The Salt Path author Raynor Winn has been left ‘devastated’ by accusations that her husband’s debilitating illness was fabricated.
Questions had been raised about the condition suffered by her husband Moth – corticobasal degeneration [CBD] – a rare neurological condition in the same family as Parkinson’s disease, which is central to the book.
Life expectancy after diagnosis is around six to eight years, according to the NHS – however Moth has been living with the condition for 18 years with no apparent visible symptoms.
But an investigation by The Observer newspaper, heard from a number of neurologists specialising in CBD, one of which said that Moth’s history with the illness ‘does not pass the sniff test’.
The writer has also been accused of omitting key elements of her story in her account of losing her home before embarking on a mammoth trek of the South West Coast Path.
More than two million people have read her popular 2018 memoir but the author is now facing claims the story may not be as ‘unflinchingly honest’ as initially billed.
The Salt Path author Raynor Winn (right) has been left ‘devastated’ by accusations that her husband’s debilitating illness was fabricated
In the book, Winn said she and her husband Moth lost a fortune – and their home in Wales – due to a bad investment in a friend’s business.
But Raynor has now been accused of embezzling £64,000 from a former employer and was allegedly arrested.
A loan was then allegedly taken out to avoid prosecution and when this was not paid their home was sold, it has been claimed.
A spokesman for the Winns previously told the Mail that the allegations made in the Sunday newspaper were ‘highly misleading’.
