Celebrity Publicist Clifford Charged in Sex-Assault Probe

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Max Clifford, a celebrity publicist who has represented O.J. Simpson, David Beckham and Simon Cowell, was charged by U.K. prosecutors with sexual offenses involving girls as young as 14 over almost two decades.

The claims involve seven teenagers allegedly abused from 1966 to 1985, when the oldest alleged victim was 19, British prosecutors said today in a statement. Clifford is scheduled to appear in a London criminal court on May 28.