Accusation 1:

“An environmental consultant who questioned the value of the mentoring with other members said she was left ‘terrified’ and in tears after Mr Waugh bombarded her with abuse during a two-hour phone call.”

• Mrs X must give Lighthouse permission to release more or all of the full recording and transcript of this conversation to put the record straight. 
• Mr Singh, Mrs X’s mentor, has written about the crucial context behind this conversation in this article here. 
• Mrs X’s ‘questioning’ of her mentoring was far from innocent or progressive. It was cynical, destructive, toxic to other partners and breaking Mr Singh down. 
• Her mentor, Mr Singh was becoming increasingly drained after daily 2-hour long sessions with Mrs X where she poured her negativity and fears into him. 
• Mr Singh was not aware enough to recognise her toxicity and put a stop to it. Mr Waugh stepped in because he could see her effects on those around her. 
• The phone call actually ended progressively. Mrs X later apologised for her behaviour and Mr Waugh apologised for his language.
• A deliberately clipped, edited and spliced together 2-minute audio cannot be relied upon to give an accurate depiction of the full two hour conversation 

Accusation 2:

“When she later politely emailed requesting a refund on her £25,000 investment, Mr Waugh refused and reminded her that the group had recordings of her describing the ‘long-term sexual abuse’ she suffered as a child — which she felt was a threat.”

• Written politely or not, Mrs X has no legal case for a refund. Mrs X left Lighthouse International Group in March 2021 and we have not received a single legal letter or indication of legal action from her, showing as much. 
• The reason Mrs X was reminded of the recordings because of her proven propensity to lie and/or twist the truth to suit her false or destructive narrative.
• The reasons for such recordings is to ensure a commitment to truth and reality that all parties are accountable to, including Mr Waugh, Mr Singh and Lighthouse International Group. 
• N.B. This doesn’t include edited and manipulated recordings presented with a false or misleading context.

Accusation 3:

“But a 48-year-old consultant who borrowed £10,000 to invest in the group after joining in 2019 said she eventually felt she had to move abroad to escape them”.

• Mrs X had been speaking about leaving the UK to go overseas for many years which is all on record. It was one of her goals Lighthouse was committed to helping her achieve. 
• Mrs X left Lighthouse International Group because of the pressure from her family fearing the potential details of her past abuse coming to light publicly and this can be proven. 
• Mrs X left Lighthouse International Group, not in acrimony, but under compassionate and supportive circumstances, all of which can be proven in evidence of communications, not publicly presentable without permission or being in a court of law.

Accusation 4:

“The woman, who did not want to be named because her counselling involved discussing previous childhood sexual abuse, said: ‘I was going through a divorce at the time and it felt extremely positive to begin with. They encouraged us to use LinkedIn, for us to connect with people, so it is just like multi-level marketing.’”

• It’s not disputed that Mrs X spoke confidentially with members of Lighthouse responsible for mentoring and supporting her about her past abuse. 
• Mrs X was given a lot of care, mentoring support during her divorce which she has spoken and written highly of. 
• It’s not unusual practice for any business or career professional to use business networking platforms like LinkedIn to expand their networks. 
• Lighthouse is not a multi-level marketing company. To suggest so is naive conjecture trying to imply wrongful practices, of which there’s zero evidence.  
• If Mrs X is suggesting there is anything unethical or even illegal about our practices she must prove it, which she has not.

Accusation 5:

“But when she raised concerns about the mentoring with other members, Mr Waugh turned on her and during a two-hour call branded her ‘nasty’, ‘pernicious’, ‘selfish’, ‘horrible’, ‘vindictive’, ‘broken’, ‘very damaged’, ‘stupid’, ‘dishonest’, ‘duplicitous’, ‘misleading’, ‘f*****g deluded’, ‘seriously f****d up’, ‘sinister’, a ‘cynical little old witch’, a ‘weasel’, a ‘negative, self-defeating, self-sabotaging automaton’, ‘the worst, weirdest, sickest f**k’, having ‘an ego like a feral dog’ and being an ’emotional, mental and spiritual toddler’.”

• The Daily Mail has collated many bad words and collected them together to make a strong impact, which it does. However, it does not reflect reality. 
• Mr Waugh has not ever tried to excuse or deny that his language to Mrs X on this occasion was out of line.
• This was also out of character. Years’ worth of recordings can be produced of Mr Waugh showing him in totally the opposite kind of light. Over the last year in particular, through conscious endeavour, Mr Waugh has also pretty much fully eradicated any form of swearing from his vocabulary.  
• Mr Waugh later apologised for his language, sent flowers and left things on good terms with Mrs X who took responsibility for their negative behaviour.
• Mrs X messaged Mr Waugh afterwards (the below is paraphrased) saying:
• “You are right Paulie when you pointed out I do many things I do not understand.” 
• “What I am doing to me, to Jai and to you I’m seeing it now for the first time and am truly sorry for my selfishness.

• If every bad word the average person said in a heated argument was written down and put together in one sentence it would surprise most people. 
• With Mrs X’s and the Daily Mail’s permission we can publish all our communications evidence about this situation to clear the air.

Accusation 6:

“He also reminded the woman that every conversation she’d ever had at Lighthouse was taped and ‘every journal you’ve ever written is stored’.”

• Recording conversations is standard practice at Lighthouse International Group as Mrs X was fully aware of, having been involved with the company for over 2 years and present on many recorded meetings and calls. 
• As stated above; Mrs X was reminded of recordings because of her proven propensity to try and lie or twist the truth to suit her false and/or destructive narratives. It was a warning not to do so, but not one she heeded given her decision to share a manipulated recording with the national press.
• All of the above facts can be proven and substantiated and verified, however, Lighthouse International Group and its partners on the call were not given notice of this recording being used and not given ANY opportunity to comment on it before it was published. The 10 crucial facts listed above and context from the full recording contained in messages could have been shared to present what this call was about, why it happened and what happened next.

Accusation 7:

“And he told her that if she had behaved with her children the way she had been behaving in the group he would immediately have reported her to social services — where he claims to have connections. When she broke down in tears, he berated her for ‘crying for herself’, saying: ‘It’s all about you.’”

• Mr Waugh’s choice of language came as a last resort and after he lost composure on the back of many attempts within Lighthouse to reasonably try and help Mrs X reform her negative and destructive behaviour.  
• Mr Waugh was angry at Mrs X because her toxicity was damaging other people, namely Mr Singh. The purpose of the call was primarily to protect Mr Singh, which he is willing to testify to in court. 
• Lighthouse International Group has requested Mrs X’s permission to release our evidence for these claims, including the full recording which will make all matters clear. We are still waiting her response.