Crispin Odey: I can’t remember telling female employee ‘I could attack you now’

Hedge fund tycoon faces questions in court over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tatters

Facing a litany of questions over sexual harassment allegations that have left his career in tatters, the hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey has told a court he does not remember cornering a female employee after a boozy lunch and saying to her “I could attack you now”.

The 67-year-old made the comments during his first day in the witness box as part of a three-week court case that Odey hopes will overturn the City regulator’s decision to ban him from the UK’s financial services industry.