By Katie Feehan For Mailonline | Link to article
Tom Parker Bowles was 24 when he was caught in tabloid's cocaine sting in 1999
It is claimed woman who helped newspaper is witness against Ghislaine Maxwell
Report suggests incident may be used by Maxwell's defence to undermine the prosecution witness when the trial gets underway on November 29 in New York
One of accusers had a hand in setting up Tom Parker Bowles in a newspaper cocaine sting in the 90s, it has been reported.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is expected to appear as a witness for the prosecution at Maxwell's trial which is due to start on November 29 and is set to be the trial of the century.
But, according to the Telegraph, it has now come to light that the woman was paid up to £40,000 to help a tabloid newspaper set up Mr Parker Bowles, son of the , as part of a well-publicized sting in 1999.
The newspaper reports that the incident may be brought up during Maxwell's trial as part of the defence's bid to undermine the credibility of prosecution witnesses.
In the sting, which took place in 1999, Mr Parker Bowles was secretly filmed offering to buy cocaine for the woman, who was used by the tabloid because she knew Mr Parker Bowles at the time.
He also admitted using cocaine himself with 'someone he found last night' while working in France.
Mr Parker Bowles, who was 24 at the time and working as a publicist, was caught in the sting while at the Cannes Film Festival and the incident was splashed over five pages of the News of the World.
In contemporary reports, Parker Bowles was described as 'contrite' while it was said Prince Charles, who was then a patron of the drugs charity Phoenix House, was 'fairly cross' with the 24-year-old and scolded him for having been caught up in the sting.
The also adds that another witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has previously been arrested for possession of cocaine and use of drug paraphernalia.
Ghislaine, a British socialite and daughter of the late Robert Maxwell who is currently in a New York jail, is due to stand trial in the United States in just over a week.
Maxwell, 59, is charged with sex trafficking, with prosecutors claiming she helped pedophile Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom and ultimately sexually abuse young girls.
She has pleaded not guilty, and the trial is expect
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