Wolf of Wall Street-style City boss 'treated woman like piece of meat as he groped her'
Anthony Constantinou, 34, is on trial at the Old Bailey for allegedly molesting three women during after-work drinks
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A City boss molested a string of women in an atmosphere likened to the hit Hollywood film Wolf Of Wall Street, a court has heard.
Anthony Constantinou, 34, is chief executive of corporate business and solutions company CWM, based at the Heron Tower in the heart of the Square Mile.
He is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of allegedly groping three women during after-work drinks.
On one occasion, an employee claimed he thrust his tongue into her mouth, treating her "like a piece of meat", jurors were told.
Prosecutor Eloise Marshall said the allegations came to light when one of the women went to Grays police station in Essex to make a complaint.
She described three incidents during drinks at the office a couple of days earlier.
She said Constantinou had followed her into the ladies' lavatory, grabbed her face and kissed her, the court heard.
He then pushed her up against the frosted glass of the reception area before taking her into a company stockroom where he pulled her pants down and sexually assaulted her, jurors were told.
She never returned to the office block after that night, jurors were told.
Investigators later uncovered more allegations against Constantinou involving two other women.
The second woman allegedly recalled being molested three weeks before the first alleged victim said she was assaulted, the court was told.
She told police that the defendant dragged her into a utility room at the office and kissed her until she pushed him off and left, the court heard.
At the time she "just shrugged it off" but later that night, when they went on to a nearby bar, he touched her bottom and squeezed it, jurors were told.
The last alleged assault came to police attention when they searched the offices of CWM and uncovered a letter from a company terminating its contract, citing Constantinou's "behaviour".
The court was told that the third woman alleged that she was sexually assaulted during drinks after a business meeting last year.
The court heard that the woman left the room but was followed by Constantinou, who pinned her against a partition and assaulted her in what she described as a "disgusting" manner.
She told police that he "shoved his tongue in her mouth as if she was a piece of meat", Ms Marshall said.
The woman likened the atmosphere in the office to the Hollywood film Wolf Of Wall Street about New York traders.
She left the offices immediately and never returned, Ms Marshall.
Constantinou, of Wildwood Road, Barnet, north London, denies six counts of sexual assault against the three women.
Press Associated