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Rolf Harris wrote a song about the ‘injustices’ he faced after being arrested for sexually assaulting young girls.
The Australian-born entertainer was considered a ‘national treasure’ in the United Kingdom after moving here in the 1950s, where he established a career working as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality.
However, after the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal broke in late 2012, Harris was arrested as part of the Operation Yewtree police investigation.
Two years later he was convicted of the sexual assault of four underage girls, one of whom included his daughter’s childhood best friend.
A new documentary, titled Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight is shining a light on his rise and fall, with the second episode to feature a shocking letter written by Harris in jail.
The letter was sent by the disgraced entertainer to his former promoter Chris Brosnan, known as Bear, who reads out the content of what was written to the camera.
Chris ‘Bear’ Brosnan formerly worked with Rolf Harris (Picture: ITV)
He explained that when he read it for the first time, he was ‘shocked’.
‘He says, “dear Bear, well, I’m finding it extraordinarily difficult to write, but at last the inner rage has come to the fore. I’ve started writing a song about all of the injustice and here’s how it goes…”,’ he said.
The lyrics then read: ‘Climb up out of the woodwork babe from 40 years ago.
He reads out the ‘repulsive’ letter Harris sent him from prison (Picture: ITV)
‘The climate’s great in Britain now for making lots of dough.
‘You festered down there long enough, time’s right to grab your chance.’
It concluded with the line: ‘Clap eyes on rich celebrity and make the bastard dance.’
Harris was eventually sentenced to five years behind bars (Picture: Tom Nicholson/ Lnp/ REX/ Shutterstock)
Sharing his reaction, Brosnan said it was clear Harris was trying to make himself appear to be the ‘victim’.
‘For me, it was repulsive. It made me absolutely realise that there was no remorse,’ he said.
‘And in it, there’s also a tone of revenge.’
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In July 2014, at the age of 84, Harris was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on twelve counts of indecent assault on four female victims during the 1970s and 1980s.
He was released on licence in 2017 after serving nearly three years.
Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight is now streaming on ITVX.
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