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| Rolf Harris trial: Entertainer 'disguised dark side of character' | Rolf Harris trial: Entertainer 'disguised dark side of character' |
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| Rolf Harris has admitted he is good at disguising a "dark side" of his character as he gave evidence for a second day at his sex abuse trial. | Rolf Harris has admitted he is good at disguising a "dark side" of his character as he gave evidence for a second day at his sex abuse trial. |
| The 84-year-old TV entertainer said his wife and daughter had not known of his relationship with an alleged victim. | |
| Prosecuting lawyer Sasha Wass QC said the court would need to fathom "how dark that dark side actually is". | Prosecuting lawyer Sasha Wass QC said the court would need to fathom "how dark that dark side actually is". |
| Mr Harris, of Bray, in Berkshire, denies 12 indecent assaults between 1968 and 1986. | Mr Harris, of Bray, in Berkshire, denies 12 indecent assaults between 1968 and 1986. |
| He told Southwark Crown Court he had had a consensual relationship with the woman when she was an adult, but that nothing had happened while she was a child. | |
| 'Above suspicion' | |
| When he said friends and family had not known about the relationship, Ms Wass asked: "You are pretty good at disguising that dark side of your character aren't you?" | When he said friends and family had not known about the relationship, Ms Wass asked: "You are pretty good at disguising that dark side of your character aren't you?" |
| "Yes", Mr Harris replied. | "Yes", Mr Harris replied. |
| Asked about his relationship with the alleged victim, Mr Harris said it had been based on a "mutual feeling of warmth and affection" and had not been an "affair". | Asked about his relationship with the alleged victim, Mr Harris said it had been based on a "mutual feeling of warmth and affection" and had not been an "affair". |
| Ms Wass asked whether complimenting the then 13-year-old on her appearance in a bathing suit had been a "sexual remark". | |
| "In hindsight I suppose it is", he replied. | "In hindsight I suppose it is", he replied. |
| Mr Harris denied assaulting the alleged victim during a holiday, telling the court: "It never happened." | |
| And he disputed an account from the mother of the alleged victim that he had visited the family home, without his daughter being there. | |
| "Didn't happen", he said. | |
| Ms Wass said Mr Harris had been "above suspicion", and had taken advantage of being "a well-loved children's entertainer". | |
| He said that had not happened. |