'Is this the smallest one you've ever seen?': What Max Clifford allegedly told 'sex attack victim after exposing his manhood and placing her hand on it'

Max Clifford, 70, denies 11 indecent assaults on 7 girls as young as 14

Court told he used his links to celebrities to force them into sex acts

Attacks happened in his office, his car or toilets, the prosecution say

Clifford promised some girls roles in Octopussy or TV show Dynasty

Alleged victims claim the publicist said assaults were part of auditions

Girls said Clifford would call pretending to be stars like Michael Winner



Woman sent him a letter after attack - later found in his home, court told



'You abused me, hurt me, upset me and are a vile, horrible man', she wrote



Court heard he exposed himself to a model and said: 'Isn't it tiny?'

Max Clifford, at court yesterday, denies 11 indecent assaults on seven girls as young as 14

Publicist Max Clifford exposed himself to a teenager and placed her hand on his manhood while repeatedly asking her: 'Is this the smallest one you've ever seen?', a court heard yesterday.

The PR guru, 70, had promised the 19-year-old a part in TV show Dynasty, before he forced her into a sex act in the 'sexual fiefdom' of his office, jurors were told.

The allegation emerged on the on the first day of his sex trial at Southwark Crown Court, which heard him branded a ‘repulsive’ paedophile who sexually abused seven girls as young as 12.

Yesterday Clifford, 70, repeatedly shook his head as he sat in the dock while Rosina Cottage, QC, prosecuting, outlined the case against him.

Ms Cottage said one of the alleged victims, a 19-year-old friend of his receptionist, said Clifford had told her that a star of TV show Dynasty had broken her arm – and that she could replace her.

The court heard the woman then received a call from a man with a 'very effeminate voice' claiming he was Aaron Spelling, and saying Clifford 'fancied him' but was concerned about the fact that he had a small penis and so would not meet him.



Ms Cottage told the court: 'Her immediate reaction was that the man that she was speaking to was the defendant pretending to be Aaron Spelling.'



When she visited Clifford's office again, he took his trousers down and placed her hand on his penis, she said.



As she performed a sex act on him he repeatedly asked her: ‘Is this the smallest one you’ve ever seen?’, it was alleged.

The prosecution said the celebrity kiss-and-tell publicist took pleasure in degrading teenagers after he promised to make them Bond girls, TV stars or models, it was claimed.

He was branded a ‘vile and horrible man’ by one of his alleged victims, but ‘bully’ Clifford believed he was untouchable, London’s Southwark Crown Court was told.

Clifford boasted of his links to stars to impress unsuspecting parents, and then breached their trust by molesting their daughters, it was alleged.



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Max Clifford's trial heard he used his links to celebrities to 'manipulate and bully' seven young victims into performing sex acts on him

During a family break in Spain in 1983 he played a ‘tickling game’ with a ‘quiet’ 12-year-old girl, who was on holiday with her parents, sexually assaulting her in a Jacuzzi, it was said.

He also allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old girl in her school uniform whom he met in a Wimpy bar full of youngsters after luring her into his car by promising he had ‘something to show her’.

Clifford denies 11 counts of indecently assaulting seven women aged 14 to 19, between 1966 and 1984.

As well as these seven, Miss Cottage said the jury would also hear testimony from six others – including the one who was 12 at the time – whose experiences of Clifford’s ‘sexually predatory behaviour’ support the accounts of the alleged victims.

She told the jury: ‘Many of you will have heard of Max Clifford. He is wealthy, he is well connected. He knows the strings to pull. He knows how to manipulate, lie and get what he wants.

‘He used his contact with famous people to bully and manipulate these young people into sexual acts with him.’

'Starstruck': The court heard Clifford spoke of his links to Julie Christie and Oliver Reed, while one girl was told she could meet David Bowie if she did a sex act on him. Another said he pretended to be Michael Winner

TV mogul: The prosecution said a woman received a call from a man with a 'very effeminate voice' claiming he was Dynasty and Charlie's Angels maker Aaron Spelling, pictured, saying Clifford was concerned about his small genitals. She believed it was Clifford pretending to be Spelling

The celebrity agent – dubbed the ‘maker of celebrity kiss-and-tell and breaker of reputations’ – took advantage of his young victims’ naivety and had ‘fun at their expense’, she said.

He hoodwinked star-struck teenagers by posing on the phone as Hollywood figures such as actor Charles Bronson and screenwriter Aaron Spelling, and telling the girls what they needed to do to succeed. He told some victims their assaults were auditions for the Bond film Octopussy, TV show Dynasty or modelling work.

He stripped off naked in his Bond Street office and showed horrified girls his ‘tiny’ p****, telling them: ‘If you touch it, it gets bigger,’ the court heard.

He promised an 18-year-old secretary that if she performed a sex act on him she could meet singer David Bowie, and he made a ‘frightened’ 18-year-old nightclub dancer masturbate him while promising to get her a role as a Bond girl in Octopussy, it was alleged.



