Finally! We get to see some of the English women's statements! (I'm late to this news, having been away a lot lately)
While I am still highly dubious about both the Aussie 'witness' and the Aussie accuser, there was definitely something going on between the English woman and Rolf. I wonder if they'll find the boy witness, 9yo at the time, to corroborate abuse happening at age 13. That would certainly drive the coffin nails in, for Rolf.
The letter from Rolf to the accuser's father was written in 1997,
15 years before she went to the police in 2012.
In it, he says she 'keeps saying' she was 13 when the abuse started, which he says was her interpreting his innocent comments/compliments as abuse. He quotes the woman saying she 'felt it was the same' as physical abuse.
Clearly, he's admitted to having sexual acts with the accuser. From the letter:
"She says admiring her and telling her she looked lovely in her bathing suit was just the same as physically molesting her. I didn’t know. Nothing took place in a physical way until we had moved to the highlands. I think about 1983 or 84 was the first time. I can pinpoint a date, was 1986 because I remember I was in a pantomime at Richmond."
- 1997 letter from Rolf to the dad
This puts her at 18, minimum, according to Harris, when the affair started at earliest 1983. So in 1986, she would have been 21.
I do find it very telling that he stated in the letter 'nothing took place in a physical way' which to me sounds like and admission that -something- was going on between them before the sex acts he admits to, when she was 18.
I found this interesting, from the article linked above:
"The prosecutor had earlier said she believed the woman was conditioned to abuse
and even as an adult would just submit to his advances."
Where I'm at with this now, is in two minds:
A/ the accuser is telling the whole truth, and really was 'conditioned like a puppy' to keep allowing sexual activity from age 13 and then into her adult years, OR
B/ the affair actually started in her late teens, early 20's and the accuser, for whatever reason, is pushing the date back several years into her childhood.
In any case, the whole thing is beyond unhealthy.
I'm eyeballing the 'conditioned like a puppy' thing for several reasons. I'd like to know how often, exactly, this woman stayed with the family over those years and up into her 20's.... and even if she was terrified into silence as a child, why she'd want to keep staying with them year after year after year.... why she did not do her best to avoid him once she was an adult... and why her father didn't call the police, after hearing accusations that Rolf had molested his daughter, age 13.
I wonder how and when, exactly, the situation came to the attention of her father, as well. Must have been some time in 1996, at least, to go by the Christmas reference. But yeah, he definitely had something happening with her as a young woman/girl.
Reprehensible!
The statements by the make-up artist do lend weight to Rolf being gropey, she said was he called 'The Octopus'. The letter proves beyond doubt that he had interest in much younger women (at the least!) and also that he is unable to recognise appropriate boundaries (her young age - even assuming she -was- 18 when it began, plus her being Bindi's friend!)
For any ordinary mortal, I'd be much less likely to scrutinise the words and actions of the accusers. But because of Rolf's fame, because of Yew Tree's many other accused (EIGHT men so far!!!) who have been falsely thrown under a bus, because some things don't quite add up to me, as far as at least three of the accuser's statement go so far -- I'm still not 100% on actual guilt as a pedo, where Rolf is concerned.
But I am 100% of the opinion that he is a creep, in general. Seeing him admit to taking advantage of an 18yo friend of the family - that's shattered a lot of happy childhood memories, and made me sad for the members of my family who were enormous fans.
