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Max Clifford trial: Publicist 'sexually abused teen in car' | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A woman has told a court that publicist Max Clifford sexually abused her in his car and said he wanted to know "what makes you tick". | |
The woman, who was 15 at the time, said she was a virgin and that she was "really frightened" and "very uncomfortable". | |
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. |
A curtain was drawn across the witness box at Southwark Crown Court as the woman, a second alleged victim, was asked to recall events in the summer of 1977. | |
The woman, now 51, said Mr Clifford told her he had to "really get to know you, what makes you tick". | |
'Nervous and vulnerable' | |
She told the court that if she had have told her parents, it would have been "like a bomb going off" and that she thought she would have been "cast out". | |
Earlier, she said that Mr Clifford had persuaded her to take off her top and bra during a visit to his office. | |
She said she felt uncomfortable, nervous and vulnerable, and removed her bra because she could not defend herself. | She said she felt uncomfortable, nervous and vulnerable, and removed her bra because she could not defend herself. |
The court heard 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Mr Miller asked her to "talk dirty" on the phone as practice for Mr Clifford, the court heard. |
The woman said Mr Clifford had picked her up in a yellow Jaguar at her home. | |
She said her parents had been "delighted" that neighbours saw a smart car outside their house. |