"The court heard Holder, 54, had been due to get a taxi back to his mansion in the Cotswolds with a male friend. Instead, the pair got into the victim's taxi and went to her flat, where the fashion boss raped her."
"James Haskell, prosecuting, said the woman asked Holder to stop but he did not, even when she began crying. He said she was more vulnerable because she was intoxicated."
"Holder insisted it was consensual while the woman said she had been raped. In a police interview, Holder said he was old-school and chivalrous."
"Michelle Heeley KC, defending, asked the victim in court: This was a drunken sexual encounter that you regret? She replied: Incorrect."
James Holder, aged 54, was convicted of raping a woman in Cheltenham after a night out. The court heard that Holder and a friend took the victim's taxi to her flat, where the assault occurred. Despite the victim's pleas to stop, Holder continued. He claimed the encounter was consensual, while the victim stated she was raped. The case highlighted issues of consent, intoxication, and the defendant's behavior during the incident. Holder denied the charges but was ultimately found guilty.
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