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Max Clifford's daughter denies being told of alleged assault | Max Clifford's daughter denies being told of alleged assault |
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Max Clifford's daughter has told a court that claims she knew about an alleged assault by her father are "completely untrue". | Max Clifford's daughter has told a court that claims she knew about an alleged assault by her father are "completely untrue". |
Louise Clifford was responding to allegations by one of Mr Clifford's accusers, who says she told his daughter about an assault in 1983. | Louise Clifford was responding to allegations by one of Mr Clifford's accusers, who says she told his daughter about an assault in 1983. |
Ms Clifford testified that she had no recollection of the complainant. | Ms Clifford testified that she had no recollection of the complainant. |
Mr Clifford, 70, from Hersham, denies 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims aged 14 to 19. | |
The incidents are alleged to have happened between 1966 and 1984. | The incidents are alleged to have happened between 1966 and 1984. |
Jacuzzi | Jacuzzi |
The complainant who said she had spoken to Ms Clifford was 12 at the time of the alleged offence. She has said the publicist assaulted her in a jacuzzi in Spain. | The complainant who said she had spoken to Ms Clifford was 12 at the time of the alleged offence. She has said the publicist assaulted her in a jacuzzi in Spain. |
She has told the trial she went to the jacuzzi with Mr Clifford and his daughter in 1983 after playing with Ms Clifford in a swimming pool. | She has told the trial she went to the jacuzzi with Mr Clifford and his daughter in 1983 after playing with Ms Clifford in a swimming pool. |
Ms Clifford later got out and she was left with Mr Clifford alone, she said. | Ms Clifford later got out and she was left with Mr Clifford alone, she said. |
In her testimony, Ms Clifford told Southwark Crown Court that she would not have been able to get in or out herself because she had severe juvenile arthritis. | In her testimony, Ms Clifford told Southwark Crown Court that she would not have been able to get in or out herself because she had severe juvenile arthritis. |
She was asked about claims the alleged victim told her about the incident immediately afterwards. | She was asked about claims the alleged victim told her about the incident immediately afterwards. |
Ms Clifford said: "It is completely untrue - utterly, utterly a lie. It didn't happen." | Ms Clifford said: "It is completely untrue - utterly, utterly a lie. It didn't happen." |
She also recalled her father receiving an anonymous letter which accused him of assaulting a woman more than 35 years earlier. | She also recalled her father receiving an anonymous letter which accused him of assaulting a woman more than 35 years earlier. |
She said Mr Clifford was "nonplussed" and "bewildered" by the claims. | She said Mr Clifford was "nonplussed" and "bewildered" by the claims. |
'Mad woman' | 'Mad woman' |
Ms Clifford was asked whether the letter read as though it was written by "someone hurt by your father". | Ms Clifford was asked whether the letter read as though it was written by "someone hurt by your father". |
She replied: "It was the ranting of a mad woman. That was my reaction." | She replied: "It was the ranting of a mad woman. That was my reaction." |
She also told the court her father had admitted having affairs before her mother died. | She also told the court her father had admitted having affairs before her mother died. |
Ms Clifford said she had not told her mother, whom she had thought already knew. | Ms Clifford said she had not told her mother, whom she had thought already knew. |
She added: "I think she knew but she handled it in her own way." | She added: "I think she knew but she handled it in her own way." |
Mistake | Mistake |
In earlier testimony, a former singer denied he had altered his account of a trip with Mr Clifford to Spain to aid the publicist's defence. | In earlier testimony, a former singer denied he had altered his account of a trip with Mr Clifford to Spain to aid the publicist's defence. |
Tom Waite had told police he was with Mr Clifford in Torremolinos in August 1977, when another alleged victim says she met him. | Tom Waite had told police he was with Mr Clifford in Torremolinos in August 1977, when another alleged victim says she met him. |
But Mr Waite told the court on Wednesday that he had made a mistake and got the month wrong. | But Mr Waite told the court on Wednesday that he had made a mistake and got the month wrong. |
Mr Waite - who won talent show New Faces in 1973 - said he was with Mr Clifford at the Hotel Pontinental in June and July 1977. | Mr Waite - who won talent show New Faces in 1973 - said he was with Mr Clifford at the Hotel Pontinental in June and July 1977. |
But he said the publicist was not with him when he returned to the town to perform the following month. | But he said the publicist was not with him when he returned to the town to perform the following month. |
Asked why he had previously said they were together in August, he told the court he had been under pressure during a police interview and that his ex-wife had refreshed his memory later. | Asked why he had previously said they were together in August, he told the court he had been under pressure during a police interview and that his ex-wife had refreshed his memory later. |
Elvis | Elvis |
Mr Waite denied that Mr Clifford had supplied him with dates so he could change his account. | Mr Waite denied that Mr Clifford had supplied him with dates so he could change his account. |
He added: "I'm getting angry about that actually because I don't lie. If he's done something wrong he deserves what's coming to him." | He added: "I'm getting angry about that actually because I don't lie. If he's done something wrong he deserves what's coming to him." |
The court has previously heard that an alleged victim remembered the time she met Mr Clifford because Elvis Presley had died during her trip. | The court has previously heard that an alleged victim remembered the time she met Mr Clifford because Elvis Presley had died during her trip. |
But Mr Waite said he remembered calling Mr Clifford in his central London office after Mr Presley died. | But Mr Waite said he remembered calling Mr Clifford in his central London office after Mr Presley died. |
The case continues. | The case continues. |