'EMMERDALE STAR RAPED ME BY POOL' Girl, 16, accuses TV Ben in court.Byline: BY MATHEUS SANCHEZ A TEENAGE girl trembling trembling visible muscle tremor caused by fever, fear, weakness, electrolyte imbalance, especially hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia, and neuromuscular disease. trembling disease with nerves told a hushed court yesterday how she was raped by Emmerdale star Ben Freeman Ben Freeman (born April 8, 1980) is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor. Biography The eldest of five siblings (three younger sisters and a younger brother), living in Slough, Berkshire, Freeman went to St. . She said she was a fan of the soap but was "begging him to get off me" beside a holiday swimming pool. The slightly built girl, who cannot be named, was 16 at the time and on a break with her parents. Now 17, she came into court clutching a Bible and needed regular breaks to compose herself as she gave evidence. She avoided eye contact with Freeman, 28, who watched her from the dock and is accused of raping her at the Almond almond, name for a small tree (Prunus amygdalus) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for the nutlike, edible seed of its drupe fruit. The "nuts" of sweet-almond varieties are eaten raw or roasted and are pressed to obtain almond oil. Beach resort in Barbados last November. The girl told the court on the night of the alleged incident she was at a club in the resort with her parents when Freeman approached with his younger sister and asked to sit with them. She said: "I knew who he was because he was on a soap opera soap opera Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style. programme I used to watch." The court heard the girl and Freeman went for a walk together and were chatting by a pool when they decided to "have a joke and a laugh" and jump in. Her voice breaking slightly, she told the court: "Next thing I know he sort of grabbed me in his arms. "He pushed me to the side of the pool. He then started kissing my neck and I was a bit confused because I couldn't work out what was really going on. I was a bit shocked. Then it moved on to my lips. I didn't expect it. "He said he wanted to f*** me. I looked at him and said 'No'. After a short break she returned to the stand and said: "He picked me up and out of the pool. He pushed me on to the sun lounger sun lounger sun n → chaise longue and pinned me down. "I kept telling him 'no' but he was just ignoring me." The girl described how Freeman allegedly raped her. She told the court: I was crying and screaming and just begging for him to get off me." She said they then walked back towards the hotel and Freeman told her he was "sorry". The girl added she was scared and said: "I had no understanding why someone I thought I could trust would do this to me." The court also heard the girl's father remember what he told Freeman when he saw them together before he went to bed. He recalled: "I said to Ben, 'Oi that's my daughter, no funny business.' I believe he said 'Don't worry, I will look after her'." Freeman, who faces life if convicted, denies wrongdoing and the trial continues in Barbados. I was crying and screaming and just begging him to get off me ALLEGED VICTIM YESTERDAY CAPTION(S): HOLIDAY The alleged victim, whose identity we have disguised; ON TRIAL Freeman at court in Barbados; LUXURY Almond Beach Village hotel in Barbados where attack is alleged to have happened |
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