Jimmy Savile accused in ITV documentary

ITV stands by Savile abuse claims
Press Association – 1 hour 10 minutes ago

ITV has said it stands by a documentary which claims Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused schoolgirls after a member of his family said they are "disgusted and disappointed" by the allegations.
Exposure: The Other Side Of Jimmy Savile, which airs later this week, details claims from women dating to the 1970s, including allegations that he abused girls in his Rolls-Royce and at BBC TV Centre.
Roger Foster, Sir Jimmy's nephew, said his family is "disgusted and disappointed" that the allegations are being made when the presenter, who died on October 29 last year aged 84, is no longer around to defend himself. Mr Foster, from Goole, East Yorkshire, said he is not only concerned for Sir Jimmy's reputation and legacy but also for the damage the allegations could do to his charities.
An ITV spokesman said: "Because of the very serious nature of the claims made by several interviewees in relation to this, particular care and consideration was of course given to the decision to produce and broadcast this programme. The programme takes full account of the fact that Sir Jimmy is not here to defend himself against these claims."
Sir Jimmy was famous for TV shows like Jim'll Fix It and Top Of The Pops as well as being a DJ on BBC Radio 1.
ITV said the programme, presented by former detective Mark Williams-Thomas, features contributions from several women who claim that Sir Jimmy was a sexual predator who sexually assaulted them while they were under-age.
One woman alleges that she was raped by the DJ and another says she was asked to perform a sex act on him. ITV said one of the contributors explained how she was too frightened to speak out while Sir Jimmy was alive. They said the programme will allege that the broadcaster preyed on teenagers whom he invited to appear on his TV shows. One 14-year-old girl tells the programme how she met Sir Jimmy at a school in Surrey in 1974 and he assaulted her in his caravan which was parked in the school grounds.
The BBC responded to reports that inappropriate behaviour by Sir Jimmy was an "open secret" at the corporation by saying it found no evidence of any misconduct by the broadcaster. It said in a statement: "The BBC has conducted extensive searches of its files to establish whether there is any record of misconduct or allegations of misconduct by Sir Jimmy Savile during his time at the BBC. No such evidence has been found."
Mark Williams-Thomas, the former detective who presents the documentary, told ITV's Daybreak that the alleged victims had not come forward before because they "lived in fear for a very long time".
He said: "We know that children don't disclose abuse straight away; sometimes that takes a long time, for many, many reasons - their whole life changes, the circumstances change... And particularly talking out against Sir Jimmy Savile, who of course was a TV legend, (it is) very difficult to talk out about that, and they have been reassured of some confidence by talking now that he has died."

bb1 wrote:There's no way now of telling how much, if any, truth is in the allegations, but personally, I would have been more inclined to believe them if the people concerned hadn't waited till he was dead and buried.

Pardon my cynicism about the whole business.

bb1 wrote:Apologies, I misread that, I see the interview was in 2007, the alleged incident was in the 70's.

By Coleen Nolan 1 Oct 2012 00:01
Coleen Nolan says Jimmy Savile made her feel uncomfortable as a teen

LOOSE Women star has chosen to speak out now because she feels it is important people listen to women who say they were abused by telly icon.

"I WAS horrified when I read in the papers the stories of women who say they were raped and abused by Sir Jimmy Savile as children.

I had my own uncomfortable situation with him in the 1970s, when I was just 14.

What happened to me was nothing compared to these other women’s situations but if I’d been alone with him under some different circumstances, it could have been much worse than it was.

Certainly he made me feel very uncomfortable and I don’t really want to go into detail about it now because this story is not about me – it’s about those poor girls who are finally feeling able to speak out.

After my experience, I didn’t make a big fuss about it because no one did back then. It was a different world.

That is why I feel it is so ­important that these women’s stories are listened to now.

Because, back in the 1960s and 70s, abuse of children just wasn’t really discussed.

That’s why so many perverted people got away with it while so many children were forced to suffer in silence.

One of the best things of the past few decades is that greater ­openness in our society means that abuse is much less likely to go ­unchallenged or covered up."

Lamplighter wrote:

By Coleen Nolan 1 Oct 2012 00:01
Coleen Nolan says Jimmy Savile made her feel uncomfortable as a teen

LOOSE Women star has chosen to speak out now because she feels it is important people listen to women who say they were abused by telly icon.

"I WAS horrified when I read in the papers the stories of women who say they were raped and abused by Sir Jimmy Savile as children.

I had my own uncomfortable situation with him in the 1970s, when I was just 14.

What happened to me was nothing compared to these other women’s situations but if I’d been alone with him under some different circumstances, it could have been much worse than it was.

Certainly he made me feel very uncomfortable and I don’t really want to go into detail about it now because this story is not about me – it’s about those poor girls who are finally feeling able to speak out.

After my experience, I didn’t make a big fuss about it because no one did back then. It was a different world.

That is why I feel it is so ­important that these women’s stories are listened to now.

Because, back in the 1960s and 70s, abuse of children just wasn’t really discussed.

That’s why so many perverted people got away with it while so many children were forced to suffer in silence.

One of the best things of the past few decades is that greater ­openness in our society means that abuse is much less likely to go ­unchallenged or covered up."

Another one jumping on the bandwagon; who remembers her or her singing sisters? LL

Either she helped a monster evade justice, or she is smearing a man who cannot answer back. IMO, too much time has passed for the truth to be known, one way or another, but I really do not like her grossly hypocritical outpourings today.