Jimmy Savile scandal helps break victims’ silence

by Ivano Abbadessa - 2016.10.13

In part, thanks to the Jimmy Savile scandal, England has seen an incredible increase of 135% in the number of criminal charges of rape over the last five years. Passing from an annual average of 10,000 to the present number of 24,000. The police from across The Channel, say that it as as if, post-mortem in 2011, all of the atrocities of this well-known BBC presenter came to the fore. Ten years of this man’s atrocious behavior as a sex maniac, pervert, pedophile, and necrophiliac came to the surface, and caused a sort of general outrage that motivated victims of abuse to find the courage to accuse their attackers. A true revolt of conscience triggered by one of the most tragic and embarrassing episodes in a country, where with the complicity of many who chose to be silent, 50 years were spent praising a dj and showman who, in reality, was an extremely dangerous and serial sex offender.