THE great-niece who claims she was abused by Jimmy Savile said yesterday that his crimes had split her family.
Caroline Robinson, 49, says she told her grandmother Marjorie Marsden – Savile’s sister – about the abuse.
But she replied: “Oh, don’t worry, it’s only Uncle Jimmy, I’ll sort it out.”
Caroline, who says she was molested twice by her great-uncle, once aged 12 and again three years later, went on: “I still think to this day, did I encourage him?
“When it happened when I was 12, I told my grandmother. But I look back and I wonder if she knew what he was really like.
“Certain members of the family were told not to speak to Jimmy Savile or phone him or ask for money. I think many of them knew what sort of man he was.”
Caroline said she had only been able to keep going thanks to her husband and her mother.
She said of the growing revelations about Savile: “How the family will cope with this I have no idea, but I think we all have to come to terms with what a monster this guy was.
“I am proud of all the victims who have come forward but I would like to ask all the victims who are quiet still that you must come and tell because it’s a secret that will eat you up.”
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