Netflix Delays Launch Of Gary Glitter Doc Following “New Legal Information”

Netflix has delayed its Gary Glitter documentary following “legal information we recently became aware of.”

A spokesman for the streamer wouldn’t disclose further detail but said an update is coming soon on the doc series that was supposed to launch October 14.

Just last week, Netflix dropped a trailer for Voltage TV‘s three-part Hunting Gary Glitter, which follows journalists’ pursuit of Glitter alongside the survivors who speak out, charting the former pop superstar’s 1997 conviction, through to his years on the run, and eventual incarceration.

This came just a fortnight after Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, pleaded not guilty to eight allegations of sexual abuse against a girl when she was aged between eight and 11. He made the plea via videolink to a London court as he is currently still serving time in prison for other offences.

Glitter was a pop sensation in the 1970s and 1980s but was convicted in 1999 of downloading child sexual abuse material and of many more offences over the following years, along with being deported from several countries.

The Netflix spokesman’s full statement read: “We have made the decision to pause the release of Hunting Gary Glitter (originally due to launch 14 October). This follows new legal information we recently became aware of. We’re not able to share further detail at this time, but we’ll provide an update as soon as we’re in a position to do so.”

Netflix has previously shone a light on serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile via its Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story doc.