Noel Clarke informed a star that he maintained specific images of ladies he made love with to utilize as “collateral” in instance they ever before intended to speak up regarding him or inform his spouse, the high court has actually listened to.
Clarke, 49, is taking legal action against the Guardian over magazines from 2021-22 charging him of sex-related transgression, based upon accusations from greater than 20 ladies.
J ohannah Whyte, a star and electronic web content developer, whose name is Jahannah James, claimed Clarke resembled a “big brother” to her that aided her very early in her occupation however that she really felt “violated” and “betrayed” when she figured out in 2017 that he had actually recorded her naked tryout for the movie Legacy, greater than 4 years previously.
In her witness declaration, she likewise stated a discussion with Clarke from 2016 when she claimed he informed her that he had actually copulated her pal Ivy (not her genuine name), that provided proof on Friday.
“I said I did not believe him and told him he should not say that about my friend,” Whyte claimed. “He told me he could prove it because he kept a hard drive of photos and every time he slept with someone he would get them to take a photo of their vagina to use as ‘collateral’, in case they ever wanted to speak about him or try to tell his wife, and he said he would save it and keep it.”
Whyte claimed she figured out that Clarke had the naked video clip of her via her pal Gina Powell, that had actually benefited him at Unstoppable Productions, and claimed it left her “devastated” and “disgusted” provided her previous close relationship with him.
Philip Williams, that is standing for Clarke, declared Whyte had actually dealt with Powell to cook up the accusations as a result of the latter’s “financial grudge” versus Clarke after leaving his business on negative terms. The lawyer claimed his customer refuted the presence of the video clip and asked Whyte if she had actually ever before seen it. Whyte responded that she had not, however included: “I’ve had it described to me accurately.”
Williams likewise asked Whyte regarding her interactions with Clarke, consisting of welcoming him to her play, recommending it “didn’t add up” if she thought he had a nude video clip of her. “I didn’t want him to know that I knew,” responded Whyte.
Another witness, Naome Morris, informed the court that she was a “starstruck” 18-year-old virgin with agoraphobia and discerning mutism, an anxiousness condition, when she replied to a demand from the Doctor Who star on X for “naughty or cheeky” images.
Giving proof from behind a display, Morris claimed she originally messaged him stating “I will” however was surprised when she understood he in fact desired naked pictures and later on started asking if they can make love.
After she sent out images asked for by him he after that recommended she can pertain to London for a movie testing and hinted they can make love, the court listened to. Morris claimed she informed him regarding her experiences with intimidation and lack from college and a time period in which she had actually self-harmed.
In her witness declaration she claimed that Clarke ultimately asked her: “How about me being first to fill you when you hit London?”
Morris informed the court she really felt “anxious” at the possibility as she “wasn’t ready”.
She claimed: “I was just enjoying the attention of an actor from Doctor Who … I felt like I had to impress him and not let him down, that he was putting a lot of effort into talking to me and making out he would be the perfect person to be my first [sexual partner].”
She did not participate in the London testing however fulfilled him in May 2010 when he remained in Birmingham for marketing occasions.
“He grabbed my leg under the table and squeezed my thigh – he put his hands in-between my legs in a sexual way,” Morris claimed in her declaration, including that she “froze up” in reaction as she was “totally inexperienced”.
Williams claimed that his customer had actually been “sympathetic” in the direction of Morris however she had actually been distressed when he had actually not made love with her and she had “stalked” him, endangering to spread out rumours regarding him. Morris refuted tracking him or that she intended to make love with him and claimed she really felt upset at the method she had actually been dealt with by Clarke.
