Zara Phythian

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Zara and her husband (pictured) were arrested in March 2017 on suspicion of sex crimes involving the girl. The court heard that Zara had a tattoo with Victor’s name in Chinese symbols written just above her vagina. Victor admitted having sex with her once, legally and consensually, when she was aged 18., saying: ‘I am not proud of it. Character witnesses described him as ‘diligent, honest and passionate about his job’ and said he was ‘a decent, respectful and wonderful person’. Giving evidence of her role in Doctor Strange, she said: ‘It was a massive stepping stone. It’s a low part of my life. He used his power and influence as a master of martial arts to dominate and control young girls.’ He told jurors: ‘The two complainants in this case are not independent of each other. It is a possibility that we cannot safely eliminate.’ Zara admitted during the trial that news of her relationship with Victor had ‘caused a bit of stir’ when it started, although she denied that she was ‘infatuated’ with him Victor also strongly denied sexually abusing the girls and broke down in tears during his trial while he was giving evidence from the witness stand. Hits like Bruce Lee. The Zara Story.’ You are not even supposed to think for yourself because the master is your God.’

Zara Phythian groomed and sexually abused a child with her now-husband Victor Marke.

The girls, who are now adults, reported the abuse to police many years after it happened. - Fourteen counts of sexual activity with a child, in relation to a girl he and Phythian abused between 2005 and 2008, when the girl was aged 13, 14 and 15 She stood trial under her married name of Zara Marke.

'Doctor Strange' actress Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, were convicted in British court of multiple counts of child sex abuse stemming from a ...

Phythian reportedly denied any sexual activity with one of the victims. Their actions span multiple years and repeated occasions involving the same victim. She is named alongside Marke in all of her charges, though he is individually included on four additional indecent assault charges (for actions dating back to September 2002) as an individual.

'Dr. Strange' actress Zara Phythian and her husband Victor Marke have been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage girl at their martial arts school.

Zara was found guilty of 14 counts of sexual activity with a child in reference to the girl she and Victor abused between 2005 and 2008. To speak to someone on the phone, dial 1-800-656-4673. On Wednesday (May 11), the Marvel star and her husband, 59-year-old Victor Marke, were convicted at the Nottingham Crown Court on a number of child sex charges.

Zara Phythian from Marvel's "Doctor Strange" was convicted alongside her husband of repeatedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl over a three-year period.

Some of the encounters were filmed, she said. Marke admitted having sex with his accuser, but insisted she was 18 at the time — and that he was alone with her, rather than in a threesome with his wife, as the victim had testified. The husband and wife were remanded in custody and warned that they will get a “considerable period in custody” when sentenced on Monday, the local paper said.

Zara Phythian and Victor Marke were convicted of 14 child sex offenses, while Marke was found guilty of an additional four charges with another child.

"Although no punishment handed down by a court can undo the lifelong damage caused to the them, I do hope they take some degree of comfort from the knowledge that justice has now been done." The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. According to The Nottingham Post, the latter woman said Marke began having sex with her when she was 16. "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. She said that Marke then had sex with both Phythian and the plaintiff. 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. She 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.