In July 1963 which osteopath was convicted of living off immoral earnings?
MRDA (slang) MRDA (slang) MRDA, an abbreviation for Mandy Rice-Davies Applies, is Internet slang meaning "well he would say that, wouldn't he?" It is used to indicate scepticism of a claim due to the obvious bias of the person making the claim. The source of the initialism comes from the Profumo Affair, a 1963 political scandal in the United Kingdom. While giving evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, charged with living off the immoral earnings of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, Rice-Davies (18 years old at that time) made the quip for which she is now best remembered: when the prosecuting
Christine Keeler years' imprisonment. By this time, Ward was facing trial on vice charges, and again Keeler was a main prosecution witness. Ward's trial, which ran from 22–31 July 1963, has been characterised as "an act of political revenge" for the embarrassment caused to the government. He was accused of living off the avails of prostitution (immoral earnings, in U.K. law) earned through Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, on the basis of the small contributions to household expenses or loan repayments the two had made to Ward while living with him. Ward's professional earnings as an osteopath were a substantial £5,500 a year