Cliff Richard is ‘confident’ police will drop child sex abuse allegation – and even adds extra date to his forthcoming sell-out tour

‘Sir Cliff Richard is said to be so confident that child sex abuse allegations against him will be dropped that he has extended his forthcoming sell-out tour, it has been reported.

Detectives swooped on the 74-year-old’s £3.1million apartment in Berkshire in August amid accusations he sexually assaulted a schoolboy at a Christian rally almost three decades ago.

Police launched a probe after receiving a report that a teenager under the age of 16 was attacked in Sheffield at an event held by American evangelist Billy Graham in 1985.’

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