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| PR guru Max Clifford has been charged with 11 indecent assaults allegedly committed between 1966 and 1985. | PR guru Max Clifford has been charged with 11 indecent assaults allegedly committed between 1966 and 1985. |
| The alleged offences relate to seven different women and girls ranging in age from 14 to 19 years old. | The alleged offences relate to seven different women and girls ranging in age from 14 to 19 years old. |
| Mr Clifford, 70, from Surrey, who says the allegations are "completely false", will appear in court next month. | |
| He was arrested in Operation Yewtree - set up after claims were made against Jimmy Savile - although the arrest was unrelated to the former BBC DJ. | |
| Operation Yewtree has three strands. One concerns Savile's crimes exclusively, while another relates to allegations against Savile and others. | |
| The third strand, under which Mr Clifford was arrested, concentrates on accusations unconnected to the Savile investigations but which emerged as a result of the publicity surrounding Savile. | |
| He was not charged over three further allegations as there was "insufficient evidence to authorise charges", the Crown Prosecution Service said. | |
| Mr Clifford denied the allegations against him. | |
| "The allegations in respect of which I have been charged are completely false and I have made this clear to the police during many, many hours of interviews," he said. | |
| "Nevertheless a decision has been taken to charge me with 11 offences involving seven women, the most recent of which is 28 years ago and the oldest 47 years ago. | |
| "I have never indecently assaulted anyone in my life and this will become clear during the course of the proceedings." | |
| Mr Clifford, who was first arrested on 6 December 2012, described the situation as "living a 24/7 nightmare". | |
| Scotland Yard said he was charged after answering bail at a London police station following advice from the CPS. | |
| Mr Clifford was later released on bail and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 28 May. |