'Opportunistic predator' Stuart Hall led secret life as serial sex offender
Stuart Hall's secret life as a serial sex offender was exposed on Thursday as the veteran BBC broadcaster admitted 14 offences involving 13 victims dating back to the late 1960s, including an assault on a nine-year-old girl.
Hall, now 83, confronted one girl in the staff quarters of a hotel within minutes of her being chosen to be a cheerleader on his television programme, It's a Knockout, and he kissed a 13-year-old girl on the lips after telling her: "People need to show thanks in other ways."
The first of the indecent assaults was in 1968, the last in 1986. The oldest of his victims was 17. Each was a one-off, and in some cases their parents were aware at the time but held back from reporting the radio and television star to the police.
Hall was condemned by the prosecution as an "opportunistic predator".
FULL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/02/stuart-hall-sex-offender
The NY Times also had this article profiling Operation Yewtree, which snagged Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter among other British TV stars of decades past. However, Hall's arrest was unrelated, say British police.