# Crispin Odey: The Octopus’s world

An episode of [The Slow Newscast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403), 4 Jul 2023, 37 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/64a2e25ae2cdb3001146223b/media.mp3

Crispin Odey was one of the most powerful hedge funders in London. He’s been dismissed from his own company which is being wound up after he was accused of assaulting more than a dozen women over many decades. Why did so many institutions apparently turn a blind eye and do nothing for so long - even though these allegations had trailed him for years? For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. For early and ad-free access, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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