Sex assault claim could ruin my acting career
Accused denies attack at Still Game star’s flat
SCOTS actor Kevin Guthrie told a jury that he fears for his career after being accused of sexually assaulting an actress.
Guthrie yesterday denied attacking the 29-year-old as he gave evidence at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The 33-year-old insisted he had “helped” the woman who appeared unwell at the flat of Still Game star Scott Reid, “Methadone Mick”.
Guthrie is accused of sexual assault at the property in Kelvindale in the city’s west end on September 30 or October 1, 2017. Jurors heard how the woman had been due to meet Guthrie and Scott at a bar on the night of the alleged attack. She knew both from drama school.
But, Scott received a call from a taxi driver to collect her as she appeared ill.
He and Guthrie went on to help the woman into the flat and put her on a bed. Guthrie said: “As I heard sounds of retching, I didn’t want her vomiting on her back so I put her in the recovery position.”
The trial heard how Scott called NHS 24 leaving Guthrie in the room “to make sure she was OK”.
The woman alleges it was there she was attacked by Guthrie.
Guthrie said: “I categorically did not do this, I did not carry out the alleged assaults.”
Defence QC Gordon Jackson asked the accused about the consequences of sexual assault allegations on his career. Guthrie said his career could “die”. Jurors were told by a forensic scientist that Guthrie’s DNA was found on the inside of the woman’s underwear.
Prosecutor Harry Findlay asked Guthrie to explain why this was.
He said: “It’s my understanding that having had contact with her hands or her torso or body, she would have moved during the night and there would have been secondary transfer of DNA.”
The trial before Sheriff Tom Hughes continues.