Former rock star Glitter arrested in Savile probe
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October 29, 2012, Monday
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THE sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile widened yesterday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.
Police would not directly identify the suspect arrested yesterday, but media, including the BBC and Press Association, reported he was the 68-year-old Glitter. The musician made it big with the crowd-pleasing hit "Rock & Roll (Part 2)," a mostly instrumental anthem that has been a staple at American sporting events thanks to its catchy "hey" chorus. But he fell into disgrace after being convicted on child abuse charges in Britain and Vietnam.
British police do not generally identify suspects under arrest by name until they are charged. A spokesman said only that the force arrested a man in his 60s early yesterday morning in London on suspicion of sexual offenses in connection with the Savile probe.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is the first suspect to be arrested in the scandal. It was not clear if Glitter and Savile knew each other.
Hundreds of potential victims have come forward since police began investigation into sex abuse allegations against Savile, the longtime host of shows "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It" who died at age 84 last year. Most allege abuse by Savile, but some said they were abused by Savile and others.
Glitter broke out with his look of shiny jumpsuits, silver platform shoes and bouffant wigs, scoring a string of hits in the 1970s, but his music has often been shunned since his abuse convictions.
Glitter was convicted in 2006 in Vietnam of "obscene acts with children" - offenses involving girls aged 10 and 11. He was deported back to Britain in 2008. He was also jailed in Britain in 1999 for possessing child pornography.
One witness told the BBC that she once saw Glitter having sex with a schoolgirl in Savile's dressing room at the broadcaster's TV center in the 1970s. Glitter has denied the allegations.
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