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SassyGirl
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:20 am |
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Report: McCann Family at Center of Oprah, Barbara Walters Bi
The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann are reportedly in the middle of a bidding war between Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey for who will get an exclusive interview with the couple, the Daily Mail reported.
A spokesman for the McCann family told the Daily Mail representatives of the family have held talks with producers from both shows.
"We are discussing it but it doesn't mean we are definitely doing it," Clarence Mitchell told the Daily Mail, adding they would only agree to a deal to help find their 4-year-old daughter who vanished from a Portugal apartment where the family was vacationing last May. "Nothing has been agreed."
Should the Oprah deal go through, Kate and Gerry McCann would be paid close to $2 million for their story, the newspaper reported.
The family has been forced to consider the requests to tell their story, because their Find Madeleine fund is expected to run out by June, the Daily Mail reported.
Madeleine's parents are considered suspects in their daughter's disappearance, and are barred by strict Portuguese secrecy laws from talking about any aspect of the case itself, according to the report.
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| Katie
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:19 pm |
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Re: Report: McCann Family at Center of Oprah, Barbara Walter
| SassyGirl wrote: | The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann are reportedly in the middle of a bidding war between Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey for who will get an exclusive interview with the couple, the Daily Mail reported.
A spokesman for the McCann family told the Daily Mail representatives of the family have held talks with producers from both shows.
"We are discussing it but it doesn't mean we are definitely doing it," Clarence Mitchell told the Daily Mail, adding they would only agree to a deal to help find their 4-year-old daughter who vanished from a Portugal apartment where the family was vacationing last May. "Nothing has been agreed."
Should the Oprah deal go through, Kate and Gerry McCann would be paid close to [b]$2 million for their story, the newspaper reported.
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The family has been forced to consider the requests to tell their story, because their Find Madeleine fund is expected to run out by June, the Daily Mail reported.
Madeleine's parents are considered suspects in their daughter's disappearance, and are barred by strict Portuguese secrecy laws from talking about any aspect of the case itself, according to the report. |
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| yankee-in-france
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:56 pm |
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Yep. Go figure.
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| Schmerty
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:31 pm |
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Every time I think I've heard everything........
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Skipping along my own path.
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| Arubalover
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:56 pm |
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Does that mean Oprah paid Beth Twitty as well?
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| Isanah
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:36 am |
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| Arubalover wrote: | | Does that mean Oprah paid Beth Twitty as well? |
That's what I was wondering too! Two million to Maddie's parents? WTH? 
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| justamom
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:06 am |
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Its pretty well known I thought that Oprah does pay certain guests to get them on her show. 2 million though. Sheesh.
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| Myra Manes
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:13 am |
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That's sickening. 
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| Alexandria
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:51 pm |
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snipped from above:
Madeleine's parents are considered suspects in their daughter's disappearance, and are barred by strict Portuguese secrecy laws from talking about any aspect of the case itself, according to the report.
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So, what would the 2 million be for if they cannot talk about the case?
Odd.
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| yankee-in-france
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:52 am |
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If they close the case in Portugal and the parents are released from suspect status, they will be free to talk.
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| SavannahStar
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:38 pm |
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Dutch Tourist Says She Saw Missing Toddler Madeleine McCann at French Cafe
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A Dutch tourist has claimed she spotted missing British girl Madeleine McCann in southern France — the latest in a series of alleged sightings across the world.
The woman told police she saw a child she thought was the 4-year-old in the city of Montpellier.
French police have taken CCTV from a cafe, which reportedly shows the girl in question.
Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Madeleine's parents, said he was told the tourist had been so sure it was the missing girl that she shouted out her name before a man rushed off with the child.
The spokesman told Sky News: "Of course we've been here before. There have been many, many sightings of Madeleine, some where people — very well-meaning people -- have said they are certain it was her and, of course, in those cases sadly it has proven not to be.
"In this case, the young girl concerned says she is 100 percent certain it was Madeleine. She apparently has also spoken about the mark in Madeleine's eye — which makes her very distinctive."
Mitchell said the tourist, thought to be an 18-year-old student, had done "absolutely the right thing" by contacting the police.
The teenager had been in a cafe with a friend when they started looking at a girl because she appeared to be dancing to music from one of their mobile phones, the spokesman said.
"The friend said, apparently, 'Don't we know this girl from somewhere?' ... and this 18-year-old ... said she was very quickly aware it could be Madeleine," said Mitchell.
"She was so shocked she apparently called out the girl's name and, at this point, the girl looked shocked and a man who was with her... scooped the child up, put a hat on her and took her out of the cafe very quickly."
Mitchell added that parents Kate and Gerry McCann were "not getting their hopes up or down" until authorities had investigated.
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| Torti
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:23 pm |
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It's Not Madeleine
From the AP. It's also up on msnbc.
Police: Girl in France Isn't Madeleine
By HUBERT VIALATTE – 17 minutes ago
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Police investigating an alleged sighting last week of Madeleine McCann in southern France have determined it was not the missing British girl, a police official said Wednesday.
Investigators had taken seriously a Dutch tourist's account that she believed she saw McCann at a roadside restaurant near the city of Montpellier on Feb. 15, a police official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly on the matter.
After viewing closed-circuit video footage, police investigators spotted a man and a young girl who indeed resembled the missing British girl, but determined it was not McCann after a thorough inspection, the official said.
The file has been transferred to a state prosecutor in Montpellier, the official said. He declined to give further information.
On Wednesday, Dutch newspaper De Gelderlander interviewed Melissa Firing, 18, who said she was sure the girl she saw was McCann because of the way she reacted when she called her name, and because she was able to look her in the eyes.
A man accompanying the child took her and quickly left the restaurant afterward, Firing told the newspaper.
McCann has been missing since May 3, 2007, when she disappeared during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal. She was a few days from her 4th birthday when she vanished.
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