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| A leaked draft report into the BBC’s practices at the time of the Jimmy Savile scandal has revealed the full extent of the former DJ’s predatory sexual activity. | |
| The report, published by the investigative news website Exaro and led by Dame Janet Smith, is said to include “devastating detail” of the broadcaster’s “sheer scale of awareness” of the late star’s activities. | |
| The report is said to point to a “deferential culture”, “untouchable stars” and “above the law” managers at the corporation. However, the BBC cannot be criticised for failing to uncover Savile’s “sexual deviancy”, it says. | The report is said to point to a “deferential culture”, “untouchable stars” and “above the law” managers at the corporation. However, the BBC cannot be criticised for failing to uncover Savile’s “sexual deviancy”, it says. |
| The retired judge’s report outlines multiple rapes and indecent assaults on children by Savile, which she claims were all “in some way associated with the BBC”. | |
| A BBC spokesman said they would not be commenting as they had not yet seen the final report or the draft. He said: “We cannot confirm the authenticity or contents of the leaked report and we don’t believe Exaro has the full version.” | A BBC spokesman said they would not be commenting as they had not yet seen the final report or the draft. He said: “We cannot confirm the authenticity or contents of the leaked report and we don’t believe Exaro has the full version.” |
| In the afterword of the leaked report, which contains more than 37,500 words over 500 pages, the retired judge states: “Finally, I wish to consider whether it is possible that a predatory child abuser could be lurking undiscovered in the BBC even today. The answer is that I think it is possible.” | In the afterword of the leaked report, which contains more than 37,500 words over 500 pages, the retired judge states: “Finally, I wish to consider whether it is possible that a predatory child abuser could be lurking undiscovered in the BBC even today. The answer is that I think it is possible.” |
| According to Exaro, one section says: “[Savile] would indulge in sexual touching while working on the set [of Top of the Pops or Jim’ll Fix It] and on at least one occasion, he was actually on camera. Savile would seize the opportunity for sexual contact even in public places such as corridors, staircases and canteens”. | |
| Savile indecently assaulted an underage girl on the set of Top of the Pops in 1969, the report says. The girl told a member of floor staff, who ejected her from the building. | Savile indecently assaulted an underage girl on the set of Top of the Pops in 1969, the report says. The girl told a member of floor staff, who ejected her from the building. |
| Savile also assaulted a 17-year-old girl on camera on Top of the Pops in 1976. She too complained to floor staff but “her complaint was brushed aside with the explanation that that was ‘just Jimmy fooling about’,” writes Smith in the leaked report. | Savile also assaulted a 17-year-old girl on camera on Top of the Pops in 1976. She too complained to floor staff but “her complaint was brushed aside with the explanation that that was ‘just Jimmy fooling about’,” writes Smith in the leaked report. |
| Savile would arrange for particular girls to be on the podium next to him during the making of Top of the Pops and a producer said in the late 1970s that “Savile always used to choose the girls and boys he wanted close to him … instead of letting the director or floor manager choose them”. | Savile would arrange for particular girls to be on the podium next to him during the making of Top of the Pops and a producer said in the late 1970s that “Savile always used to choose the girls and boys he wanted close to him … instead of letting the director or floor manager choose them”. |
| One witness in the report states: “Apart from the regular members of Savile’s team, I know of at least two young girls [both underage] who were invited back to Savile’s dressing room, where he abused them sexually.” | One witness in the report states: “Apart from the regular members of Savile’s team, I know of at least two young girls [both underage] who were invited back to Savile’s dressing room, where he abused them sexually.” |
| Smith says most of Savile’s rapes and sex abuse crimes took place in his flat or caravans, but admitted that she had heard of incidents occurring in “virtually every one of the BBC premises at which he worked”. | Smith says most of Savile’s rapes and sex abuse crimes took place in his flat or caravans, but admitted that she had heard of incidents occurring in “virtually every one of the BBC premises at which he worked”. |
| In the chapter on the BBC’s management culture, Exaro reports that Smith tells how a production assistant complained of a sexual assault by a colleague at the World Service between 1981 and 1984. The assistant was told by the personnel department that making a complaint would be “not making the right decision”. | In the chapter on the BBC’s management culture, Exaro reports that Smith tells how a production assistant complained of a sexual assault by a colleague at the World Service between 1981 and 1984. The assistant was told by the personnel department that making a complaint would be “not making the right decision”. |
| The report reads: “Several people who suffered at Savile’s hands were not prepared to make any complaint. | The report reads: “Several people who suffered at Savile’s hands were not prepared to make any complaint. |
| “Perhaps the most stark example is [unnamed witness]. She was 19 and almost raped by Savile in his caravan, but, after having discussed the matter with colleagues, decided not to make any complaint either to the police or to the BBC. | “Perhaps the most stark example is [unnamed witness]. She was 19 and almost raped by Savile in his caravan, but, after having discussed the matter with colleagues, decided not to make any complaint either to the police or to the BBC. |
| “It was difficult in the BBC to make a complaint about another member of staff, it is not hard to imagine how much more difficult it must have been to make a complaint about a member of the ‘talent’ such as Savile.” | “It was difficult in the BBC to make a complaint about another member of staff, it is not hard to imagine how much more difficult it must have been to make a complaint about a member of the ‘talent’ such as Savile.” |
| Smith’s investigation has interviewed 375 witnesses in connection with Savile, who died in 2011. | Smith’s investigation has interviewed 375 witnesses in connection with Savile, who died in 2011. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, it was announced that the final report would be published within six weeks, after police said they were no longer concerned about the report prejudicing ongoing investigations. | Earlier on Wednesday, it was announced that the final report would be published within six weeks, after police said they were no longer concerned about the report prejudicing ongoing investigations. |