Victims' fury as Eddy Shah says abused girls threw themselves at celebrities

Former newspaper tycoon Eddie Shah
was cleared of rape charges last month

Former newspaper tycoon Eddy Shah was condemned last night for saying some young girls who were sexually assaulted by celebrities were ‘to blame’.

Mr Shah, cleared last month of raping an underage girl, said abuse of youngsters in the 1960s, 70s and 80s was a ‘technical thing’ because they ‘threw themselves’ at stars.

The 69-year-old said there was a  difference between ‘girls who just go out and have a good time’ and those ‘who actually get “raped” raped’.

He claimed Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree, set up following allegations of sex abuse by BBC DJ Jimmy Savile, is turning into a ‘witch hunt’.

Last night a woman abused by Savile at age 13 said Mr Shah’s comments ‘beggar belief’. And a mother-of-one assaulted by TV star Stuart Hall in the 1960s said the victims ‘were not liars’  (more...)

Victims' fury as Eddy Shah says abused girls threw themselves at celebrities