The latest star to be interviewed over the Jimmy Savile child sex abuse scandal is a household name but cannot be named for legal reasons. Source: AFP
A HIGH-PROFILE entertainer interviewed by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the UK continues to avoid the limelight today, dodging the large throng of largely British media camped outside his country home.
The man aged in his 80s was nowhere to be seen at his waterfront property in the Berkshire region, west of London. His partner of many years was at home with other relatives including a man believed to be his son-in-law but both declined to comment.
Giant TV broadcast vans with roof-top satellite dishes and a number of Fleet Street photographers have clogged the small laneway outside the star's home. The attention prompted a number of police to patrol the laneway a number of times during the day. With sub zero temperatures in the area, many media remain in their cars with heaters on prompting locals to complain about the constant car engine drones.
Metropolitan Police yesterday announced the man had been formally interviewed under caution by detectives from Operation Yewtree which was set up to probe allegations British entertainer and national icon Jimmy Savile assaulted more than 450 people over a five decade period.
Savile died last year before revelations emerged he abused children aged as young as nine years mostly at BBC but since the revelation first emerged four other celebrities had been arrested and charged including the notorious former pop star Gary Glitter and comedian Freddie Starr. Both have denied the charges.
Jimmy Savile has been branded a sex predator who went on a four-decade rampage of child sex abuse.
The entertainer is the fifth man to be spoken to but unlike the others has not arrested.
Yewtree is divided into two branches; one looking specifically at Savile's sexual crimes and the second one simply dubbed "others" looking into suspicion of sexual misconduct that had come to light during the Savile inquiries.
In some instances the latter has involved multiple claims of groping by BBC employees and personalities of mostly young women and girls brought to the dress rooms backstage for private meetings with their celebrity heroes. The majority of the alleged offences took place in the 1960s and '70s.
Police were remaining tight-lipped about what detectives called suspicions of sexual misconduct made against the entertainer but confirmed he fell into the second "other" grouping. He was read his rights before he was questioned by police. His house was searched by police last weekend although it is not known what items were seized if any.
Disgraced BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, famed for his charity work, allegedly abused children in hospitals and on BBC premises.
The story first broke on Twitter by a person believed to be a well-known former police officer turned criminologist
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