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Charlotte Everett

Ulrika Jonsson says disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris groped her when she was 21

Ulrika Jonsson has revealed she was groped by vile sex pest Rolf Harris when she was working as a weather presenter.

The TV star has opened up about the 'deeply uncomfortable ordeal' following the convicted paedophile's death.

Ulrika, now 55 said that encountered Rolf when she was was 21 years old and he sexually assaulted backstage at a TV studio.

She recalled that during the meeting that she had reached out to shake his hand but he embraced her instead.

Ulrika said that she felt he didn't "see his actions as wrong" and "felt he had the right to touch" women.

Writing in the column with The Sun, Ulrika said: "I remember thinking that was either really flattering or a bit forward. Either way, it was confusing.

"Then his hand travelled down to my bum, gave it a few squeezes and stayed there for what felt like years but was probably only 30 seconds.

Ulrika said it happened in the 80s (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Rolf Harris died aged 93 (PA)

"But it was long enough for my 21-year-old self to feel deeply uncomfortable, and speechless.

She explained that 35-years-ago "we didn't say anything. We didn’t pipe up or call anyone out. Especially not a celebrity."

But Ulrika explained that if something like that was to happen to her again she would not stand for it,=.

"Suffice to say, if old, pervy Harris had touched my bum today, he’d have got a knuckle sandwich. I guess we’ll never quite know how many victims there were," Ulrika added.

She labelled him as "arrogant", saying Harris thought he was "untouchable".

This comes after Vanessa Feltz revealed that she had been groped by Rolf Harris live on TV in 1996 on the Big Breakfast bed.

Vanessa spoke to Alison Hammond and Craig Doyle how Rolf began to scrunch up the bottom of her dress pushing his hand higher and higher up his leg during the interview.

She said: "I was absolutely shocked because it's Rolf Harris for goodness sake that we all adored and also it's live on telly and it's a daytime lovely show with lots of kids watching.

"You've got his wife there so I couldn't say, 'Get your hand off my leg or Stop touching me or [slap him away]. How could I in the middle of a live interview? And of course, he knew that, he knew that he was doing it to me in those circumstances where I couldn't do anything."

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