Henry Zebrowski
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It was painted black wall to wall.
It only had one red light bulb swinging for illumination.
This den of horror was dubbed by Jimmy Savile as the Black Pad.
But even though Jimmy Savile was obviously feeling a bit invincible, police reports were being made concerning the crimes Savile was committing.
In the later months of 1963, 13 separate allegations of sexual abuse were made against Jimmy Savile, but not a single one of them led to anything resembling an investigation.
13.
13.
In a few months, between October and December, I think.
They just quietly filed it away.
It's just like, oh, yeah, a report was made, but, you know, you just file a report away.
Reports are made all the time.
Well, that fall, a man went to a police station in Westminster to report that Jimmy Savile had sexually abused his girlfriend at a BBC studio.
But the man who made the report was threatened with arrest himself and told to go away.
Saville's crimes, however, were not limited to teenage girls.
It seems like the more famous Jimmy Saville got, the wider his pool of victims grew.
And Saville was truly giving in to sexual predation at every level.
In October, two boys aged 11 and 14 appeared in juvenile court for stealing a watch from Jimmy Saville's apartment.
But no one thought to ask, why were these boys even in Jimmy Saville's apartment in the first place?
And, you know, that's
Kind of sideways.