Overview

• Officers searched the actor’s Kensington home for roughly five hours and were seen removing laptops and documents, with a specialist dog unit reported at the scene.
• Clarke was arrested and questioned in custody before being released, and he was later seen returning home shortly before 5:30pm.
• The Metropolitan Police declined to confirm the reason for the arrest or provide further details of the operation.
• The Guardian reports the Met inquiry began on 1 September and is being led by the force’s central specialist crime command.
• In August, a High Court judge ruled The Guardian’s reporting on allegations by more than a dozen women was substantially true and ordered Clarke to pay an initial £3m in legal costs, which he disputes as he maintains his denial.