Pascal Molliere kissed and groped a client after locking a door during a photoshoot.
Pascal Molliere's victim reported him in 2019 after being inspired by the #MeToo movement
A West End photographer convicted of sexually assaulting an aspiring actress in his studio has been jailed. Pascal Molliere, 55, from Havant in Hampshire, carried out the attack during an hour-long photography session at a warehouse in Fulham, west London, in July 2010.Judge Philip Bartle QC jailed Molliere for three years.
Sentencing Molliere - who has previously used the surname Gerrard - Judge Bartle said it was a "clear case of abuse of trust", which had had a "life-changing" impact on the complainant.He added: "This would appear to be a case where Mr Molliere exploited his position as a professional photographer to exploit the vulnerability of a trusting young woman, who was also a paying customer, to satisfy his sexual desires," he said.
The court heard the woman had moved to London to pursue an acting career and had borrowed money from her mother to pay for portfolio images.Reading her victim impact statement, the woman said the assault "crushed" her and made her "give up on her dreams"."After it all happened, I felt sick, disgusted with myself. For all these years I have felt guilty and ashamed that I must have done something to make him think it was what I wanted.
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