He accepts he made a proposition but says there was no physical assault
Hedge fund boss Crispin Odey has acknowledged propositioning a junior female banker but denied “lunging at” and groping her, during the first day of his two-day trial for indecent assault at Hendon Magistrates’ Court.
The alleged incident occurred in 1998. The woman was a junior employee at a City investment bank when she attended a client meeting at Odey Asset Management and was later invited to meet privately with the eponymous fund manager at his home in Chelsea.
The court heard that she hoped the meeting might “further her career”.
Hendon Magistrates Court heard today that Crispin Odey suggested to officers that Brexit and the Me Too movement could be why he was being prosecuted over historic indecent assault allegations.