The world of Disney just keeps getting worse and worse for the brand as Doctor Strange actress Zara Phythian and her husband have been convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse.
The couple’s offenses relate to sexual activity involving a 13-year-old girl, as well as another underage victim.
Doctor Strange star Zara Phthian and her husband Victor Marke, have both been convicted of multiple charges of child sex abuse in British court.
According to documents by the Nottingham Crown Court clerk, 37-year-old Phythian – who was tired under the name Zara Marke – was convicted of 14 counts, with her 59-year-old husband convicted of 18.
The counts for Phythian all relate to sexual activity with a child that occurred between December 2005 and December 2008.
She is named alongside Marke in all of her charges, though he is individual included on four additional indecent assault charges (for actions dating back to September of 2002) as an individual.
These people are sick!
Mark’s offenses include indecent assault of a 15-year-old victim, while both were convicted of multiple counts of sexual activity with another underage victim beginning when she was 13. Their horrific actions spanned multiple year sand repeated occasions involving the same victim.
Phythian has more than two dozen credits listed on IMDb, with of course the most notable being a small role in the 2016 Doctor Strange Marvel Disney blockbuster opposite of Benedict Cumberbatch as a “Brunette Zealot.”
She did not appear in the Sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
The BBC reported that Marke claimed that the sexual activity occurred on only one occasion, and that Phythian was not involved alongside him. Phythian reportedly denied any sexual activity with one of the victims.
Judge Mark Watson remanded the couple into custody following the trial, ahead of their May 16 sentencing. “Both of you know the sentence I pass on 16 May is likely to be measured by a considerable period of custody,” he said at the trial.
Nicole Hepburn from the Crown Prosecution Service said that Phythian and Marke were “exposed as the true liars” in the case, after the victims initially reported the pair years after the abuse began.
“This abuse may have occurred some years ago, but that makes it no less serious and nor is it a barrier to justice,” Hepburn continued, according to the BBC. “I would encourage anyone who has been abused in the past to come forward with the knowledge that the CPS will take your case seriously.”
Zara Phythian, known for her role in the 2016 Marvel film Doctor Strange, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, reported BBC News. Her husband Victor Marke was also found guilty of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl and has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
Thanks to our friends at EW.com for contributing to this article along with the BBC.
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Sounds like a good judge. America needs to quit coddling these sick perverts and send a message that child sex abuse is not tolerated.
This is awful. Disney seems to have been harboring people like this for decades!
(Appreciate your articles but it looks like you could use a proofreader. LOL)