Getty imagesLabor MP Sir Chris Bryant has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by the late former chief of the National Youth Theater Michael Croft.
Sir Chris said that Mr. Croft, who died in 1986, invited him to dinner every evening, when he was participating in the company in London during the summer of 1978.
The MP from Ronda and Oggore commented in an interview with Sunday Times.
In a statement, the National Youth Theater said that it is “very sorry for them and for those others who first share their accounts of historical misconduct by the same criminal with us.
Mr. Croft was 40 years old, the then 16 -year -old senior and Sir Chris said that one evening, he returned to the house of Mr. Croft, he came back from the toilet, leaving his host naked leaving a silk rebellion.
He said that Mr. Croft asked him for sex, which he felt that he had no choice, but to go along, to feel that he is “a 16 -year -old prostitute”.
In the interview before the release of my book, Sir Chris said: “I don’t like it very much because I have not told it many times.
“It was always the same Italian in the Kings Cross. He would eat and drink, I will eat, then he would theoretically give me a lift house, except that I always ended at his house.”
Sir Chris said that Mr. Croft went ahead with the remaining friends and went ahead with the remaining friends. A minister, a minister, conducted the funeral of Mr. Croft.
“They behaved completely, it is low,” Sir Chris said.
“Michael, in my case, managed to present someone who was gay when at one time Homosexuality was illegal – Surely very scary – so it is believed that people will keep a secret. ,
He told Sunday Times that despite the alleged misconduct, he did not regret the remaining friends with Croft and was not crucified “from the incident”.
“I think it is important that people who have managed to recover are able to tell these stories,” he said, “It is with bullying – until a person tells the story, everyone thinks that they are the only person.”
He said that at least one friend was also abused by Mr. Croft during his national youth theater days.
The 63 -year -old also said that he was sexually assaulted by five male MPs during his time in Westminster, although he has not named his name or report.
He said, “There was no system to do so and I was afraid that it would make me feel bad,” he said, Homophobia in Parliament declined during its 24 years as an MP.
‘Very sorry’
A statement on National Youth Theater Website It was said that it was “gram Bryant was grateful to reveal our team that was facing historical misconduct in the company in the 1970s”.
“We are very sorry that this happened to him and for others who first share their accounts of historical misconduct by the same criminal with us.
“As we set in one Public statement on case in 2017We stand in solidarity with all the victims of abuse and encourage anyone who has experienced misuse, no matter how long ago, to talk and use support to someone. ,
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