EX-CUB SCOUT: HE ABUSED ME ON HIS SHOW WHEN I WAS 9
A FORMER cub scout says he was sexually assaulted as a nine-yearold by Jimmy Savile after appearing on a show with the TV star.
Kevin Cook, the presenter’s youngest alleged victim, said he was lured to a dressing room with the promise of receiving a Jim’ll Fix It badge after appearing on the programme.
The 45-year-old, now a married father-of-two, described how Savile asked him whether he was ready to ‘earn your badge’ before molesting him and then getting him to touch him through his trousers.
The presenter then issued a chilling threat not to tell anyone about the abuse – and that no one would believe him over the word of ‘King
‘Do you want to earn your badge?’
Jimmy’ – before letting him go. Mr Cook appeared on the show in 1976 with members of the 44th Newham East cub pack. He told the Mail yesterday that Savile offered him a badge. ‘He took me to a small dressing room. He said “Do you want to earn your badge?” and he sat me on a chair in the middle of the room.
‘He put his hand on my knee and then tried to put his fingers up the bottom of my shorts before he unzipped them and touched me. Then he made me put my hand on top of his trousers.’
Mr Cook, who lives in an Essex coastal town, came forward when he read about the Savile scandal. Details of his allegations have been passed to the Metropolitan Police.