News about Derek Acorah

The late Derek Acorah has been thrust back into the limelight after his former Most Haunted co-host Yvette Fielding claimed the psychic tried to grope her while pretending to be possessed by a spirit. Acorah, who died aged 69 in 2020 after a sepsis infection following a battle with pneumonia, has been posthumously accused by Fielding of being a 'fake' medium who tried to 'chase' her and 'ram his tongue down my throat'. The former Blue Peter host also claims that Acorah would make sexually explicit remarks, including repeatedly asking to see her breasts. The shocking allegations come almost 20 years after the pair famously fell out over a fakery row over a 2005 episode of Most Haunted in which Acorah appeared to become possessed by an alleged made-up spirit at Bodmin Gaol in Cornwall. Resident parapsychologist Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe later revealed he had set up Acorah by having other crew members feed him false information about spirits in various locations.

Ghost hunter Yvette Fielding claims her Most Haunted co-star Derek Acorah was a fake who tried to grope and kiss her - and on at least one occasion, while being 'possessed' by a spirit. The former Blue Peter presenter, 55, recalls how Acorah, who had been drinking, stretched out his arms as if he had been crucified on the cross and proclaimed he was Jesus. 'He then proceeded to chase me round the restaurant and I was batting him away because he was trying to ram his tongue down my throat.' The pair famously fell out when he was uncovered as a fraud during a 2006 episode in Bodmin Jail.