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| Jimmy Savile estate and BBC sued over alleged abuse | Jimmy Savile estate and BBC sued over alleged abuse |
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| The BBC and the estate of Jimmy Savile are being sued by alleged sex abuse victims of the late DJ and presenter. | The BBC and the estate of Jimmy Savile are being sued by alleged sex abuse victims of the late DJ and presenter. |
| Solicitor Alan Collins, of law firm Pannone, said a writ had been issued at the High Court on behalf of 31 alleged victims. | |
| He said the allegations ranged in seriousness "from inappropriate behaviour to serious sexual abuse". | |
| More than 40 claims against Savile's estate, the BBC and three hospitals were launched last November. | |
| Legal firm Russell Jones & Walker sent "letters before action" to the BBC, Leeds General Infirmary, Stoke Mandeville and Broadmoor hospitals and NatWest bank, executor to the late presenter's £4m estate. | |
| NatWest has frozen the late DJ's account. | |
| At the same time, Pannone sent letters of claim to Savile's estate, on behalf of seven alleged victims, one of whom was also pursuing action against the BBC. | |
| Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Collins said that the number of people getting in touch with Pannone over alleged abuse still "grows on a daily basis". | |
| Savile, who died in 2011 aged 84, was a Radio 1 DJ and the presenter of the Jim'll Fix It show on BBC One. | |
| Last month a Metropolitan Police report said he had abused adults and children across the country over a time span of 50 years. The NSPCC said Savile had been one of the most prolific sex offenders in its 129-year history. |