A disabled actress best known for her role in 'The Office' claimed Jimmy Savile groped her when she appeared as a teenager on 'Jim'll Fix It'.
Julie Fernandez told Radio 5 Live she remembered feeling the "huge rings on his fingers" and that his hands were "everywhere... lingering too long in places they shouldn't."
She claimed she was 14-years-old when the abuse happened in 1988, much later than previous allegations made against the TV presenter.
Fernandez says she feels lucky she was only groped
"I was in my wheelchair, but I just remember his hands being everywhere and just lingering those two, three, four seconds slightly too long in places they shouldn't. It wasn't particularly obvious either.
"It was in a busy room full of people in a studio so it was quite discreetly done and you don't kind of realise what's happening at the time, especially when you're 14 and it's the first time you've ever been in a studio and you're very excited.
"But I do remember feeling uncomfortable and he had these huge rings on his fingers."
Ms Fernandez played Brenda in 'The Office' and has also appeared in BBC1's 'Eldorado'
Fernandez, who appeared in BBC1's 'Eldorado' and is a prominent campaigner for disabled rights, said she made a joke out of the incident with her friends.
"My classmates, we all made a joke of it afterwards for years, but we didn't really bring it up to any adult and I don't know why, actually."
"He was a great fundraiser and all of these things, so possibly people didn't want to say negative things about him. Maybe they didn't think they would be believed," she added.
Fernandez's claims come in the midst of a raft of sexual abuse allegations against the late TV personality. His tireless fundraising, spearheading a number of charity campaigns, was well documented.
Jimmy Savile has been accused of molesting a brain-damaged girl in hospital
However his charity work and in particular his role as patron of National Spinal Injuries Centre has been sorely tainted after allegations that he volunteered at hospitals to find victims to abuse.
Caroline Moore has claimed she was assaulted by Savile at the age of 13 while being treated for spinal injuries at Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire hospital in 1971, the Press Association reported.
Mrs Moore, from Clarkston in East Renfrewshire, told BBC Radio Scotland: "I was outside a ward or a gym and he came out and just rammed his tongue down my throat.
"I told my family at the time. They didn't take it seriously because he was such a high profile character."
Allegations of abuse against the former DJ date back to the 1960s
Greater Manchester, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and Tayside are the latest forces to say allegations have been made.
June Thornton, a patient at Leeds General Infirmary in 1972, said she saw Savile abuse someone she thought was a brain-damaged girl.
Ms Thornton said that when she told a nurse about the abuse, she was ignored.
"I thought he was a visitor coming to see her. He started rubbing his hands down her arms and then, I don't know of a nice way to put it, but he molested her. He helped himself. She just sat there and couldn't do anything about it," she told ITV News.
Savile raised millions for charity, especially for Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Police believe Savile could have abused as many as 25 victims over a period of 40 years, and have so far formally recorded a number of criminal allegations against him including rape and indecent assault.
The number of allegations have been branded a "cesspit" by BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten who pledged to hold an independent inquiry as swiftly as possible after the police investigation.
The BBC's reputation is increasingly under fire after an avalanche of allegations that the corporation was aware of claims about Savile's actions, but did nothing about them.
Ms Fernandez told breakfast presenter Nicky Campbell she felt she was "lucky" that she wasn't abused further. However she said: "It's a predatory behaviour and it's a bad, bad behaviour. And what's really annoying is, he's now dead and what can we do?"
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Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Sir Jimmy Savile Auction
A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementoes has got under way with one of the late DJ's Highland suits going for £280. The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of 549 lots to go under the hammer in Sir Jimmy's home city of Leeds today. The auction, which is expected to take at least eight hours, will include gold suits, Cuban cigars and the broadcaster's beloved Rolls-Royce. The lots include thousands of items of memorabilia owned by Sir Jimmy, which are being sold to raise money for his charitable trust. His trademark tracksuits and jewellery, including a £12,000 gold and diamond-encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings, are all on offer along with the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. The sale kicked off at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, with around 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and via internet. Lot one - the Highland suit - was bought by a local man on the front row. As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 and £60 went for £380. A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40 million for good causes in his lifetime. He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
Whether or not Jimmy Savile was guilty of anything, and bearing in mind that there were some accusations made while he was still alive, I still find it very worrying that such a life can be celebrated by thousands at the time of his funeral, without a word of criticism, and then less than a year later, his life and reputation more or less totally destroyed by claims only made after a tv documentary and which are now impossible to prove. All of his charity work, once praised, is now being regarded as a means to get near to his 'victims' - if people really suspected his actions for years, how was he able to arrange those situations with such apparent ease? JS was always a bit eccentric, a bit strange, but a criminal mastermind, now to be erased from our memories because of these unsubstantiated claims? All of his top of the pops appearances, any of the thousands of impressions of him, all never to be seen again, just in case we might appreciate his work again and forget for a few minutes, that people we didn't know decided that he was guilty of claims that they were completely unable to prove, or didn't even make, when he was still alive?
acrylic99: Whether or not Jimmy Savile was guilty of anything, and
Horrific if he actually did what they claim he did. There really is no excuse for abusing children, none whatsoever. However, I presume a vast majority of these claims are not true. I just don't really understand what this achieves by exposing him/the abuse now. It makes absolutely no difference to JS. He hasn't answered for these crimes. The only people being punished are his family. I just cannot imagine the pain they must be going through. There lives being turned upside-down. Knowing that there is a possibility that someone they loved and trusted could have been a monster leaving them in a state of conflict between the memories they have and the allegations being made.
