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| Max Clifford 'forced himself on receptionist' | Max Clifford 'forced himself on receptionist' |
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| Max Clifford pinned a receptionist against a wall and tried to grope her, a court has heard. | Max Clifford pinned a receptionist against a wall and tried to grope her, a court has heard. |
| The woman, who cannot be named, said she was working in an office where the celebrity publicist was based when the alleged incident happened. | The woman, who cannot be named, said she was working in an office where the celebrity publicist was based when the alleged incident happened. |
| Mr Clifford, 70, 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, 70, 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. | He denies all the charges. |
| The incident happened in 1975 when the woman was 18, she told Southwark Crown Court in London. | The incident happened in 1975 when the woman was 18, she told Southwark Crown Court in London. |
| She said she had worked in an office near Mr Clifford's, and used to show people to his workplace and put calls through to him. | |
| 'Veered towards me' | |
| She went to collect any mail or cups from Mr Clifford's office one evening before going home, she told court. | |
| She said: "As I was walking down the corridor, he came out of his office, walked a couple of steps, and then suddenly veered towards me, quite quickly, pushed me up against the wall, and sort of pinned me there, with his body." | |
| She went on: "He had one hand on the wall, and the other started moving up my side, and started to touch me. I made an effort to wriggle and turn and I went under his arm, which was up against the wall, and I walked off and back to my office." | |
| Asked by defence barrister Richard Horwell QC why she had not told anyone about the alleged incident at the time, she said: "I didn't want any fuss. I was very young. I felt intimidated and I didn't want anything horrible to happen." | Asked by defence barrister Richard Horwell QC why she had not told anyone about the alleged incident at the time, she said: "I didn't want any fuss. I was very young. I felt intimidated and I didn't want anything horrible to happen." |
| Mr Horwell said the man she was working for in 1975 did not share offices with Mr Clifford, to which the woman replied: "I am not lying". | Mr Horwell said the man she was working for in 1975 did not share offices with Mr Clifford, to which the woman replied: "I am not lying". |
| When he suggested that the alleged incident never happened, she said: "I'd have to be completely mad, wouldn't I? I'm not mad, and it did happen." |