Hollywood's stuntperson and actress Zara Phythian, who featured in the 2016 movie Doctor Strange, will be serving eight-year-jail term after being found guilty in a child sex abuse case involving a 13-year-old girl in U.K.. Zara Phythian got convicted of 14 charges of sexual acts with a minor between 2005 and 2008.?
Reportedly, the victim was 13-years-old at the time when Zara Phythian and her Taekwondo master cum husband Victor Marke started sexually abusing her.?
Additionally, Zara Phythian's husband Victor Marke was also found guilty of another four counts of indecent assault related to a different victim from 2002 to 2003, for which, he has been sentenced to ten years and four years on the additional charges, as per BBC reports.?
According to reports published in major publications such as BBC News and U.K.'s The Times, the 37-year-old Hollywood star and her husband Victor Marke were sentenced in the U.K.'s Nottingham Crown Court on May 16, 2022. Mark Watson, who was the judge handling the case said Zara Phythian's husband was a 'driving force behind the abuse.'?
Addressing actress Zara Phythian at the court, judge Mark Watson said, "Whilst you denied in cross-examination that you were besotted with Victor Marke, on the evidence I have heard I am in no doubt that your deviance was shaped by the influence that he had upon you from an early age. I cannot ignore that it started at a time when you were still young," according to People.?
Reports suggest that a recording of a police interview with the first teen victim was played at Nottingham Crown Court last month wherein the girl said, "I knew it was wrong, but I just didn't know how to get out of the situation or say anything."?
The victim further revealed that she was just 13 when the actress and her husband plied her with liquor and made her perform oral sex on Marke after Phythian.
British actress ?Zara Phythian is a stunt performer and martial artist, who had earlier made a Guinness World Record for the most items kicked off a person's head within a minute. The actress has been a 13-time Multi Style World Sports Martial Art Champion. Apart from featuring in Doctor Strange, the actress had also starred in the films like Transit 17, Tribal Get Out Alive and Warrioress.?
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