Chris Bryant MP says he was abused at 16 by former head of National Youth Theatre

Chris Bryant told the Sunday Times he had been sexually assaulted by five male MPs in his career. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

The MP Chris Bryant has said he was sexually abused as a teenager by the former head of the National Youth Theatre, Michael Croft.

The Labour MP, who is an arts and telecoms minister, said he was 16 when he was abused by Croft, who was around 40 years his senior and died in 1986.