could have Leslie freed immediately - and the Suttons were so confident they booked her a plane ticket, the Herald has been told."

Now we sit and wait for the impending libel case. I love a good slander suite.