By Pamela Owen
"Paedo probe" into superstar singer: "Celebrity seduced me with champagne and took my virginity when I was 14"
10 Aug 2013 23:59
A high-flying businesswoman's shocking claims have been reported to Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree detectives
A high-flying businesswoman has told the Sunday People how her life was ruined [at]after a British singing [at]superstar had sex with her when she was just 14.
The woman’s shocking claims have been reported to Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree, the task force that uncovered the horrific sexual abuse by BBC star Jimmy Savile.
The team has now asked police in South Africa, where the alleged assault took place while the star was on tour, to investigate.
In an exclusive interview, the woman revealed how the internationally famous singer got her drunk with champagne and then took her virginity in his hotel room when she was 14.
At the time she was a star-struck schoolgirl who had been brought up in a strict Jewish family and knew nothing about sex.
She said: “He kissed me and kissed me, topping up my champagne and undressing me on the bed, saying I was [at]beautiful and special.
“He kept telling me to relax, saying it wouldn’t hurt so much if I relaxed. He knew that I was under-age, inexperienced, and now totally in his power.
“I was completely inebriated and I was intoxicated by his voice. I surrendered. He penetrated me again.
“I believed he must be in love with me. I felt like Cinderella with my own Prince Charming.”
The incident has haunted her ever since, leaving her still obsessed with the singer after more than 35 years and wrecking any chance of a normal relationship with other men.
And she wants today’s parents and pop-star fans to be aware that they could be scarred for life like her if they throw themselves at their idols.
“It always seemed I was the chosen one and that has had a profound effect on my life,” she says.
It was in the 1970s that she discovered the [at]glamorous rock star was touring in Cape Town where she lived. He stayed at a suite in the President Hotel near her home and she decided with schoolfriends to see if they could get his autograph.
They were spotted by the singer giggling in the lobby and he told his bodyguard to give them free tickets to the show the next day.
They had seats near the stage and were mesmerised by the performance.
Next morning the girls, all from strict Jewish families, went to their usual Sunday youth club meeting where part of a team-building game that day was to “find a star”.
The 14-year-old decided to go back to the singer’s hotel in a fresh attempt to get his autograph. She and a schoolfriend boldly asked for him at the reception desk and were told to wait. The singer’s bodyguard picked her to go upstairs with him to a sixth-floor suite.
Her friend was told to wait in the lobby.
“I was completely star-struck,” the woman recalls. “I was an innocent girl who had never even been kissed by a boy. I knew nothing about sex. All I knew was I had been chosen to have a private meeting and, if I was lucky, pose for a photo and get his autograph.”
Nervous and excited, she found herself in a roomful of celebrities. A famous beauty queen was sitting on a sofa with some glamorous black American girl singers, along with members of the management team and bodyguards.
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