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| Dave Lee Travis trial: DJ 'groped woman at dance' | Dave Lee Travis trial: DJ 'groped woman at dance' |
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| DJ Dave Lee Travis told a young woman she had "won the key" to his hotel room after groping her during a dance at a corporate event, a court has heard. | DJ Dave Lee Travis told a young woman she had "won the key" to his hotel room after groping her during a dance at a corporate event, a court has heard. |
| The woman, then aged 23, said he also touched her indecently at a British Airways Christmas party in 1993. | The woman, then aged 23, said he also touched her indecently at a British Airways Christmas party in 1993. |
| She told London's Southwark Crown Court she thought Mr Travis was a "dirty old man" but was "too young and too stupid" to go to the police at the time. | She told London's Southwark Crown Court she thought Mr Travis was a "dirty old man" but was "too young and too stupid" to go to the police at the time. |
| Mr Travis, 68, denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault. | Mr Travis, 68, denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault. |
| Giving evidence from behind a screen, the woman, who was a BA employee at the time, told jurors Mr Travis made her sit on his knee at a table where there were a number of her bosses. | Giving evidence from behind a screen, the woman, who was a BA employee at the time, told jurors Mr Travis made her sit on his knee at a table where there were a number of her bosses. |
| She did not want to make a scene but Mr Travis, a compere at the event, had put his hand on her leg, said the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons. | She did not want to make a scene but Mr Travis, a compere at the event, had put his hand on her leg, said the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons. |
| Although she tried to push his hand away, he proceeded to grope her, she added. | Although she tried to push his hand away, he proceeded to grope her, she added. |
| At that point, she tried to distract Mr Travis by talking about the raffle that was part of the evening's events, the court heard. | At that point, she tried to distract Mr Travis by talking about the raffle that was part of the evening's events, the court heard. |
| "I said to him I hadn't won anything. That's when he slapped it [a raffle ticket] on his head and said 'You've won the key to my room,'" the woman told the court. | |
| She said she was "really scared" and when she told him she wanted to go to the toilet with a colleague, he told her: "Don't confer with your friends." | |
| Dance competition | |
| During both alleged assaults, Mr Travis, whose real name is David Griffin, grabbed the woman to dance the Lambada with her, "grinding" against her, the court heard. | During both alleged assaults, Mr Travis, whose real name is David Griffin, grabbed the woman to dance the Lambada with her, "grinding" against her, the court heard. |
| The first time they met, the woman and her dance partner won a Lambada competition that had been organised and judged by Mr Travis, jurors were told. | |
| After naming her the winner, he ordered the song to be repeated, grabbed her and started dancing, the woman said. | |
| "I was trying to put as much distance between us as I could, as I thought it was inappropriate, but he was a lot bigger than me and he kept pinning me against his leg," she told the jury. | |
| "He was old enough to be my father. I just thought 'dirty perv'." | |
| Asked why she did not tell her bosses or the police, she said: "He was a big star. I thought 'Who was going to believe me?'" | |
| 'In shock' | |
| A few weeks later, at the BA Christmas party, Mr Travis allegedly "made a beeline" for the woman to dance the Lambada with her again. | |
| She said he again groped her as they danced, and she left the party " in shock". | |
| The woman told friends what had happened in conversations in September or October 2012 and went to the police in August last year, the court heard. | |
| Mr Travis, from Buckinghamshire, is charged with counts of indecent assault between 1976 and 2003 and a sexual assault in 2008. | |
| The DJ and presenter is accused of assaulting 11 women, one of whom was 15 at the time of the alleged crime. | The DJ and presenter is accused of assaulting 11 women, one of whom was 15 at the time of the alleged crime. |
| The trial continues. |