How The Rennard Story Developed
Updated: 7:17pm UK, Monday 25 February 2013
Here is how the claims about Lord Rennard grew into a full-blown crisis for Nick Clegg amid questions about exactly what the party leader knew and when.
2008: Nick Clegg says this was when he became aware of "indirect and non-specific concerns" about Lord Rennard's behaviour.
The leader says his then chief-of-staff Danny Alexander confronted the peer and told him "any such behaviour was wholly unacceptable".
Lord Rennard "categorically denied" the claims.
2009: Lord Rennard resigns as party president due to ill health.
February 19, 2013: Channel 4 tells the Lib Dems about the allegations ahead of its programme.
February 21, 2013: Channel 4 broadcasts claims by two women alleging Lord Rennard touched them inappropriately.
Alison Smith, a Lib Dem activist who is now an Oxford University lecturer, said she spoke to chief whip Paul Burstow and Jo Swinson, party spokesman for women and equality, but that no action was taken.
Lord Rennard, who resigned as party president in 2009 due to ill health, says he is "deeply shocked" by the allegations which he "strongly disputes".
The party insists Nick Clegg first knew of the allegations when it was approached by Channel 4 about the planned broadcast.
February 22, 2013: A new report on Channel 4 News says more women have come forward with similar stories about the peer.
February 23, 2013: Lib Dem president Tim Farron says he is "sure" Mr Clegg did not know about the claims.
February 24, 2013: Pressure grows on Mr Clegg after the Mail on Sunday reports a Facebook exchange from January 2009 in which one party worker wrote: "I just don't know how Nick can know and not do anything."
A Lib Dem spokesman repeats: "Nick Clegg only knew of these allegations when we were contacted by Channel 4 News."
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show in the morning, Business Secretary Vince Cable also denies that he or Mr Clegg knew about the allegations before the Channel 4 report.
In the evening, Mr Clegg - back from a family holiday in Spain - issues a dramatic clarification, admitting he had known about the rumours for five years.
But he says: "I would like to make one thing crystal clear. I did not know about these allegations until Channel 4 informed the party of them shortly before they were broadcast."
February 25, 2013: Mr Clegg insists he has "nothing to hide" about how the case was handled. "Until last week, no very specific allegations were put to me," he says.
Lib Dem President Tim Farron admits the party has "screwed this up". "There are individuals out there who we had a duty of care towards and we did not fulfil that duty of care," he says.
Scotland Yard announces it is investigating "whether or not criminal activity has taken place" following the allegations against Lord Rennard.
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