article_snippet.sent: As the charges were put at Westminster Magistrates Court, his barrister Jonathan Caplan QC asked for reporting restrictions to be lifted because there had been false statements about the charges on social media.
article_snippet.sent: him, of Chelsea, was granted bail and is next due in court on April 30.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, officers swooped on his £3million home.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Caplan said it was 'regrettable' that Mr Caplan had to apply for reporting restrictions to be lifted, but qualified Mr Caplan was doing this to ensure a 'fair trial' for Mr Caplan client.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Caplan added that misreporting in the press and on social media as to what the allegations and charges amount to  had 'courted inferences' about the allegations which were 'wholly wrong.'