One 19-year-old, whom ‘excited’ Clifford allegedly assaulted in the early 1980s, was ‘terrified and thought she was going to be raped’, said Miss Cottage.

She said that once he tried to force a model in her late teens to perform a sex act on him in his office as he was on the phone to his wife, ‘as though this was the most normal thing in the world’.

Clifford’s office was his ‘own sexual fiefdom’, said Miss Cottage. ‘He is a man who likes to play games with people and you will hear evidence of the games that he played with these girls and young women.’

In the dock: On the first day of his trial Max Clifford, in a sketch today, was accused of targeting children and teenagers in a series of historic sex offences

Opening: Clifford waves to photographers after the first day of his sex trial at Southwark Crown Court today, which heard details of the woman accusing him of abuse

She added: ‘He must have thought he was untouchable and no doubt thought no one would complain and, if they did, they would not be believed.’

Some were left suicidal and needing counselling after he forced them to give him sexual favours, jurors heard.

Not all the girls he allegedly abused wanted to be famous. The ‘confused’ 12-year-old girl in Spain was ‘not a kiss-and-tell wannabe, she was a young and quiet girl’, said the QC.

CHARGE SHEET: WHAT PR GURU CLIFFORD IS ACCUSED OF

WOMAN ONE: One indecent assault in January 1966

WOMAN TWO: One indecent assault in 1975

WOMAN THREE: One indecent assault between July 1977 and August 1978 and on three occasions outside that period

WOMAN FOUR: One indecent assault in 1978

WOMAN FIVE: One indecent assault in 1982

WOMAN SIX: One indecent assault between January 1982 and December 1984, and another outside that period

WOMAN SEVEN: One indecent assault between January 1983 and December 1984



The women stayed silent about their ordeal for decades, terrified they would not be believed, it is claimed. Miss Cottage told the jury: ‘The 1960s, 1970s and even 1980s were very different times from today. Secretaries had to bite their lips when the boss patted their bottom and told them to “run along, love, and make me a cup of tea”.’ She said the alleged victims were now ‘mature women aged in their forties to sixties, with children and lives to lead’, and said: ‘Why would they make it up? ‘Are they after money? After all this time? How and why would they – none of whom know each other – make complaints which are compelling and detailed and have significant elements of similarity?’ Although they reported Clifford to police only after the Jimmy Savile revelations of 2012, she said most of the women had previously talked about it to family or friends. In 2012 Clifford went on ITV’s Daybreak programme to talk about the Savile case, the court heard. A woman who was 15 when he allegedly assaulted her in 1977 decided to write Clifford a letter, in which she called him a ‘paedophile’. She reported him to police, and Clifford was arrested in December 2012. Other women then came forward too. Clifford told police he did not know any of his accusers, and although he had had sexual encounters with ‘many’ women, he said it was all consensual. The trial, which is due to last up to six weeks, continues. On trial: The famous publicist denies all the charges and said yesterday he wanted the 'truth to come out'

Famous: Clifford has represented some of Britain's biggest stars for more than 50 years

Claims: The court heard Clifford would assault women when they believed they were trying to get a job in a film or TV show

Harrowing stories of 13 women

These are the allegations made against Max Clifford, as detailed by the prosecution yesterday. There are seven girls he’s charged with assaulting and six others, denoted by asterisks, who gave supporting evidence of sexually assaults.

Clifford as a young man: The charges date back to 1966

THE WIMPY BAR SCHOOLGIRL: She claims that in 1966, when she was at a Wimpy in her school uniform aged 14, Clifford offered her a lift home. Clifford, then working in the music business, showed her pictures of celebrities and said he could arrange for her to meet any of them. He then ‘threw himself on her’, adding that if she wanted to meet celebrities ‘this is what you’ve got to do’. Rosina Cottage, QC, prosecuting, said he groped her but she fought him and ran off.

His denial: Clifford says he would never have gone into the Wimpy as he does not like them. He did not have access to a car at that time and did not have a portfolio of celebrity photos.

THE RECEPTIONIST: When working as a receptionist in Clifford’s West End office aged 18, he pushed her against a wall, groped her breast and put his tongue in her mouth. He tried to put his hand up her top but she was able to ‘wriggle away’. When she returned to work ‘he acted as though nothing had happened’, the prosecution said.

His denial: Clifford does not accept Girl 2 ever worked at his offices and says he never met her.



THE POTENTIAL MODEL: Clifford met the girl aged 15 while in Spain in the summer of 1977, and offered to find her modelling work. She was later called by a Terry Miller, who told her she was ‘really lucky’ as Clifford was ‘so influential’. The prosecution says ‘Miller’ was either Clifford himself, or someone he had asked to ‘reel her in’. When she was alone with Clifford, he told her to take her top and bra off because he needed to see her breasts. He later forced her to perform sex acts while he assaulted her.

His denial: Clifford says he never met the girl, and was not in Spain at the time she alleges. He did sometimes pretend to be other people over the phone but never used the name Terry Miller.

