Tonight on 60 Minutes, Rebecca Loos isn’t holding back, hitting back at David Beckham’s version of events in his Netflix documentary and setting the record straight on their alleged affair.
In Tamworth, a father’s decade-long search for justice continues, as he fights for answers about his toddler son’s unexplained death.
And actress Madeleine West, who bravely confronted her past last year, now has an unexpected twist to share—one that started with a simple “oops.”
MISMATCH OF THE DAY
According to Rebecca Loos, soccer superstar David Beckham was not only a player on the field, off it he was one as well. Back in 2004, when she was his 26-year-old personal assistant, she publicly admitted they had a torrid affair.
At the time, and unusually for such an attacking footballer, Beckham was defensive. He pleaded it was ludicrous to suggest he was unfaithful to his Spice Girl wife, Victoria. The denial infuriated Loos because she felt it implied she had lied.
Eventually her anger gave way to resignation, but two years ago a rather vainglorious David Beckham obliquely referenced the liaison in a Netflix documentary. As Rebecca tells Dimity Clancey, his comments were an own goal that has given her a free kick to strike back.
Reported by Dimity Clancey and produced by Sammi Taylor.
TRAGEDY IN TAMWORTH
The pain is unbearable and the frustration immense. Baylen Pendergast’s father, Luke, can’t fathom how 11 years on from his toddler son’s mysterious death, no one has been held responsible.
There have been no arrests and no charges laid. That’s despite overwhelming medical evidence suggesting the 21-month-old boy suffered horrific, non-accidental injuries. It’s a tragedy that has stunned the country New South Wales community of Tamworth where Baylen lived.
On 60 MINUTES, Adam Hegarty investigates why, after more than a decade, there are still no answers for his dad.
Reported by Adam Hegarty and produced by Laura Sparkes and Toni Ambrogetti.
OOPS
It’s easy to understand why actress Madeleine West is so committed to protecting children, and not just because she’s a mother of six. As 60 MINUTES reported last year, when she was a young girl Madeleine was the victim of a serial paedophile.
For 40 years she kept the abuse secret, but then, in the performance of her life, she helped police collect the evidence they needed to charge the perpetrator. Peter Vincent White was subsequently imprisoned for 15 years for crimes against seven children.
Now there is a new chapter for Madeleine West. She has a remarkable and wonderful surprise she wants to share – one that started with oops.
Reported by Tara Brown and produced by Nichola Younger.
How embarrassing on 60min , still brewing over something that happened in 2004. She’s just as much to blame , Stop playing the victim. The only people that lost here is Victoria and their children , and she wants to bring it all back up again. Get a life