I think it's appalling that all these women didn't bother to press charges when Jimmy Saville was alive - what has made them come forward now then, now then, now then?

Aparently the blue plaque at his flat in Scarborough has been defaced by the mob.I wonder how far this will go especially after the tv trial?I wonder if the ex cop and Rantzen are donating their fee to charity?

Whether Jimmy Saville has been guilty of anything or not I find any accusations aimed at him to carry far less weight now he is dead. Had the accusations been made while he was still alive I think they would have been a lot more credible. For every POSSIBLE victim of Jimmy Saville I would think there are 20 times that trying to jump aboard the media witchunt for purely financial reasons. I will watch the programme which may change my opinion of Jimmy Saville, what it may never do is convince me he committed the horrendous crimes some people are claiming.

There were rumors on this very board about some of his dodgy goings on way before he died. Its certainly not only happened since he died.

There Is also plenty of examples where people are afraid of coming forward about abuse because they live in fear of their abuser or that they won't be believed. I imagine that the magnitude of those fears would be greater still if the abuser was a high profile personality loved by millions.

If he has abused people when they were kids they will have been living with it for 30 years and it may only be now that they feel comfortable enough to talk about it.

What will be interesting is how much money will be left in his estate given that its all being donated to his various charities.

What will be interesting is how the police can investigate alleged crimes that happened thirty or more years ago when it will be impossible to collate a balanced viewpoint.

What will be interesting is whether or not any of his alleged victims are brazen enough to sue a charity for compensation from his estate.

i read in one of the papers that his influence at the time was so strong that no one dared to say anything but jonathan king was also huge during that period but was sucesfully prosecuited
surely if there was that much evidence against him then he could and should have stood trial but these ' victims' decide to wait till offered a chance to air their unsupported views via the media to say something

Maybe the reason they didn't come forward is actual physical proof and libel.

Can X woman prove it?

Can fairly rich 'alive' Mr Saville sue them?

I was no fan of Saville - thought he was weird and completely self-obsessed. But I'm not sure what benefit these women hope to get from coming forward now via the media, unless its some form of catharis.

I don't claim to understand the legalities, but given that Saville isn't around to defend himself I can't see how they could attempt to sue his estate. Can you sue the estate of a dead person for civil damages after they're dead?

Jimmy Saville's alleged victims say they just want justice.
That's a funny word for money.

They have just found Jimmy Savile's diary.
His last entry was about 10 years old.

I bet Gary Glitter regrets not asking Jim to fix it instead of taking his computer to PC World.

Girls - pre-pubescent, feminine itching?
Apply some Savile-on

Tasteless in the extreme.

You'll fit right in.