Hedge fund boss Crispin Odey in court on indecent assault charge

Multimillionaire Brexit backer denies assault on young investment banker in 1998

Multimillionaire hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has appeared in court accused of assaulting a young investment banker in the late 1990s.

Odey, 61, allegedly engineered" a situation whereby he could invite a junior employee from a major investment bank back to his Chelsea home on 13 July 1998. He is then said to have changed out of his suit into a dressing gown and launched himself" at the complainant, pushing his hand inside her blouse to grab her breast and putting his hand up her skirt.