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| Dave Lee Travis assault caused woman '40 years of hell' | Dave Lee Travis assault caused woman '40 years of hell' |
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| A woman who was allegedly assaulted by Dave Lee Travis says the incident caused her "40 years of hell". | A woman who was allegedly assaulted by Dave Lee Travis says the incident caused her "40 years of hell". |
| The veteran BBC DJ was alone with the then 19-year-old at the opening of a hospital radio station in 1973 when he put his hand up her skirt and groped her, Southwark Crown Court heard. | The veteran BBC DJ was alone with the then 19-year-old at the opening of a hospital radio station in 1973 when he put his hand up her skirt and groped her, Southwark Crown Court heard. |
| Mr Travis, 68, denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault. | Mr Travis, 68, denies 13 indecent assaults and one sexual assault. |
| The woman broke down while giving evidence, saying the assault left her scared to go out alone. | The woman broke down while giving evidence, saying the assault left her scared to go out alone. |
| She said Mr Travis - on trial under his real name David Patrick Griffin - had a "haunting look" on his face when he touched her. | |
| After the incident she felt "ashamed" and "frightened" and avoided watching the star on television, she told the court. | After the incident she felt "ashamed" and "frightened" and avoided watching the star on television, she told the court. |
| "He screwed a lot of my life up," she said of the former Top of the Pops presenter. | "He screwed a lot of my life up," she said of the former Top of the Pops presenter. |
| The woman - who was raised a strict Catholic - said her late husband never knew that the alleged assault had affected the couple's love life. | The woman - who was raised a strict Catholic - said her late husband never knew that the alleged assault had affected the couple's love life. |
| "When he put his arms around me, I'd freeze," she said. | "When he put his arms around me, I'd freeze," she said. |
| 'Engulfed me' | 'Engulfed me' |
| Earlier, the trial heard from a former theatre stage hand who said Mr Travis had only stopped assaulting her when one of the Chuckle Brothers spoke outside a dressing room door. | Earlier, the trial heard from a former theatre stage hand who said Mr Travis had only stopped assaulting her when one of the Chuckle Brothers spoke outside a dressing room door. |
| The woman said Mr Travis attacked her in his dressing room, holding the door shut while he was appearing in a Christmas pantomime performance of Aladdin. | The woman said Mr Travis attacked her in his dressing room, holding the door shut while he was appearing in a Christmas pantomime performance of Aladdin. |
| The show also starred Barry and Paul Elliot, better known as the Chuckle Brothers. | The show also starred Barry and Paul Elliot, better known as the Chuckle Brothers. |
| The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the court: "I was about to go and he was suddenly behind me. | The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the court: "I was about to go and he was suddenly behind me. |
| "He's a big chap and he engulfed me and he had his hand on the door above me. | "He's a big chap and he engulfed me and he had his hand on the door above me. |
| "He put his other hand down the front of my jogging bottoms." | "He put his other hand down the front of my jogging bottoms." |
| She said she struggled to escape and managed to open the door slightly despite his superior strength. | She said she struggled to escape and managed to open the door slightly despite his superior strength. |
| "I heard someone say 'All right, Dave', at which point he released me," she said. | "I heard someone say 'All right, Dave', at which point he released me," she said. |
| The woman said the voice belonged to one of the Chuckle Brothers, who were walking along the corridor towards the dressing room. | The woman said the voice belonged to one of the Chuckle Brothers, who were walking along the corridor towards the dressing room. |
| She said she told a supervisor about the incident, which had left her "confused and scared", and it was agreed that she would not have to enter Mr Travis's dressing room again. | She said she told a supervisor about the incident, which had left her "confused and scared", and it was agreed that she would not have to enter Mr Travis's dressing room again. |
| But she said she did not report the assault because she feared she would lose her job. | But she said she did not report the assault because she feared she would lose her job. |
| "We decided that because it was my first job in theatre it wouldn't be me who was going to be believed," she said. | "We decided that because it was my first job in theatre it wouldn't be me who was going to be believed," she said. |
| "I think I felt that even if someone believed me... it still wouldn't be me that kept my job." | "I think I felt that even if someone believed me... it still wouldn't be me that kept my job." |
| The incident allegedly happened in the early 1990s when the victim was 21. | The incident allegedly happened in the early 1990s when the victim was 21. |
| 'Deaf ears' | 'Deaf ears' |
| The court also heard Mr Travis squeezed a BBC camerawoman's bottom during a recording of Top of the Pops in the early 1980s. | The court also heard Mr Travis squeezed a BBC camerawoman's bottom during a recording of Top of the Pops in the early 1980s. |
| 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 said Mr Travis later gave her a "tight" and "unnatural" hug and said the words "beautiful woman". | 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. | 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. | "I just got away from him as fast as I could," she said. |