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| A third woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the late Sir Clement Freud and has called for him to be stripped of his knighthood. | A third woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the late Sir Clement Freud and has called for him to be stripped of his knighthood. |
| Vicky Hayes, who grew up in Lincoln, met Freud when he visited her father’s seafood restaurant in the mid 60s. She told ITV News on Wednesday: “He immediately took a shine to me, I was 14 at the time. I was pretty and, after that, on his visits I would wait on his table.” | Vicky Hayes, who grew up in Lincoln, met Freud when he visited her father’s seafood restaurant in the mid 60s. She told ITV News on Wednesday: “He immediately took a shine to me, I was 14 at the time. I was pretty and, after that, on his visits I would wait on his table.” |
| When Hayes was 17, Freud returned to take her horseracing for the weekend. She said he plied her with alcohol, took her back to a deserted house and made her have sex for the first time. | When Hayes was 17, Freud returned to take her horseracing for the weekend. She said he plied her with alcohol, took her back to a deserted house and made her have sex for the first time. |
| Hayes, who is now 64, said that he “forced himself on me” and subsequently stripped the bedsheets because she had bled. “I did what he said. I was terrified, I was too frightened – you can’t imagine unless you have been in that situation. I was paralysed by fear.” The next day, she added, he tried to rape her again. | Hayes, who is now 64, said that he “forced himself on me” and subsequently stripped the bedsheets because she had bled. “I did what he said. I was terrified, I was too frightened – you can’t imagine unless you have been in that situation. I was paralysed by fear.” The next day, she added, he tried to rape her again. |
| She said she now realised she had been groomed by the former Liberal MP and high profile broadcaster. “He should not be held up as a pillar of society, he is what I know him to be. He does not to deserve to keep his knighthood,” she said. | She said she now realised she had been groomed by the former Liberal MP and high profile broadcaster. “He should not be held up as a pillar of society, he is what I know him to be. He does not to deserve to keep his knighthood,” she said. |
| On Tuesday, it emerged that two other women had made similar allegations about Freud, who died in 2009, in an ITV documentary for the Exposure series. The two women, who did not know each other, spoke publicly for the first time about how Freud preyed upon them when they were still children and into young adulthood. | On Tuesday, it emerged that two other women had made similar allegations about Freud, who died in 2009, in an ITV documentary for the Exposure series. The two women, who did not know each other, spoke publicly for the first time about how Freud preyed upon them when they were still children and into young adulthood. |
| Hayes revealed that she complained to the police about the rape in 2010, a year after Freud died. Her revelations came as it emerged that Operation Yewtree, the investigation into Jimmy Savile and other high-profile child abusers, was passed Freud’s name four years ago. | Hayes revealed that she complained to the police about the rape in 2010, a year after Freud died. Her revelations came as it emerged that Operation Yewtree, the investigation into Jimmy Savile and other high-profile child abusers, was passed Freud’s name four years ago. |
| Detectives working on the criminal investigation set up in the wake of revelations about Savile’s decades of sexual abuse of children and young people were given details in 2012 of two potential victims who came forward to the NSPCC to make allegations about Freud. | Detectives working on the criminal investigation set up in the wake of revelations about Savile’s decades of sexual abuse of children and young people were given details in 2012 of two potential victims who came forward to the NSPCC to make allegations about Freud. |
| Pete Saunders, of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, said he was aware of claims about Freud 10 years ago, but it is not known whether any allegations were passed to police while Freud was alive. | Pete Saunders, of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, said he was aware of claims about Freud 10 years ago, but it is not known whether any allegations were passed to police while Freud was alive. |
| In 2012, Freud’s name emerged in the mass of publicity about non-recent child abuse following the scandal of how Savile had been able to abuse so many people unchecked for decades. Two people approached the NSPCC, which was working with police at the time to encourage victims to come forward, and their details were passed to Operation Yewtree, the charity said on Wednesday. | In 2012, Freud’s name emerged in the mass of publicity about non-recent child abuse following the scandal of how Savile had been able to abuse so many people unchecked for decades. Two people approached the NSPCC, which was working with police at the time to encourage victims to come forward, and their details were passed to Operation Yewtree, the charity said on Wednesday. |
| The Metropolitan police refused to comment about whether they would be re-examining the initial allegations, which came to them in 2012. It said it would “make an assessment of the allegations to ensure the safeguarding of anyone at risk and also consider if any criminal investigation is required to bring any living persons to justice”. | The Metropolitan police refused to comment about whether they would be re-examining the initial allegations, which came to them in 2012. It said it would “make an assessment of the allegations to ensure the safeguarding of anyone at risk and also consider if any criminal investigation is required to bring any living persons to justice”. |
