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Langham 'kissed girl in lesson' Girl 'lost virginity' to TV actor
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Comedy actor Chris Langham kissed the girl he is accused of indecently assaulting during an acting lesson, a jury has heard. A woman has told a court she lost her virginity to comedy actor Chris Langham in a hotel room when she was 14, a few months after first meeting him.
His alleged victim, who was 14 at the time, told Maidstone Crown Court his actions had left her "stunned". The woman, now 25, told Maidstone Crown Court Mr Langham had taken her to the Kensington Gardens Hotel in London.
Mr Langham, 58, from Kent, has denied 10 counts of indecent assault and two counts of a serious sexual offence on a girl under 18 between 1996 and 2000.Mr Langham, 58, from Kent, has denied 10 counts of indecent assault and two counts of a serious sexual offence on a girl under 18 between 1996 and 2000.
He also denies 15 counts of making an indecent image of a child in 2005.He also denies 15 counts of making an indecent image of a child in 2005.
The alleged victim, now 25, told the court that she and Mr Langham, of Golford, near Cranbrook, had been reading through scripts of Shakespeare and he had been teaching her breathing techniques. He said if he wasn't married and in a relationship we could give it a go Alleged victim
'Dressing room kiss' The woman, who was an aspiring actress, described to the court the first time she and Mr Langham had sex and the various sex acts he enjoyed.
Mr Langham had been helping her to prepare for an audition. She also said she had two or three pregnancy scares which she discussed with Mr Langham in a Chinese restaurant.
She said: "He was talking about the diaphragm and how you breathe... he lifted up his top so I could see how his stomach would expand and slowly go down. "I remember him saying there was a small chance I could be pregnant and if I was he would arrange an abortion," she told the jury.
"I tried to do the breathing techniques as well but I felt a bit silly and then I sat down in the chair which was near the door... and then he came up and he gave me a small kiss on the lips."
Responding to questions from prosecutor Richard Barraclough QC, she said it had been "a soft kiss" which had lasted about 20 to 30 seconds.
Chris Langham starred in BBC TV series The Thick of It
Mr Barraclough asked: "Did he tell you why he'd come up to you and kissed you?"
The girl replied: "He said it was so I could relate to the character and it would help me with Shakespeare, because I wasn't from a close family so I didn't understand the meaning of affection and love to the extent I could have done..."
She said they later kissed in his dressing room for about five to 10 minutes and Mr Langham said it was "okay" and "normal".
She said: "I didn't really have much emotion or feeling.
"I guess it was okay because he was nice and I trusted him."
'Abortion arrangement'
The court heard he bought her gifts from Harvey Nichols and Harrods, a top from Jane Norman and a pair of Armani trousers.
She said they regularly spoke on the phone, and added: "He would call me more than me him."
The court heard she was 14 when she lost her virginity to him in a hotel room.
And she said she had "two or three" pregnancy scares.
She said: "I remember him saying to me there was a small chance I could be pregnant and if I was he would arrange an abortion."
She described sex and sex acts occurring in hotel rooms "which all kind of looked the same after a while" and also in his dressing room.
The woman said that as time passed, the pair had sex on almost every occasion they met, with the most common place being in his dressing room.The woman said that as time passed, the pair had sex on almost every occasion they met, with the most common place being in his dressing room.
The trial continues. They also had sex in his black Mercedes and at his home.
She said they showered together "four or five times" in hotels and had sex in the shower.
"He said it was nice that we had our own little secret and that he loved me and he said, 'If I wasn't married and in a relationship we could give it a go'."
Chris Langham starred in BBC TV series The Thick of It
Earlier, the woman told the court she was stunned when Mr Langham first kissed her, during an acting lesson in his dressing room at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.
"It was a soft kiss," she said.
"I sat there stunned. I wasn't expecting that."
The alleged victim said that she and Mr Langham, of Golford, near Cranbrook, had been reading through scripts of Shakespeare and he had been teaching her breathing techniques.
At the time Mr Langham was appearing in Les Miserables.
He has also worked in TV for many years and in 2006 won an award for best television comedy actor at the British Comedy Awards for his roles in BBC TV series The Thick of It and Help.
The case continues.