article_snippet: Mr Gambaccini said: 'Someone whose identity we do not know, who I call the Wizard of Oz, the person sitting behind the curtain, pulling the levers, setting off smoke and light shows, decided "I've got a great idea, let's have a witch-hunt, let's divert the attention of the public from the police who knew about but failed to stop Savile in Savile lifetime and shine that spotlight instead on Savile contemporaries
article_snippet: and we'll get perverts from show business in the 1970s and 1980s''.'
article_snippet: The furious BBC DJ added: 'When you open a website and a phone line - as the police did - for the dedicated purpose of accusing celebrities, then you are going to get some people who are responding to the offer of money and attention.'
article_snippet: Savile told MPs there was no excuse for Savile treatment and urged MPs to overhaul the law to protect innocent victims from spending months on bail. '
article_snippet: It's obvious MPs wanted to keep me in the frame, because my name got out to the press '[but] there is no possible excuse for leaving someone out to dry.'
article_snippet: The veteran disc jockey told MPs that no one was above the law, but said celebrities were more vulnerable to false allegations because more people know celebrities.
article_snippet: The veteran disc jockey added: 'This person went after me because I was the famous person in This person neighbourhood.'
article_snippet: Other celebrities including comedians Jim Davidson and Jimmy Tarbuck have had Other celebrities including comedians Jim Davidson and Jimmy Tarbuck names dragged through the mud after Yewtree investigated their names over decades-old allegations.