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UPDATE: Jeremy Clarkson Lawyers Up While James May Says He's Unemployed on Twitter

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So it has come to this - Jeremy Clarkson has thrown down the gauntlet to the BBC for the unethical comparison with Jimmy Savile. A punch-up will never be comparable to a man that spent decades preying on children. As a consequence, this fiasco will probably turn into a legal matter.
The Daily Mail reports that the 54-year-old TV presenter instructed his lawyers from law firm Olswang to put pressure on the broadcaster, demanding the BBC to immediately retract the Savile-esque allegations that were spread by “highly places BBC sources.” But there’s more...

In addition to the previously mentioned demand, the Top Gear presenter wants his lawyers to go all-out and start an investigation into what BBC higher-up smeared his persona with the lousy Jimmy Savile comparison.

Good on you, Jezza!

Despite his wrongdoing (punching Simon Tymon in the kisser), being compared to Great Britain’s most notorious child molester is inexcusable, full stop.

Some voices claim that the BBC exec that spread the allegation to the media is close to the corporation’s head of strategy, James Purnell. In any case, the BBC went one step too far with that statement.

Only time will tell if the British Broadcasting Corporation will man enough to offer a public apology to Jeremy Clarkson and confess which head honcho made the rotten Savile-esque allegation.

In other news, James May tweeted recently about peeling vegetables and the arduous task of changing some light bulbs in his house. Thing is, both of the tweets are alleging unemployment... with a hashtag.

UPDATE: Richard Hammond is active on Twitter as well. 

UPDATE 2: James May's Twitter account description reads "Former TV presenter, only remembered for saying 'Oh cock.' Or was that the other bloke?"

UPDATE 3: BBC Scotland Director Ken MacQuarie is now “considering the evidence” of the Jeremy Clarkson fracas. Expect an announcement early next week.

UPDATE 4: Jeremy Clarkson: "I'll do one last lap of Top Gear track before f****** b******* sack me."

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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