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Tonya Lee, the Rolf Harris accuser, has been paid by the Australian media for her story. The story was that Harris 'touched her inappropriately' while they were in a group in a pub! A feeble fumble in a pub!!!! So she's been paid a large amount of money for this rubbish.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv- ... 2ji96.html

This is what I said right at the very beginning. She should be charged with wasting police time. It is moneygrabbing attempts like this which will stop truly abused people coming forward.

It was not a crime in the decade it was committed. So it should be thrown out without a single thought because you should not be able to bring someone to court for committing an offense which was not illegal at the time, just because society now wears a pink frock and frilly knickers.

I’m all for support of abuse victims. But, honestly, this is not abuse today. It might get you into trouble, you might need to appologise, you might even lose your job. But it’s not a criminal offense…

This is why I now ignore every single new revelation of “abuse” by the music/dj fraternity of the 60’s and 70’s. Which is a real shame for those who have truly been abused and there are many of them….

She's 42 years old now. She says she was 14 when 'it' happened. She says she has had eating disorders since. I can imagine RH is a huggy sort of man but this incident, recalled by her now twenty-eight years later for financial gain, doesn't make him a dirty one. He's going ahead with his next concert and talk is charges will be dropped.

Whether he is guilty or not guilty, of a fumble or more this should now be dropped immediately as the woman has gone to the press.

And she should be charged with wasting police time - her blabbing about it to the press has meant that it is a waste of time now.

I have said all along that overlaying today's laws on times past is wrong, and I stick by that.

Some of the allegations that have been made are laughable, even by today's standards, and under the rules and morals of the 60s, 70s and early 80s would never have been entertained as "crimes".

We have now got to the point where any physical contact, no matter how accidental or well intentioned, can be viewed by the "victim" as a crime.

Stupid woman!! Silly cases like this make it harder for genuine abuse cases to be taken seriously

Workingman wrote:I have said all along that overlaying today's laws on times past is wrong, and I stick by that.

Some of the allegations that have been made are laughable, even by today's standards, and under the rules and morals of the 60s, 70s and early 80s would never have been entertained as "crimes".

Completely agree....

Many of these women can see a fat little cheque following giving out these allegations.. the whole matter has become a farce and I am sick of reading about these wasters.

Neville Buswell aka Ray Langton now! Who will be the next Corrie Oldie to be accused? Roy? Norris?

I would prefer that those who did really perpetrate these crimes live in fear of their accuser speaking up. However this RH one will give them hope, a story to give their lawyer and some comfort.

I don't want them to have comfort and this accusation just annoys me.