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Woman 'kicked Max Clifford hard between legs' | Woman 'kicked Max Clifford hard between legs' |
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A woman who was an extra in the James Bond film Octopussy has told a court she kicked Max Clifford "between the legs really hard" after he pushed her on to a sofa and tried to kiss her. | A woman who was an extra in the James Bond film Octopussy has told a court she kicked Max Clifford "between the legs really hard" after he pushed her on to a sofa and tried to kiss her. |
She said the publicist gave her money to buy lingerie then took pictures of her, then told her he had got her a role in a Charles Bronson film. | She said the publicist gave her money to buy lingerie then took pictures of her, then told her he had got her a role in a Charles Bronson film. |
He then put his hands "all over" her, she told Southwark Crown Court. | He then put his hands "all over" her, she told Southwark Crown Court. |
Mr Clifford denies 11 counts of indecent assault. | Mr Clifford denies 11 counts of indecent assault. |
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court the incident happened in the early 1980s when she was 20. | The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court the incident happened in the early 1980s when she was 20. |
She said she had changed into the underwear Mr Clifford had told her to buy and he took photos of her in his London office. | She said she had changed into the underwear Mr Clifford had told her to buy and he took photos of her in his London office. |
But she said she realised "things weren't right at all" when she saw he was not using a professional camera. | But she said she realised "things weren't right at all" when she saw he was not using a professional camera. |
She said he had asked her to sit with her legs apart, and she had become frightened and refused. | She said he had asked her to sit with her legs apart, and she had become frightened and refused. |
'No film role' | 'No film role' |
She said she had got dressed and Mr Clifford emerged from his office with a phone, saying Charles Bronson was on the line and had agreed to give her the film role. | She said she had got dressed and Mr Clifford emerged from his office with a phone, saying Charles Bronson was on the line and had agreed to give her the film role. |
She spoke to the man on the phone, who had an American accent and said she had the part. | She spoke to the man on the phone, who had an American accent and said she had the part. |
After that phone conversation she said Max Clifford had lunged at her, pushing her on to a sofa and trying to kiss and fondle her. | After that phone conversation she said Max Clifford had lunged at her, pushing her on to a sofa and trying to kiss and fondle her. |
"I got very frightened," she said, adding that she "kicked him between the legs really hard" before running away. | "I got very frightened," she said, adding that she "kicked him between the legs really hard" before running away. |
She told the court that she had never spoken to "the real Charles Bronson", and there had been no more communication about the film. | She told the court that she had never spoken to "the real Charles Bronson", and there had been no more communication about the film. |
She was later an extra in Octopussy, she said. | She was later an extra in Octopussy, she said. |
Mr Clifford, 70, from Hersham, Surrey, denies 11 counts of indecent assault - relating to seven alleged victims aged from 14 to 20 - between 1966 and 1984. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |