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Fabrication Claims Prompt Delay of Raynor Winn’s New Memoir

Penguin Michael Joseph postponed the October release to give Winn space to substantiate her husband’s diagnosis with clinic letters after The Observer’s exposé.

Overview

  • Penguin Michael Joseph said it would delay On Winter Hill to support Winn through the distress caused by intense public conjecture over her husband’s health.
  • Winn published excerpts from three redacted clinic letters to confirm Moth’s long-standing treatment for corticobasal syndrome and counter neurologists’ doubts.
  • The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association cut ties with the couple and canceled upcoming engagements following the Observer’s report.
  • Former landlord Bill Cole said discrepancies between Moth’s prognosis in private and in Winn’s later accounts left him feeling misled.
  • Winn expressed deep regret for bookkeeping errors that led to a non-admissions embezzlement settlement, while denying those issues caused their loss of a Welsh home.