Former pop star Gary Glitter must pay over $600,000 to abuse victims

• Disgraced musician and convicted child molester Gary Glitter must pay over $600,000 in damages to one of his abuse victims.
• “While no amount of money can make up for the horrific sexual abuse, compensation at least helps acknowledge the devastation inflicted on my client throughout her childhood and adult life,” the victim’s attorney said in a statement provided to PEOPLE.
• Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2015 for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s.

Disgraced English pop star and convicted child molester Gary Glitter has been ordered to pay over $648,000 in damages to one of his sexual abuse victims.

The 80-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2015 for sexually abusing three young girls between 1975 and 1980.

On Tuesday, June 11, Judge Mrs. Justice Tipples of the High Court ordered the musician to pay the victim – who was 12 at the time of the abuse – £508,800 (approximately $648,232), including $485,634 for lost earnings and almost $10,000 for therapy and treatment per The guard.

Richard Scorer, head of the abuse law department at Slater & Gordon, who represents the plaintiff, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE: “With this compensation, the court has appropriately recognized the horrific abuse my client suffered. While no amount of money can make up for the horrific sexual abuse, the compensation at least helps to recognize the devastation inflicted on my client throughout her childhood and adult life.”

“Gadd’s refusal to enter the case only demonstrates his complete lack of remorse. We will remind the parole board of this when they reapply for early release. We will demand that Gadd pay up and continue to support our client throughout the case,” the statement continued.

“There is no doubt that the plaintiff was the victim of severe sexual abuse by the defendant at the age of only 12 and that this had very significant negative effects on the rest of her life,” the judge said, according to The guard.

Accordingly The Independent At a hearing in March, according to Sky News, it was revealed that the victim was unable to work for several decades after the abuse.

Attorney Jonathan Metzer told his client in court this week: “One can only begin to imagine the deep pain felt by someone who has experienced such shocking abuse … and then suffers from feelings of shame and worthlessness,” he said. The Independentand added that she had been “plagued by thoughts of self-reproach.”

Metzer added: “They may have concluded that his status as a rock star created a significant power imbalance that he exploited.”

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“There was a breach of trust… her mother was defrauded by the defendant,” he continued, according to the outlet.

Gadd’s prison sentence ends in February 2031.The IndependentGadd did not attend the June 11 hearing and was not represented by an attorney.

PEOPLE previously reported that the “I’m the Leader of the Gang” singer was released from prison in early February 2023 after serving half of his sentence, but he was ordered to return to prison the following month for allegedly violating his parole.

Gadd was released on the condition that he be closely monitored by police and probation officers.

Per The guardGadd’s return to prison came just days after a photo emerged showing him using a smartphone and allegedly asking how to access the “dark web.”

In 2015, Gadd was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, four counts of sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. The guard previously reported.

He was a well-known pop star in the 1970s when he attacked two girls, then 12 and 13 years old, in his dressing room after isolating them from their mothers, the outlet reported. In 1975, he attempted to rape his third victim, who was younger than 10, after crawling into her bed.

The abuse allegations against the singer were made 40 years later, when he became the first person to be arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, an investigation launched by the Metropolitan Police.

In the late 1990s, he spent two months in prison after admitting to possessing 4,000 images of child pornography. In 2006, he was sentenced to three years in prison in Vietnam for sexually assaulting two underage girls.

If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.