The N-Dubz singer, 26, had been accused of being concerned with the supply of a Class A drug after a meeting with undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood.

Mr Mahmood told how Tulisa promised that she could set him up with £800 worth of cocaine. However the judge today told the jury that there were ‘strong grounds to believe’ that he ‘lied’.

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In a statement, former X Factor judge Tulisa accused Mr Mahmood of taking advantage of her when things were ‘going wrong’ for her and ‘completed intoxicated’ her and her team by convincing her she was auditioning for a Bollywood-type movie role.

A defiant looking Tulisa stood outside Southwark Crown Court reading her statement, and said:

“Let me be perfectly clear. I have never dealt drugs and never been involved in taking or dealing cocaine.

“This whole case was a horrific and disgusting entrapment by Mazher Mahmood and the Sun on Sunday newspaper.

“Mahmood has now been exposed by my lawyers openly lying to the judge and jury. These lies were told to stop crucial evidence going before the jury.

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“These lies were told to stop crucial evidence going before the jury. This evidence shows that I told Mahmood’s long-standing driver that I disapproved of drugs, which is the truth.

“It is clear that the driver was pressured to change his statement to strengthen Mahmood’s evidence and to damage mine.

“Thankfully the lies have been uncovered and justice has been done.”

Following the outcome, The Sun also released a statement. It read: “We are very disappointed with this outcome, but do believe the original investigation was conducted within the bounds of the law and the industry’s code. This was demonstrated by the CPS decision to prosecute.

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“The Sun, of course, takes the judge’s remarks very seriously. Mr Mahmood has been suspended pending an immediate internal investigation.”

Tulisa finished her own statement by claiming that the court case had left her unable to work for a year, but that she was ‘looking forward to resuming her career’.

She also urged the police and News UK to ‘investigate Mazher Mahmood and his team and to put an end to his deceit in pursuit of sensational stories for commercial gain.”