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A Sydney Morning Herald investigation finally reveals the truth behind Michelle Leslie's story.

In this story is a a story about two ecstasy pills, web of lies, bribes and simple proof that knowing the "right people" can mean your freedom.

"MICHELLE LESLIE'S desperation to avoid a 15-year jail term fuelled a stream of lies and deceptions, supplemented by a $600,000 campaign to buy her freedom.

An investigation by the Herald has uncovered bribes paid by the Michelle Leslie camp and calls into question the core planks of the defence she mounted publicly and in court. It reveals the extremes to which she had to go to win swift release from a Bali prison after being arrested with two ecstasy pills in August.

Michelle Leslie, her lawyers and advisers have said she did not take ecstasy, that she did not know what the pills found in her bag were, that a friend had slipped them in her bag, and that they were substitutes for Ritalin."

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