THE ‘TEASE’: Aged 19, she was interviewed by Clifford with a view to becoming his personal assistant. During a cab journey to take her home, the prosecution said Clifford ‘lunged at her’, tried to kiss her and attempted to touch her breasts. When she pushed him away, it is claimed, he called her a ‘p****-tease’ and told her to ‘**** off’ when she turned down the job offer.

His denial: Clifford says no such thing would have happened.

‘LOOK AT IT’*: During an audition, Clifford exposed himself and said to the 19-year-old: ‘Look at my p****. Isn’t it tiny? What can I do with this?’ Afterwards, she received a call from a man with an Italian accent, who asked about Clifford’s p****. The prosecution says this was Clifford, who went on to expose himself again during a second meeting.

THE BOND GIRL: Clifford told the 19-year-old actress, who had been cast in the Bond film Octopussy, that she was perfect for a role in a production starring Charles Bronson, but said he had to take pictures of her in her underwear and send them to the actor. She agreed, and posed for the photos, but when Clifford asked her to open her legs, she refused. He then tried to grab and kiss her and pushed her down on the sofa but she fought him off, kicking him in the groin.

His denial: He says he does not know the woman and did not know Bronson.



‘YOU CAN STAR IN DYNASTY’*: Clifford told the 19-year-old, a friend of his receptionist, that a star of TV show Dynasty had broken her arm – and that she could replace her. Clifford said he was a friend of the show’s producer Aaron Spelling and that he would get him to ring her. The girl received a call, purportedly from Spelling, who said Clifford ‘fancied her’ but was worried she wouldn’t meet him because he had a small p****. When she saw Clifford again, he took his trousers down and placed her hand on his p****. As she masturbated him, he repeatedly asked her: ‘Is this the smallest one you’ve ever seen?’

‘YOU CAN MEET BOWIE’*: Clifford and another man allegedly approached the 18-year-old in a cafe and hired her as a secretary. Miss Cottage told the jury that he eventually approached his new employee while stark naked, and said he wanted to teach her how to perform a sex act, adding that if she complied ‘she could meet David Bowie’. She refused.

‘SHOW ME YOUR FIGURE’: In the early 1980s, Clifford told this girl that he could ‘get her on TV tomorrow’, but needed to see her figure. She took her dress off, at which point Clifford is said to have groped her. Then his wife rang; Clifford answered, and began to masturbate. He then tried to force the girl to perform a sex act on him.

His denial: Clifford says nothing like this would have happened, and that he didn’t even have a lock on his door.

THE 12-YEAR-OLD*: She became friendly with Clifford’s daughter Louise while their families were in Spain. Clifford played ‘tickling games’ with her, but when they were alone, it is alleged, he put his hand under her bikini bottoms. She told Louise, but Clifford’s daughter did not believe her. This allegation is not on the charge sheet because the alleged assault happened abroad. The law has since changed.

THE DANCER: Clifford approached the 18-year-old in a nightclub, asking if she wanted a film role. He made a call and handed the phone to the dancer; the man on the other end said she could have a screen test if she confirmed whether Clifford was circumcised. Clifford then went to a toilet cubicle with her and forced her to masturbate him.

His denial: Clifford accepts that the club owners were clients of his and that he might have had a meeting there, but he does not remember the girl and did not assault her.

‘IT GETS BIGGER’*: Clifford invited the 18-year-old to audition for a role in Labyrinth, starring David Bowie, but said she would have to sleep her way to success. He told her he had a small p****, took down his trousers and added: ‘If you touch it, it gets bigger.’ The girl left and never spoke to Clifford again.

THE AUDITION IN A TOILET*: The 16-year-old received a phone call from a film director who said she could have a role if she went to Clifford’s office to find ‘his Achilles heel’. When she went to meet Clifford, he allegedly took his p**** out of his trousers and made her perform a sex act on him.



Dancer and model told by Clifford told to perform sex act or strip for part in a Bond film, court told

Bond film: One woman said she was told she would get a screen test for Octopussy starring Roger Moore (pictured) if he performed a sex act

An 18-year-old dancer said she was forced to perform a sex act on Max Clifford in a London nightclub toilet in the early 1980s for a Bond part, the court heard.

The publicist allegedly claimed he was acting for 007 producer Cubby Broccoli and that they were doing screen-testing for Octopussy starring Roger Moore.

It is alleged that he persuaded her to take a phone call in the club from someone who said if she wanted a screen test she would have to tell him if Clifford was circumcised.

He then took her to the toilet and made her touch his genitals, the court heard, saying 'Who is going to believe you?'

An aspiring model, who went to Clifford's office and was told to pose in her underwear also claims this was for a Bond part.



As she took off her dress, it is claimed he said 'What a turn-on', and groped her.

He then answered a phone call from his wife but started pleasuring himself while he was on the phone, and after the call, it is claimed, he tried to force the woman to perform a sex act on him.

Ms Cottage said: 'He behaved as if this was the most normal thing in the world.

'He then told her that he would get her a part in a Bond film but that she would have to sleep with Cubby Broccoli.'

The woman did not go to the police until Clifford was arrested in December 2012, the court heard.