Sitting in a Durham police station, shortly after his daughter's death, Simon Vickers made a declaration of despair. 'I must be the unluckiest man in the world,' he said.
Some men might look upon their eighth decade as a time to unwind and enjoy the simple pleasures of life, surrounded by the comforts of the familiar. Richard Gere, however, is not some men.
Increasingly outlandish theories and speculation spread across TikTok, YouTube and the like and the focal point for some of the most hurtful conjecture was around Nicola's partner Paul.
In June, Fiona Harvey launched a no-holds-barred legal assault on Netflix, demanding $170 million, claiming she had been defamed 'at a magnitude and scale without precedent'.