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Tulisa Contostavlos Lays Bare Drug Sting Trauma and Recovery in New Memoir

Her memoir traces the 2012 revenge porn scandal, the collapsed cocaine trial that prompted two suicide attempts, the Fake Sheikh’s conviction, her prescription drug battle, her path to wellbeing in Cheshire.

Overview

  • Judgement: Love, Trials and Tribulations is published today by Blink Publishing/Bonnier Books UK with Tulisa’s first extensive account of personal trauma and career fallout.
  • She details how a 2013 undercover sting by Mazher Mahmood led to Class A drug charges, courtroom collapse and two suicide attempts.
  • Mazher Mahmood was jailed for perverting the course of justice after his false evidence toppled her case.
  • Tulisa recounts the 2012 leak of her private sex tape by ex-partner Justin Edwards at a time when revenge porn laws were limited.
  • She reveals a struggle with sleeping tablets and benzodiazepines that she overcame in 2024 and now embraces a quiet life focused on wellbeing.