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Rolf Harris trial: Girl 'shocked by hotel room assault' Rolf Harris trial: Girl 'assaulted while friend in room'
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A woman has told a court she was abused by Rolf Harris when on holiday with the entertainer's family in Hawaii. A woman has told a court Rolf Harris assaulted her several times as a teenager, including once when his own daughter was in the same room.
She said she was 13 at the time of the holiday, having been invited by his daughter Bindi, a friend of hers. The alleged victim, who cannot be named, said she was scared of Mr Harris and that his actions were "creepy".
Southwark Crown Court heard she was left "shocked" by the alleged hotel room assault, not included among the charges because it happened abroad. Mr Harris, 84, is alleged to have abused her from the age of 13 at her home and his, as well as on holiday.
Mr Harris, 84, denies 12 counts of indecently assaulting her and three other girls from 1968-86. The TV presenter and artist denies 12 counts of indecently assaulting her and three other girls from 1968 to 1986.
His alleged victims were aged between seven or eight and 19 when the offences are said to have taken place.His alleged victims were aged between seven or eight and 19 when the offences are said to have taken place.
Seven of the 12 counts are alleged to have been carried out on the woman, who lived near the Harris family in south London in the 1960s. Seven of the 12 counts are alleged to have been carried out on the woman, who was friends with Mr Harris's daughter Bindi.
She used alcohol to cope from the age of 14 and was abused by Mr Harris until she was 29, Southwark Crown Court has heard.
The woman claimed that once while she was staying with the Harris family at their home in Berkshire, before she turned 16, Mr Harris performed a sex act on her while Bindi was asleep nearby.
The two beds were "close together" but Mr Harris did not seem inhibited by that fact, she told the jury.
Mr Harris is also alleged to have assaulted the girl in her bedroom while her parents were downstairs, the court heard.
After the alleged assault, Mr Harris "started laughing and joking with everybody" in the living room, the woman told the court.
She said it would make her feel "anxious and panic-stricken" when she knew he would be coming around to her house. His "sheer presence" worried her, said the alleged victim, who was 15 at the time.
'Creepy hug'
The alleged assaults at her house are said to have taken place following a holiday the girl went on with the Harris family, having been invited by Bindi.
She was 13 at the time she alleged Mr Harris assaulted her in a Hawaii hotel room when she was only wearing a towel, having just got out of the shower.
The alleged hotel room assault was before such offences abroad could be prosecuted in the UK.The alleged hotel room assault was before such offences abroad could be prosecuted in the UK.
'State of shock' The woman said Mr Harris gave her a "pretty creepy" hug before the assault in a Hawaii hotel.
The woman, who gave evidence from behind a screen, said Mr Harris gave her a "pretty creepy" hug before the assault in a Hawaii hotel.
"The way he hugged you and touched you all over, it was cringey," she told the court."The way he hugged you and touched you all over, it was cringey," she told the court.
She told the jury she was only wearing a towel at the time of the assault and that Mr Harris told her she was "lovely".She told the jury she was only wearing a towel at the time of the assault and that Mr Harris told her she was "lovely".
"I just thought: 'Oh my God, what's happening?'," said the woman, the first prosecution witness to appear in the trial."I just thought: 'Oh my God, what's happening?'," said the woman, the first prosecution witness to appear in the trial.
The assault lasted for a few seconds, after which Mr Harris acted as if nothing had happened, the court heard.The assault lasted for a few seconds, after which Mr Harris acted as if nothing had happened, the court heard.
The alleged victim said she did not tell Bindi or Mr Harris's wife Alwen Hughes.The alleged victim said she did not tell Bindi or Mr Harris's wife Alwen Hughes.
"I was shocked and panicked by it," she said. "I didn't know what to do. I sat on the end of the bed in a state of shock, really.""I was shocked and panicked by it," she said. "I didn't know what to do. I sat on the end of the bed in a state of shock, really."
Mr Harris also assaulted her after she had been snorkelling while on the same holiday, the court heard.Mr Harris also assaulted her after she had been snorkelling while on the same holiday, the court heard.
He is alleged to have touched the teenager inappropriately as he was wrapping a towel around her after she came out of the sea.He is alleged to have touched the teenager inappropriately as he was wrapping a towel around her after she came out of the sea.
Asked by prosecutor Sasha Wass QC if she had considered shouting at Mr Harris to stop, she replied that as an "excruciatingly shy" child she did not want to "cause mayhem".Asked by prosecutor Sasha Wass QC if she had considered shouting at Mr Harris to stop, she replied that as an "excruciatingly shy" child she did not want to "cause mayhem".
She told the court she was scared of Mr Harris from a young age.
Mr Harris, from Bray in Berkshire, entered a not guilty plea at an earlier hearing.Mr Harris, from Bray in Berkshire, entered a not guilty plea at an earlier hearing.