There is a thread in general terms discussing sentencing for this case - from what I've read (admittedly nothing more the newspaper reports) it does seem quite a harsh sentence.
A quick summary - Max Clifford, powerful PR man to the stars for decades has been found guilty of sexual assault - and sentenced to 8 years in jail. The Daily Mail had a couple of interviews with 2 of the women whose accounts led to his prosecution.
1 girl was 15 years old and an aspiring actress/model - Max Clifford told her he could make her a star, and then asked for various sexual favours in return (over about 3 months).
another girl was 18/19 - and Max did the same. There's no mention of any physical co-coercion, just the girls' belief that if she didn't that her career would suffer.
Now, there's a very large proviso here, because I don't know the full details - but based on what I have seen, it looks as though lying to someone in order to have sex with someone has contributed to a large chunk of Max Clifford's sentence. I can understand that he would be liable for sentencing in having sex with a minor (age 15) when in his 30s - but I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't normally get anywhere near 8 years for that.
So, what has contributed to this sentence? He definitely appears pretty sleazy, and used his position of power to get sex - but, well, won't that apply to rather a lot of people? Is it because he lied in order to have sex? Or because it was decided he was an "authority figure"?
There was some allegation another case involving a 12 year old - which obviously sounds much more serious, but I don't believe that this was considered during the trial, so can't have affected the sentencing.
Anyone of a legal bent able to explain this one?
Thanks :)
A quick summary - Max Clifford, powerful PR man to the stars for decades has been found guilty of sexual assault - and sentenced to 8 years in jail. The Daily Mail had a couple of interviews with 2 of the women whose accounts led to his prosecution.
1 girl was 15 years old and an aspiring actress/model - Max Clifford told her he could make her a star, and then asked for various sexual favours in return (over about 3 months).
another girl was 18/19 - and Max did the same. There's no mention of any physical co-coercion, just the girls' belief that if she didn't that her career would suffer.
Now, there's a very large proviso here, because I don't know the full details - but based on what I have seen, it looks as though lying to someone in order to have sex with someone has contributed to a large chunk of Max Clifford's sentence. I can understand that he would be liable for sentencing in having sex with a minor (age 15) when in his 30s - but I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't normally get anywhere near 8 years for that.
So, what has contributed to this sentence? He definitely appears pretty sleazy, and used his position of power to get sex - but, well, won't that apply to rather a lot of people? Is it because he lied in order to have sex? Or because it was decided he was an "authority figure"?
There was some allegation another case involving a 12 year old - which obviously sounds much more serious, but I don't believe that this was considered during the trial, so can't have affected the sentencing.
Anyone of a legal bent able to explain this one?
Thanks :)
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