Crispin Odey charged with indecent assault

Controversial UK hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has been charged with indecent assault in relation to an incident from 1998. The UK's 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, pictured above, 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 ...