A former BBC journalist who claims she was sexually assaulted while working undercover as a model has given a statement to police.
Lisa Brinkworth, 53, posed as a model in a documentary for the Donal McIntyre Investigates series in 1998 and alleges she was assaulted by one of the world’s biggest agents Gérald Marie.
French prosecutors revealed last year they were investigating allegations of rape and sexual abuse made against former agency boss Marie.
The claims, which Marie has strenuously denied, were made by 13 women — four of whom are British.
They say they were assaulted during the 1980s and 1990s while working with Marie, the former European head of Elite.
Former Daily Mail journalist Lisa Brinkworth (left), 53, who claims she was sexually assaulted by one of the world’s biggest modelling agents Gérald Marie (right) while working undercover as a model has given a statement to police
Ms Brinkworth told the BBC: ‘I would very much like to see justice for them. And particularly because they were just so young and powerless at the time.
‘When it happened to me I…
