A young man was hounded out of his bank job by sexual bullying from women workmates, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

Anthony King, who was the only man in an office with six women, claimed three of his colleagues tried to humiliate him by flashing their breasts at him and demanding intimate details about his private life.

Mr King, a Michael Jackson impersonator who has performed all over the world with a Jackson Five tribute band, also said he was accused of being gay when he failed to join in conversations about sexual practices.

He told the hearing that the daily harassment at an Abbey National branch in East London made him feel constantly embarrassed and he began to dread going to work.

Mr King, who joined the bank as a customer services adviser straight after his A-levels, quit the £13,000 a year job after three months suffering from depression and stress.

He is claiming sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation and is seeking damages of £31,000 from the Abbey National at the hearing in Stratford, East London.

The bank denies his claims. Mr King, who is now 20 and studying philosophy and theology at King's College, London, claimed that the bullying began almost immediately after he started work in November 2000.

One woman's attempt to humiliate him happened shortly before Christmas, he said.

'She lifted up her blouse and flashed at me,' he added. 'She laughed at my embarrassment. She then pushed her breasts together and said I looked awake.'

Mr King, who is a dancer and has backed pop stars including Martine McCutcheon, then told how the same woman set out to humiliate him by simulating lesbian groping in the safe room.

He said: 'She was sitting on another woman's lap. They looked up at me while they were fondling each other. I was very intimidated. They were pretending they were lesbians to say I was gay.'

He said two of the women used to make a point of leaning over him so that their breasts were in his face.

He also recalled how they used to talk in front of him about making love with their husbands and asked him in embarrassing detail about his sex life.

Mr King, who appeared in television documentaries as a child as he grew up in an adoptive family in Ilford, Essex, said managers knew about the bullying but made no effort to stop it.

His demands to speak to the area manager were ignored, he claimed, and he left in February last year.

Mr King, who is representing himself, denied claims from Abbey National's staff that he 'joined in and enjoyed' sexual banter.

He also denied he was 'prone to uncontrollable rages' or that he had ever punched doors, kicked walls, threatened to smash up the office and make up claims of sexual harassment.

The three women allegedly involved have all been transferred to different offices.

The bank said this had nothing to do with Mr King's claims.

The hearing continues.