Victims of shamed veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall are pursuing civil action after he admitted indecently assaulting 13 girls.
The BBC star, who shot to fame presenting It's A Knockout, faces jail after pleading guilty to a string of offences against the girls, the youngest aged just nine, during the 1960, 1970s and 1980s.
The woman who was the first victim to make a formal complaint to police about Hall after being prompted by the Jimmy Savile scandal has spoken of how the TV presenter tricked her into trusting him before he sexually abused her.
Kim Wright waived her right to anonymity to reveal how Hall had attacked her when she was 17.
She said: "I was convinced that I couldn't have been the only one.
"I felt that it was my duty to report it, in case there was someone out there who daren't, someone who'd suffered more than me."
At the time Mrs Wright, now 45, did not complain because she feared she would be branded a troublemaker and that people would think the assault was trivial.
But her complaint last year prompted more victims to come forward and helped secure Hall's conviction.
Alan Collins, a partner at law firm Pannone and a specialist in sexual abuse cases, said he had been instructed by a number of Hall's victims to pursue civil cases in relation to injuries and harm suffered.
He said: "Hall's admission of guilt means that we will now be able to pursue these cases expeditiously on behalf of our clients.
"Victims often live with the memories of the abuse hidden away at the back of their minds for years and it is particularly brave of such victims to come forward and face those memories."
Hall, 83, was described as an "opportunistic predator" by Nazir Afzal, chief crown prosecutor for the North West, after he appeared at Preston Crown Court on Thursday.
Recorder of Preston Judge Anthony Russell, QC, granted him bail on condition of residence at his home address and no unsupervised contact with children.
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