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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
George Lithgow

Gary Glitter dodges £500,000 payout to abuse victim by claiming ‘bankruptcy’

Gary Glitter has reportedly been made bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 in damages to one of his abuse victims, her lawyers have said.

The woman was awarded the six-figure sum after suing Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, following his 2015 conviction for abusing her when she was 12, as well as two other young people between 1975 and 1980.

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