I have been asked whether it referred to a belief that Nigella permitted the Grillos to spend whatever they liked. Nevertheless I did believe the allegations. In this, Saatchi said: "At the time of sending the email I was completely astonished by the alleged scale of the drug use set out in the statements. The court also heard that Saatchi had made a further statement, which was taken on Monday, part of which the judge read out. The judge read out part of the email, which had been sent in the runup to the trial: "Of course now the Grillos will get off on the basis that you were so off your head on drugs you allowed the sisters to spend whatever they liked … and yes I believe every word they have said."
The message from Lawson's ex-husband appeared to show he now accepted the Grillos' claim that Lawson had allowed them to spend freely on the understanding they would not tell her husband about her drug use. On Tuesday the trial judge, Robin Johnson, lifted an order preventing publication of claims made in pre-trial proceedings after the explosive email from Saatchi emerged. Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo are contesting fraud charges in which the two are accused of defrauding Saatchi and Lawson of more than £300,000 while working for the celebrity couple. The allegation that the 53-year-old, with programmes due for broadcast on Channel 4 and ABC in the United States, was keeping a "guilty secret" – drug-taking – from Saatchi was made in Isleworth crown court by lawyers for the Saatchis' two former longstanding assistants. Her former husband, Charles Saatchi, after hearing about the allegations of her drug use, described her as "Higella" in an angry email, part of which was read out in court.
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