1989MDH: Horrific if he actually did what they claim he did.
Judging that his headstone has been removed and destroyed by his family, they unlike you seem to have accepted that the allegations are true. With regards your opinion which appears to be, that most of the victims are liars, whats the point of this, why not brush it all under the carpet and forget it !! What an attitude ! Most of your sympathy seems directed towards towards his family. this is preicisely why many did not come forward, they certainly wouldnt have been believed by the likes of you.
richenry: Judging that his headstone has been removed and destroyed by
Most of these claims seem to have arisen as a result of the itv documentary and the media interest since then. If there were so many who were molested over the years, or saw someone else being abused, you would think there would be a bit more evidence from the time. After all, it was Jimmy Savile, not a complete unknown, and if they were so worried about being believed, so frightened of him, why not at least write to the newspapers or report it others, or to the police, but anonymously? They seem to be mostly about 14, old enough for one or two to have written something down in a diary or tell their friends. Any such report would have confirmed their story if something came out at a later date. Then again, if they were so bothered about what happened, why had they not done anything similar throughout their adult lives since that time? If not, do claims that they should now be compensated really hold water? The same goes for those at the BBC who claim to have heard rumours or had known what was going on, again there was nothing to stop them making a few notes, even if they didn't mention the names involved.
acrylic99: Most of these claims seem to have arisen as a
The Telegraph claims that the Police first investigated Mr Saville back in 1958, for interring with young girls in a nightclub, then again in the 1960's for having sex with an under age girl at Top of the Pops, in 1971, he was interviewed when a young dancer killed herself and left a diary naming him, then again in 1970 for abusing a patient at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, again in 2007 over the abuse of young girls at an approved school, so you see to all those people on here who say why did people not mention it before etc... clearly they did!!!!!!
purplecatwoman: The Telegraph claims that the Police first investigated Mr Saville
Savile couldn't have been in an approved school in 2007 because he can't possibly have had a CRB. I'm not suggesting he wasn't. What the hell is going on?
Ophiela: Savile couldn't have been in an approved school in 2007
maybe my priorities are different but im pretty certain that if i was one of these alleged victims getting justice or at the very least getting believed would be my top priority not compensation.I dont doubt some of these alleged victims could be genuine but id strongly doubt that they all are
amanicon: maybe my priorities are different but im pretty certain that
If they really were molested then nothing would have stopped them to come when he was still alive. They did not, but now they do want to claim compensation about occurrences that cannot be proven but rely on hearsay. They know they have a change on compensation because the man is not alive anymore and as such cannot defend himself. This does not mean it could not have been happening. However he died when he was 84, I would say when they had made the claim even when he was 83 they would have a change to be seen as honest. May I remind those blabber mouths that knowing of a crime and not reporting it is a crime itself. Arrest should be imminent for the once who say they knew it but it never reported. Can we now go on with life again please!
virtusfides: If they really were molested then nothing would have stopped
Looks like all those who knew about his antics decided that their reputations and good jobs were more important the the children being abused ,they are as bad as him (If found guilty ) .
hnfc: Looks like all those who knew about his antics decided
this is bodering on stupidity now - we have a woman lying flat on her back,watching j/s abuse a mentally disabled girl in the next bed !!! & she watched it all !!! how she would see that much lying flat on her back is beyond me BUT what was wrong with her mouth ? now we have this lady who claims his "touch" lasted 2/3/4 seconds longer than it should !! & she felt the rings on his fingers !! obviously she did-he was wearing them - this she classes as groping - all men out there get your stop watches out ! the main point is all the silly accusations are taking the importance out of the (possibly)real ones - definatly jump & bandwagon is included in this
swanny944: this is bodering on stupidity now - we have a
Here comes the PPI bandwagon--time to sue anyone and anything connected to JS. If there is credible evidence to support the allegations (what that might be I cannot imagine other than a list of allegations), it is going to be diminished by a lot of memories suddenly coming to life and deciding there might be money in it. Some of the reports are now bordering on the silly (like the one above) and I suspect we will get more. This is not a defence of JS but I prefer to take the view that allegations are one thing, proof is another.
citrilla: Here comes the PPI bandwagon--time to sue anyone and anything
No need for any investigations - he's been found well and truly guilty by the gutter press, and now we're talking compensation. Any hope of discovering the truth (and I have no view - I never met the chap) is long gone.
thorleygd: No need for any investigations - he's been found well
"I thought he was a visitor coming to see her. He started rubbing his hands down her arms and then, I don't know of a nice way to put it, but he molested her. He helped himself. She just sat there and couldn't do anything about it," she told ITV News.
And she didn't tell him to stop! She just watched it!
molbyJ: "I thought he was a visitor coming to see her.
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