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A never-before-seen legal dossier detailing the bitter breakdown of John Lennon's marriage to his first wife Cynthia has been uncovered after nearly 50 years.
The five-page document, reveals details of his increasing drug use and his affair with Yoko Ono.
It centres on claims made by Dorothy Jarlett, Lennon's housekeeper of four years, on what she saw while working at the Lennon family home Kenwood in Weybridge, Surrey.
The Lennons bought Kenwood, then a 22-bedroom home, in Weybridge, Surrey, for £20,000 in 1964.
Kenwood became the place to visit for the other Beatles, various American musicians and total strangers that Lennon had met the previous night in London nightclubs.
The papers also details his mood swings, aggressive behaviour towards his young son Julian and heated arguments between him and Cynthia. -
Karen Fairweather, manager of Omega Auctions, said: 'This sensational document has never been seen before it was found among the possessions of Dot Jarlett, the Lennons' long-serving housekeeper, following her death last year.'These papers were part of her estate but up until her death no-one knew they were there
Mrs Jarlett describes how Yoko Ono would visit the country pile while Cynthia was out of the country, and how she once found the pair in bed together.
She reveals how Lennon became nonchalant towards his wife around 1967 - five years after they tied the knot - when the Beatles were at the height of their fame.
The document has never been seen before because Lennon and Cynthia settled out of court, with Lennon agreeing to pay her £100,000 and give her custody of Julian.
While she had suspicions of Lennon's infidelity over the years, with friends telling her that Lennon had had numerous affairs as far back as their time together at art college in Liverpool, Cynthia ignored the warnings.The Lennons' marriage troubles came to a head in February 1968 when Lennon drunkenly confessed to sleeping with other women during their marriage. The nail in the coffin came in August 1968 with the news that Yoko was pregnant.
Lennon suggested Cynthia take a holiday with friends. She returned to find her husband sitting across from Yoko Ono on the floor - staring into each other's eyes.After years of trouble, the marriage finally ended in August 1968 when Yoko Ono discovered she was pregnant.
'Mr Lennon was frequently away on tour, filming and recording and I did not see very much of him.
'I do not think that Mr Lennon showed the usual interest the father showed in the household. He was certainly not bad with Julian, but he appeared to be preoccupied with other matters.
'I quite often heard Mrs Lennon ask whether she could accompany him, but he had refused, making excuses for not taking her. He would only take her, if they had been invited out together.
In a section of text she later crossed out in blue pen, Mrs Jarlett recalls how she discovered Lennon's drug taking habit after he left packets of cannabis lying round the house. 'It was quite clear to me that Mr Lennon was smoking pot, and we all hoped that it was a phase and that he would get over it.
'I have seen pot around the house since then.' Describing what she had seen of Yoko Ono, Mrs Jarlett wrote: 'Before Mrs Lennon went to Greece, I had seen Yoko Ono at the house twice.
'I had brought tea and coffee into the room and John and Yoko had always been chatting together.
'I had no reason to suspect any illicit associations. It appeared to me that she was rather more a friend of John; she always spoke to John and I never saw her talking to Mrs Lennon.
'On one occasion, I know that she stayed at the house overnight, but Mrs Lennon was there and I made breakfast for the three of them the next morning.'
