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Max Clifford trial: Publicist 'persuaded teen to take off her bra' | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A woman has told a court that she took off her top and bra during a visit to Max Clifford's office because she could not defend herself. | |
A curtain was drawn across the witness box as the woman, a second alleged victim, was asked to recall events in the summer of 1977, when she was 15. | |
Mr Clifford, from Hersham, Surrey, faces 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims, aged from 14 to 19, between 1966 and 1984. | Mr Clifford, from Hersham, Surrey, faces 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims, aged from 14 to 19, between 1966 and 1984. |
He denies all the charges against him. | He denies all the charges against him. |
The woman, now 51, told Southwark Crown Court that Mr Clifford had persuaded her to take off her top - a rugby shirt - and her bra. | |
She said she felt uncomfortable, nervous and vulnerable, and removed her bra because she could not defend herself. | |
Topless modelling | |
Jurors at the trial were told that Mr Clifford made a derogatory comment about the then teenager's figure, saying she would not be able to do topless modelling. | |
The woman said she had been "blown away" during the visit, when Mr Clifford allegedly told her she could be the UK version of Jodie Foster. | |
The court heard that she had met Mr Clifford while on holiday with her parents in Torremolinos, Spain. | |
She said the publicist, who said he was accompanying a singer to Spain at the time, told her she was very pretty. | |
He told her to phone him after the holiday because there were opportunities for her. | |
The woman said she received a call after the holiday from a man calling himself Terry Miller, who suggested she contact Mr Clifford because he was a "mover and shaker". | The woman said she received a call after the holiday from a man calling himself Terry Miller, who suggested she contact Mr Clifford because he was a "mover and shaker". |
Mr Miller asked her to "talk dirty" on the phone as practice for Mr Clifford, the court heard. | |