Burford Capital’s time under the spotlight continues, with an enthusiastic assessment of its business model from a California investment firm on Monday followed by an eye-catching report on Tuesday of a potential “revenge porn” case in the U.K.

The litigation funder has had a rocky two months since short seller Muddy Waters Research dropped a 25-page report assailing its business model. And more bad news came on Tuesday, when the Financial Times published a report implicating the company’s asset recovery business in a “revenge porn” scandal.

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