Background to the Johnny Vegas story. A member of the London Feminist Network reported the incident to her local police, who referred it to the Sapphire Project (a Police department specializing in sexual assault cases). She got the following response:
"I've just spoken to the police at the Sapphire Project in Holborn. They say there is nothing they can actually do unless the victim comes forward and says that she is not either a plant put in the audience or that she didn't enjoy it. They say that it has been logged and passed to the supervisor. If such an incident gets reported again about him in the future, my complaint will be brought up.
I asked about internet pornography that seems dodgy and he said this can be reported to the police as its easy to find an IP address to trace it. I then said that Johnny Vegas could easily be traced as we know who he is. He insisted that the woman must come forward to make a complaint herself. I said that surely if the police came out and said this would be investigated if the woman came forward - the incident would be taken much more seriously, than if it just looks like a journalist with an axe to grind. He agreed.
He said that it would be easy to have a word with Johnny Vegas as 'he doesn't live to far from here'. I asked if he was going to do it, and he said he had already planned to.
Perhaps the woman may come forward if there was something in the press reporting that Johnny Vegas will be spoken to by the police about this matter, and it will be investigated as assault if she does approach them - she might find the idea less shameful...."
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