John Leslie

Prior to his television career he worked as a DJ in nightclubs in Edinburgh and Newcastle.

In the move to television, Leslie dropped his last name of "Stott" while working at the Edinburgh nightclub The Amphitheatre, after being told by nightclub DJ Ray Hollis that many people might have a problem pronouncing it.

In October 2002, Ulrika Jonsson wrote in her autobiography that a television presenter had raped her at the beginning of her career when she was his junior. Amid media speculation, Matthew Wright disclosed - supposedly by accident - on his television show The Wright Stuff, that Leslie was the alleged person. Jonsson refused to tell the public or the police whether the correct person had been named. Read Less