Former Conservative MP Mr Neil Hamilton says he is gathering evidence that will "blow out of the water" sex assault allegations against him and his wife.
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Mr Hamilton and his wife are accused of indecently assaulting a 28-year-old woman while she was being allegedly raped by another man.
Speaking outside their Cheshire home, he said he will disprove the allegations. "I'm assembling documentary evidence to categorically disprove this. I am not yet in a position to publish it but I will in due course," he said.
"I repeat that we are totally innocent of these preposterous allegations. It is scandalous that it has been allowed to go so far before we have been given the opportunity to completely blow it out of the water".
The Hamiltons are suspicious about the involvement of publicist Mr Max Clifford, who was first approached by the woman making the allegations two days before the alleged rape took place.
"All we know is that Max Clifford has some involvement in this," said Mr Hamilton. "We don't know to what extent but we intend to find that out too".
Mrs Hamilton said she knew "an enormous number" of people would have been sending e-mails of support to her and her husband.
But she said: "I can't get at them because as far as I'm concerned the police have stolen our computer. I'm not being rude. Right now some Mr Plod will be looking at the things you have sent. I'm outraged by that".
Meanwhile, the BBC have announced that the chat show Ms Hamilton hosted is to be re-run on their BBC Choice digital channel.
The shows, first screened last year, featured Ms Hamilton talking to a number of high-profile figures about how they have bounced back from troughs in their lives and careers.
Among those she spoke to were James Hewitt, Jonathan Aitken, Bernard Manning and former MP Piers Merchant.
"Christine talked in-depth to some of the most controversial and infamous public figures in the UK about how they survived low-points in their careers, and how they planned to rebuild them.
PA