Company House documents show firm linked to Glitter has assets of more than £155,000 as he refuses to pay £508,000 in damages to woman he raped when she was 12
Pop paedophile Gary Glitter has added tens of thousands of pounds to his fortune in the last year despite being bankrupt.
The disgraced 80-year-old has refused to cough up £508,000 in damages awarded by the High Court last year to a woman he raped when she was 12. Her lawyers at Slater and Gordon have successfully launched an enforcement action making him bankrupt.
Documents filed at Companies House now show a firm Glitter founded, now run by associates, has assets of more than £155,000 for 2024 – up from £125,626 in 2023. It paid off the mortgage on his flat in Baker Street, Central London.
He is also understood to still be raking in royalties while in jail. Richard Scorer, head of abuse law at Slater and Gordon, which represents the woman, confirmed Gadd had been made bankrupt, adding he had refused to co-operate and “continues to treat his victims with contempt.”
In a statement, he added: “We hope and trust that the parole board will take his behaviour into account in any future parole applications, as it clearly demonstrates that he has never changed, shows no remorse and remains a serious risk to the public.”
In 2015, Glitter was jailed for 16 years for abusing the woman when she was a child, and two other girls between 1975 and 1980.
A High Court judge ruled last year the woman was entitled to compensation to cover the time she has been unable to work and for the suffering Glitter caused. It is understood that at least two more victims have since come forward to sue the singer.
The bankruptcy case appeared in April under Glitter’s real name of Paul Gadd at Torquay and Newton Abbot county court in Devon. A trustee can now take over his assets, including his £2million penthouse in London, and use them to pay the victim.
Glam rocker Glitter sold millions of records and is thought to still get royalties as a songwriter. It would mean he is earning each time his tunes are played on radio and TV or at a sports event.
By 2013, he had reportedly earned £1m from 1995 Oasis track Hello, which uses part of his hit song Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again. His other hits in the 1970s include I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am).
He served two-and-half years in jail in Vietnam from 2006 for sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11. Then at Southwark crown court in South London in the 2015 case, he was convicted of two indecent assaults and sex with a girl under 13 in relation to the woman who sued him.
Mr Scorer said after the compensation ruling last year: “While no amount of money can make up for horrific sexual abuse, the award goes some way to recognising the devastation inflicted throughout her childhood and adult life.
“Gadd’s refusal to engage with the process proves his utter lack of remorse, something we will be reminding the Parole Board about if he makes another application for early release. We will be pursuing Gadd for payment.” It was said Glitter’s abuse had a terrible impact on the victim’s education, work and personal relationships. Glitter was released in 2023 but recalled for breaching licensing conditions and remains in jail.