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| Another British TV Personality Identified in Child Sex Investigation | Another British TV Personality Identified in Child Sex Investigation |
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| LONDON — Another well-known television personality was drawn into Britain’s growing child sexual abuse scandal on Tuesday when British news media identified a 73-year-old man arrested over allegations dating back to the late 1970s as the entertainer Jimmy Tarbuck. | |
| The latest arrest, which took place in April, concerns accusations of abuse of a young boy in Harrogate in the north of England. | |
| The police in North Yorkshire acted on information passed on from an investigation into Jimmy Savile, the BBC television host who died in 2011 and who is now linked to hundreds of cases of abuse. | The police in North Yorkshire acted on information passed on from an investigation into Jimmy Savile, the BBC television host who died in 2011 and who is now linked to hundreds of cases of abuse. |
| In the aftermath of those revelations, many victims have come forward and allegations have surfaced against around a dozen individuals, including some of the country’s best-known television personalities of the 1960s and 1970s. | In the aftermath of those revelations, many victims have come forward and allegations have surfaced against around a dozen individuals, including some of the country’s best-known television personalities of the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Earlier this month, another BBC radio and television personality, Stuart Hall, 83, admitted 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls, one age 9. The offenses, which involved 13 victims, took place between 1967 and 1985. | |
| An entertainer and quiz show host from the north of England, Mr. Tarbuck, also known by the nickname Tarby, was a schoolmate of John Lennon in Liverpool and rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s. | An entertainer and quiz show host from the north of England, Mr. Tarbuck, also known by the nickname Tarby, was a schoolmate of John Lennon in Liverpool and rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s. |
| He was identified by the British media, though not by the police, who in Britain do not normally name individuals until they are formally charged. | He was identified by the British media, though not by the police, who in Britain do not normally name individuals until they are formally charged. |
| In a statement, the North Yorkshire police said that a 73-year-old man had been arrested in connection with a child sexual abuse investigation in Harrogate. | |
| “The complaint relates to an incident that occurred in the late 1970s when the victim was a young boy,” the police statement said, adding that the man was arrested in Kingston Upon Thames on April 26 and released on bail. | “The complaint relates to an incident that occurred in the late 1970s when the victim was a young boy,” the police statement said, adding that the man was arrested in Kingston Upon Thames on April 26 and released on bail. |
| North Yorkshire police officials said the arrest followed information supplied by officers working on Operation Yewtree, the investigation of allegations against Mr. Savile and others. The Tarbuck case, however, forms a separate investigation, they said. | North Yorkshire police officials said the arrest followed information supplied by officers working on Operation Yewtree, the investigation of allegations against Mr. Savile and others. The Tarbuck case, however, forms a separate investigation, they said. |