America was shocked by the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal at Penn State, but now the United Kingdom is dealing with an even bigger one.
At least 40 people have come forward to claim that BBC icon Jimmy Saville molested them!
Yuck!
Even though he's no longer alive to answer for his crimes, the reports are pouring in. It's so bad that BBC Radio Two presenter Jeremy Vine believes Saville will become known as "one of the most serious predatory paedophiles in criminal history."
The youngest known victim so far is Kevin Cook, who was just a 9-year-old cub scout when he appeared on the long-running series Jim'll Fix It in 1976.
Now a 45-year-old man with two children of his own, he recounted the awful experience by saying:
"He took me to a small dressing room. I don’t think it was his because it was really shabby, a dingy little room. He said 'Do you want to earn your badge?' and he sat me on a chair in the middle of the room. He put his hand on my knee and then tried to put his fingers up the bottom of my shorts before he unzipped them and touched me. Then he made me put my hand on top of his trousers … After I’d done my shorts up Jimmy warned me not to tell anyone. He said 'Don’t even tell your mates. We know where you live. Nobody would believe you anyway – I’m King Jimmy.'"Truly sickening stuff!
Both Scotland Yard and the broadcasting company have launched independent investigations into the troubling matter. BBC Director-General George Entwistle has said in a statement:
"Jimmy Savile’s victims have faced years of pain. We owe it to them – and to our audiences – to understand how this could have happened – and to make sure that we do everything so that nothing like this could ever happen again."The sexual abuse didn't just occur while Saville was working at BBC either.
He allegedly paid off parents of victims to avoid criminal charges back in the 1950s when he managed a dance hall. Other various victims say they were molested by his hand at psychiatric hospitals and children's homes.
Janet Cope, the deceased star's former assistant and good friend, believes the numerous victims are just "jumping on the bandwagon" to make a quick buck. We believe she's in some serious denial.
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