[Trending News] “Sex Education” actor sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for sexual abuse

Alexander Westwood, a 24 -year -old British actor who participated in the Netflix series “Sex Education”, was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for 26 crimes including violation and sexual aggression to five victims, according to the BBC.

The actor is accused of violating two teenage students who attended his representation classes, and One of them was the target of abuse for more than eight years. The defendant was also convicted of sexual crimes against a boy aged between nine and ten, another child and a woman.

Judge Neil Chawla, quoted by the BBC, explains that Westwood took advantage of his statute of “minor celebrity” To attack innocent and impressive young people. The actor was described in the Wolverhampton court as “manipulator and predator” and was told the jury that the crimes committed were “a habit, a lifestyle.” The court also stated that the defendant was “fascinated” with pornography since childhood.

Chawla stated that the “Sexual Crime Campaign” had “devastating consequences for the five victims“Adding that the actor demonstrated a“ seemingly unconcerned attitude ”that approached the“ arrogance ”, outlining a drain while the details of his behavior were read aloud in court.

According to the BBC, Westwood abuse against his youngest victim began when she was six and he 10, which led to years of “normalization of sexual abuse,” the attorney said in court. Between November 2020 and September 2021, the extra violated and sexually assaulted a representation student who attended his classes. The young woman was forced to undress as she recited a monologue of Ophelia, from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In addition, Westwood intimidated her with sex-related sexual content conversations, for example, about a sex scene from the film Frankie and Johnny (1991) and one of masturbation in the Bridgerton series.

Prosecutor Andrew Wallace told BBC that the actor “touching him and touched himself” eventually violating it. Wallace added that Westwood threatened to speak with the director of the Birmingham Theater School that the victim wanted to attend if she interrupted classes with him.

“She had ambitions to be an actress. She combined classes with him and, over time, the defendant was able to commit the most negligible acts with her, ”said Wallace. “When the victim questioned him and challenged him, he said, 'Do what your teacher tells you… Don't you trust me?'” He added.

The actor also forced the young woman to sign a contract that agreed the payment of 18,000 to 36,000 pounds (over 43,000 euros) if it was broken.

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Abuses to the second victim occurred between May and August 2021, overlapping those of the first. The teenager was forced to represent from “inappropriate” guys, including a Greek incest scene in which Westwood forced the victim to undress, touching her in intimate areas. The young woman says she has been “disgusted”.

It was also said in court that the 18-year-old actor encouraged a 10 boy to play as part of a “game.” In addition, he was accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him often. Between September 2020 and October 2021, The victim was arrested by the wrists and the only thing she could do to escape was to bite him.

“She said he held her and shouted at her, and she said, 'I don't want to have sex.' He said 'you have to lie down there,' ”added Wallace.

There was yet another repeated sexual aggression to a child, between 2010 and 2018, which was described as an “extraordinary catalog of abuse that happened hundreds of times.” The victim was forced to watch pornography, played and incited to practice sexual activities.

Three of Westwood's female victims said in court they had psychological sequelae due to the abuse committed by the actor. The first student said she began to have panic attacks and began to “despise everything she has to do with representation” even though this is her “passion.” Other victims claimed to suffer from claustrophobia and anxiety, as well as low self -esteem.

Text edited by Dulce Neto