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Max Clifford calls sex allegations 'a load of lies' | Max Clifford calls sex allegations 'a load of lies' |
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Max Clifford has told his trial claims he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in his car in the 1970s are "lies". | Max Clifford has told his trial claims he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in his car in the 1970s are "lies". |
The publicist also said he did not remember owning a yellow Jaguar, which the alleged victim claims he used to pick her up, but added it was possible. | The publicist also said he did not remember owning a yellow Jaguar, which the alleged victim claims he used to pick her up, but added it was possible. |
He said he had stayed at the same hotel where the victim alleges they met, but said he was there the month before her. | He said he had stayed at the same hotel where the victim alleges they met, but said he was there the month before her. |
Mr Clifford denies 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims, aged from 14 to 20. | Mr Clifford denies 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims, aged from 14 to 20. |
The alleged assaults are said to have taken place between 1966 and 1984. | The alleged assaults are said to have taken place between 1966 and 1984. |
Yellow Jaguar | Yellow Jaguar |
Giving evidence for a second day at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Clifford told the jury he had stayed at a hotel in Torremolinos, Spain, a month earlier than the girl and her family. | |
The alleged victim has said she first met him at the hotel in August 1977. | The alleged victim has said she first met him at the hotel in August 1977. |
But Mr Clifford told the court he was not there then and had no recollection of her or her family. | But Mr Clifford told the court he was not there then and had no recollection of her or her family. |
His defence then produced newspaper clippings showing that the publicist had saved a girl from drowning in the Pontinental Hotel pool in July 1977. | His defence then produced newspaper clippings showing that the publicist had saved a girl from drowning in the Pontinental Hotel pool in July 1977. |
The woman has also claimed Mr Clifford used a yellow Jaguar car to pick her up from her house before indecently assaulting her. | The woman has also claimed Mr Clifford used a yellow Jaguar car to pick her up from her house before indecently assaulting her. |
Mr Clifford admitted it was "possible" he had owned the vehicle in 1977, but said the colour did not appeal to him. | Mr Clifford admitted it was "possible" he had owned the vehicle in 1977, but said the colour did not appeal to him. |
Under questioning from his defence barrister, Richard Horwell QC, Mr Clifford said the allegations were "totally and utterly untrue". | |
He said: "It just doesn't make any sense at all. If I wanted to have a relationship with someone, there were hotels, there were places where I had already been in relationships." | He said: "It just doesn't make any sense at all. If I wanted to have a relationship with someone, there were hotels, there were places where I had already been in relationships." |
He added: "It's just crazy, it's a load of lies." | He added: "It's just crazy, it's a load of lies." |
'Not very clever' | 'Not very clever' |
Another alleged victim has said she was assaulted by Mr Clifford at his office after getting a part as an extra in the James Bond film Octopussy. | Another alleged victim has said she was assaulted by Mr Clifford at his office after getting a part as an extra in the James Bond film Octopussy. |
Mr Clifford told the court it would not have been "very clever" if he had bragged to her that he could get her a part in a major film. | Mr Clifford told the court it would not have been "very clever" if he had bragged to her that he could get her a part in a major film. |
He said: "If I wanted to impress a girl I could take her to, for example, Des (O'Connor's) show where the major stars were regularly on... I could have introduced her to Michael Winner." | He said: "If I wanted to impress a girl I could take her to, for example, Des (O'Connor's) show where the major stars were regularly on... I could have introduced her to Michael Winner." |
Mr Clifford also denied knowing another woman who has claimed he assaulted her while she worked for him in the 1970s. | Mr Clifford also denied knowing another woman who has claimed he assaulted her while she worked for him in the 1970s. |
He said a diagram the woman had drawn, allegedly of his office, bore "no resemblance" to its actual layout. | He said a diagram the woman had drawn, allegedly of his office, bore "no resemblance" to its actual layout. |
"The diagram she has drawn could not possibly be my office", he told the court. | "The diagram she has drawn could not possibly be my office", he told the court. |
Italian producer | Italian producer |
Another woman, who is not a complainant, has claimed she went to Mr Clifford's office after being promised a part in a film. | Another woman, who is not a complainant, has claimed she went to Mr Clifford's office after being promised a part in a film. |
She said Mr Clifford exposed himself and that she later received a call from an "Italian producer" - who she believed was Mr Clifford disguising his voice. | She said Mr Clifford exposed himself and that she later received a call from an "Italian producer" - who she believed was Mr Clifford disguising his voice. |
But Mr Clifford said on Thursday that he had never held castings for films in his office. | But Mr Clifford said on Thursday that he had never held castings for films in his office. |
Asked if he had ever exposed himself to women that visited his office, he said "No", and also denied ever impersonating an Italian producer or director. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |