Crispin Odey charged with indecent assault

Relating to incident from 1998

James Baxter-Derrington
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Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has been charged with indecent assault in relation to an incident from 1998.

The Crown Prosecution Service issued a statement on 31 July, which said Odey had been "charged with indecent assault following a complaint by a woman over an incident in 1998" and is due in Westminster Magistrates' Court on 28 September. Odey Asset Management hires head of institutional business He is alleged to have assaulted a woman over the age of 16 in Swan Walk, Chelsea, where the founder of Odey Asset Management owns a home, "on or around" 13 July 1998, according to a Metropolitan Police statement, which added that Odey had been charged in May of this year. "It is all in the ...

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