Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault in relation to an incident that took place in 1998 with a young woman working for an investment bank client.
The founder of Odey Asset Management, who was a prominent City figure in the support for the 2016 Leave campaign, faced the accusations this morning (28 September) at Westminster Magistrates Court. Crispin Odey charged with indecent assault Odey is accused of groping the then-bank employee at his address in Swan Walk, Chelsea following a meeting. The court heard that Odey had left the woman briefly before returning in a dressing gown, at which point he "launched himself at her putting his hand up her skirt or dress", according to Prosecutor Aaron McCalister QC. Odey is said t...
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