| In the first two cases, Freud was regarded as a friend of the women’s parents. Sylvia Woosley, now in her 70s, said in the ITV documentary that she was groomed and abused by Freud from the age of 10 in the 1950s. | In the first two cases, Freud was regarded as a friend of the women’s parents. Sylvia Woosley, now in her 70s, said in the ITV documentary that she was groomed and abused by Freud from the age of 10 in the 1950s. |
| Woosley said she was speaking out to “die clean”. “I just want to clear things up before I die and that’s basically why I’m talking.” | Woosley said she was speaking out to “die clean”. “I just want to clear things up before I die and that’s basically why I’m talking.” |
| A second woman, who remains anonymous, spoke of how the celebrity, who became a household name through appearances as a television chef and on BBC Radio’s Just a Minute, made advances to her when she was 11 in 1971 and brutally raped her when she was 18. | A second woman, who remains anonymous, spoke of how the celebrity, who became a household name through appearances as a television chef and on BBC Radio’s Just a Minute, made advances to her when she was 11 in 1971 and brutally raped her when she was 18. |
| A statement from Woosley has been passed to the Metropolitan police and the allegations are being examined under Operation Hydrant, the national overarching inquiry into non-recent child sexual abuse. | A statement from Woosley has been passed to the Metropolitan police and the allegations are being examined under Operation Hydrant, the national overarching inquiry into non-recent child sexual abuse. |
| The Goddard inquiry into institutional child sexual abuse is likely to examine the claims that Freud was a child abuser as part of its public hearings into allegations of abuse by politicians and civil servants at Westminster, living and dead. | The Goddard inquiry into institutional child sexual abuse is likely to examine the claims that Freud was a child abuser as part of its public hearings into allegations of abuse by politicians and civil servants at Westminster, living and dead. |
| Public hearings into the first set of inquiries run by Goddard are to open substantively in the autumn, following a series of preliminary hearings which began in March. | Public hearings into the first set of inquiries run by Goddard are to open substantively in the autumn, following a series of preliminary hearings which began in March. |
| After the naming of the writer and politician as a child abuser in advance of the broadcast of the ITV documentary, Freud’s son, the PR guru Matthew Freud, cancelled a summer party for staff he was due to hold in London on Wednesday night. | After the naming of the writer and politician as a child abuser in advance of the broadcast of the ITV documentary, Freud’s son, the PR guru Matthew Freud, cancelled a summer party for staff he was due to hold in London on Wednesday night. |
| Clement Freud’s widow, Jill Freud, who is now 89, said in a statement after viewing the documentary that she was “shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women … I sincerely hope they will now have some peace”. | Clement Freud’s widow, Jill Freud, who is now 89, said in a statement after viewing the documentary that she was “shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women … I sincerely hope they will now have some peace”. |
| Woosley is seen in distress in the programme as she accuses Freud of taking away her childhood. “The child that was denied in me has been with me all my life and has orientated my life. So it’s the child in me that is speaking, actually and that would like to be freed,” she said. | Woosley is seen in distress in the programme as she accuses Freud of taking away her childhood. “The child that was denied in me has been with me all my life and has orientated my life. So it’s the child in me that is speaking, actually and that would like to be freed,” she said. |
| She met Freud when she was 10 while her parents were in Cannes and he was working there. He took her on trips to the beach and kissed her on the lips. When her parents’ marriage broke up in 1952, her mother sent her to live with Freud, who was by then living in London. His molestation of her continued for several years and she alleged Freud would come to her bedroom at night. | She met Freud when she was 10 while her parents were in Cannes and he was working there. He took her on trips to the beach and kissed her on the lips. When her parents’ marriage broke up in 1952, her mother sent her to live with Freud, who was by then living in London. His molestation of her continued for several years and she alleged Freud would come to her bedroom at night. |
| “It was just a terrible feeling. That’s all I can say. Because I couldn’t do anything about it. I felt so trapped. I couldn’t tell anybody … I couldn’t do anything.” | “It was just a terrible feeling. That’s all I can say. Because I couldn’t do anything about it. I felt so trapped. I couldn’t tell anybody … I couldn’t do anything.” |
| When she was 19, she told a friend and left the Freuds’ home. When she reached her 40s, she confronted Freud at the House of Commons, asking: “Why me?” He replied: “Because I loved you; you were a very sensual little girl.” | When she was 19, she told a friend and left the Freuds’ home. When she reached her 40s, she confronted Freud at the House of Commons, asking: “Why me?” He replied: “Because I loved you; you were a very sensual little girl.” |
| It was in 2014, following the revelations about Savile by the Exposure team, that Woosley came forward to the programme’s makers with a written account of her alleged abuse. | It was in 2014, following the revelations about Savile by the Exposure team, that Woosley came forward to the programme’s makers with a written account of her alleged abuse. |
| She said: “I don’t want to take this to my tomb. I would like to just return to the child I was before I was molested physically, before I was introduced to that side of life too early.” | She said: “I don’t want to take this to my tomb. I would like to just return to the child I was before I was molested physically, before I was introduced to that side of life too early.” |