Jimmy Savile victim sues the BBC for £1million over claim the corporation betrayed her after she blew the whistle on his horrific crimes

‘The BBC has been forced to pay out money to a sex abuse victim it ‘betrayed’ by screening clips in which she claimed Freddie Starr had groped her.
Karin Ward was one of the first to publicly unmask Jimmy Savile as a serial paedophile and rapist – a scandal which sparked the biggest crisis in the BBC’s history.
The 58-year-old says she was persuaded by Newsnight to reveal her story and told any legal fees would be covered if she was sued.
However Panorama showed clips of Ms Ward claiming Starr also ‘preyed on her’ – despite assurances the comic would not be named. Starr sued her for libel in 2015 and while he lost, he refused to pay her £952,400 legal costs.’
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