A FORMER student at a Scottish university has told how she was left feeling “repulsed, numb and shocked” after Sir Clement Freud allegedly attacked her as a teenager in the 1970s.
Rosemary Rimmer-Clay, 62, was a 19-year-old in her second year at Dundee University when she met Sir Clement Freud, who she said she thought of at the time as “a bit of a hero of mine”.
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She told ITV News that after meeting at a Burns night supper in 1975, Sir Clement invited her to go to a coffee.
As Sir Clement was the rector of her university at the time, she said “didn’t see anything sinister in it at all”.
They went to Ms Rimmer-Clay’s flat which was nearby, when she said the former MP and broadcaster cooked her an omelette, before he “lunged” at her.
She told the news programme: “It was horrible. It went into a nightmare really where this guy was being sexual and I had no interest in that at all.”
Ms Rimmer-Clay said she never reported the incident to either Dundee University or the police
She said: “He picked out the person who was vulnerable and he seized on that and it’s horrible to think of that.
“I was really at risk. On my own, in my flat with nobody around to look out for me.
“It’s straightforward abuse isn’t it? I was very young for my age and vulnerable. A rector should be there to support the students.
“It’s hard being at university. I was struggling with fees and the pressure of work and I was lonely and he sussed out I was someone who was vulnerable.
“I think people should be vetted more carefully. I feel soiled...contaminated. He’s left a trail of wreckage in people’s lives.”
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An ITV documentary last week heard from two alleged victims of Sir Clement Freud and the Metropolitan Police is assessing the allegations.
After the documentary aired, another victim spoke to ITV News to say she had also been abused by Freud.
Dundee University has said it is now looking over its records from Sir Clement’s time there as a result of the documentary.
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