U.K. Police Open Formal Probe Into Sex Abuse by BBC Star
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Police in London opened a formal probe into the sexual abuse of as many as 200 victims by people including former British Broadcasting Corp. television star Jimmy Savile, who died last year at the age of 84.
The inquiry was changed from an “assessment” to a formal criminal investigation after two weeks of gathering information from members of the public and several organizations, the Metropolitan Police Service said today in a statement. The probe involves suspects who are still alive.