Zara Phythian

Martial artist and actress Zara Phythian, who acted alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2016 Marvel Studios film “Dr. Strange,” reportedly stands accused ...

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Zara Phythian and husband Victor Marke are facing a combined 16 charges alleging sexual abuse on two teenagers.

The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Altogether, the couple are facing 14 charges of sexual activity with a child in the U.K. "I remember trying to copy Zara's reaction at the time because I looked up to her and tried to be like her," the woman said, according to the BBC. Marke then had sex with both Phythian and the plaintiff, the latter alleged. The woman told police that Marke told her no one "would believe" her and threatened to harm her if she said anything, adding of the couple, "They always had a power over me," per the BBC. The woman alleged that Phythian and Marke gave her alcohol before Phythian dared her to perform oral sex on Marke, who reportedly was not yet married to Phythian but to another woman at the time. According to the outlet, a police interview with the woman was played at Nottingham Crown Court in the U.K., in which she alleged Marke and Phythian sexually abused her between the ages of 13 and 15, beginning in 2005.

Phythian, 36, and her husband Victor Marke, 59, are accused of multiple sex offenses.

Marke is also facing four charges of indecently assaulting a child. The woman alleged she was “coached” by Pythian on sexual activity. Per the police interview, the woman accused them of “grooming” her and giving her alcohol, before, she said, Phythian dared the then-teenager to perform oral sex on Marke. According to the woman, Marke then had sex with both of them.

"Doctor Strange" actor Zara Phythian and her husband Victor Marke are accused of grooming and having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

In the police interview, the woman also said Marke threatened to harm her if she told anyone about the alleged abuse, the BBC reported. "I knew it was wrong, but I just didn't know how to get out of the situation or say anything," the woman said in the police interview. She and her husband are martial arts instructors.

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“He used to record. I never saw them again. At that time I really hated my mum. The complainant said she “would never have come forward” and planned to “die with my shame”. However, she had recently become a mum, and felt she had “no option to speak my truth”, she said. Jurors at Nottingham Crown Court have been told the alleged abuse began after the girl was given rum and Phythian, 36, “dared” her to perform a sex act on Marke.

The 36-year-old and her husband are facing 14 charges of sexual activity with a child who 'didn't know how to get out of the situation'.

The Nottingham Post reported that the woman said in her testimony that she would not have come forward with the allegations if the police had not approached her first. In the police interview, the woman also said Marke threatened to harm her if she told anyone about the alleged abuse, the BBC reported. The woman looked up to Phythian, she said in the police interview, according to the BBC.

Doctor Strange actress Zara Phythian, along with her husband, has been accused of sexually harassing a 13-year-old, according to the BBC.

He also allegedly told her that no one “would believe her”. Describing the abuse, the woman claimed that Phythian and Marke would inebriate her with alcohol before asking her to perform oral sex on Marke. A police interview with the woman in question was played in court, in which she claimed that she was sexually abused by Phythian and Marke between the ages of 13 and 15, starting in 2005.

Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, denied they abused a 13-year-old girl for a period of three years beginning in 2005.

The woman detailed the intimidation she faced from Marke, who she alleged threatened to smash her kneecaps if she reported the abuse. The first offense reportedly occurred when the couple gave her alcohol and Phythian dared her to perform oral sex on Marke, who then had sex with both of them, she said. Now an adult, the unidentified woman told police in an interview played for jurors at Nottingham Crown Court that the couple, who were not married at the time, filmed most of the abuse.

Zara Phythian, an actress and stuntwoman best known to film audiences for playing the 'Brunette Zealot' (a henchman of Mads Mikkelsen's Kaecilius) in Marvel ...

Though largely practicing martial arts as a career, Phythian has made other media appearances besides the Marvel Studios movie. Phythian and her husband were martial arts instructors which is when they met the alleged victim, who revealed the pair were threatening to her should she reveal what occurred between them. Zara Phythian, an actress and stuntwoman best known to film audiences for playing the "Brunette Zealot" (a henchman of Mads Mikkelsen's Kaecilius) in Marvel Studios' 2016 film Doctor Strange, has found herself in court along with her husband.

The couple face 14 joint charges of sexual activity with the child. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

I found it quite hard and they kind of instructed me through all of it (the sexual activity)" Phythian, 36, had a minor role as Brunette Zealot in superhero movie Doctor Strange (2016), starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and has performed stunts in various movies and television shows. She revealed the couple filmed most of the abuse in an attempt to recreate pornographic scenes and Marke allegedly threatened to smash her kneecaps if she told anyone.

'Doctor Strange' actor Zara Phythian & her husband Victor Marke have been accused of sexually abusing a minor girl, 15 years ago.

She also recalled copying Zara's reaction at the time because she really looked up to her and aspired to be like her. She told the officials that she knew 'it was wrong', but did not how to get out of the situation. Zara Phythian, as per a report on Nottinghamshire Post, and her husband allegedly abused the then minor from 2005 to 2008.