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Crispin Odey: I can’t remember telling female employee ‘I could attack you now’
UK NewsBusiness•March 24, 2026 at 5:07 PMNational

Crispin Odey: I can’t remember telling female employee ‘I could attack you now’

By Kalyeena Makortoff and Anna Isaac•The Guardian - UK News

Hedge fund tycoon faces questions in court over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tattersFacing a litany of questions over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tatters, the hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey has told a court he does not remember cornering a female employee after a boozy lunch and saying to her “I could attack you now”.The 67-year-old made the comments during his first day in the witness box as part of a three-week court case that Odey hopes will overturn the City regulator’s decision to ban him from the UK’s financial services industry. Continue reading...

Hedge fund tycoon faces questions in court over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tatters

Facing a litany of questions over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tatters, the hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey has told a court he does not remember cornering a female employee after a boozy lunch and saying to her “I could attack you now”.

The 67-year-old made the comments during his first day in the witness box as part of a three-week court case that Odey hopes will overturn the City regulator’s decision to ban him from the UK’s financial services industry.

Continue reading...

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