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| Dave Lee Travis 'squeezed BBC camerawoman's bottom' | Dave Lee Travis 'squeezed BBC camerawoman's bottom' |
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| A woman who worked as a BBC camera operator in the early 1980s has said Dave Lee Travis squeezed her bottom during a recording of Top of the Pops. | A woman who worked as a BBC camera operator in the early 1980s has said Dave Lee Travis squeezed her bottom during a recording of Top of the Pops. |
| The witness, whose claims are not part of the charges Mr Travis faces, said it was "sustained touching". | The witness, whose claims are not part of the charges Mr Travis faces, said it was "sustained touching". |
| She told Southwark Crown Court she felt any complaint against Mr Travis, who regularly hosted the show, would have "fallen on deaf ears". | She told Southwark Crown Court she felt any complaint against Mr Travis, who regularly hosted the show, would have "fallen on deaf ears". |
| Mr Travis, 68, denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault. | Mr Travis, 68, denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault. |
| The witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "I was kind of startled because I felt something on my bottom... I was really taken aback". | |
| She said Mr Travis later gave her a "tight" and "unnatural" hug and said the words "beautiful woman". | |
| After this alleged incident, the witness said she made sure she never again worked on Top of the Pops when Mr Travis was on the show. | |
| "I just got away from him as fast as I could," she said. |