Clarke was warned his behaviour could 'end up on the front page'

Noel Clarke told a producer to "fuck off" after being warned that his behaviour with a female actor before a sex scene could "end up on the front of a national newspaper", a witness has told the high court.

- Daniel Boffey

The producer said he had approached the former Doctor Who star after being informed by a distressed actor, named as Maya, that Clarke had said "things like: 'We're going to fuck later on, we'll fuck next week."

"Maya also told me that Noel had been pressuring her to be nude in the scene," the producer said. "I spoke to Noel and told him that Maya felt he had been saying things to her that were unprofessional (specifically his comments about fucking her). I remember Noel denied that he had said anything of the sort. I said to him: 'Why would Maya make that up?'"

The producer said he had not believed Clarke, 49, during what he told the court was a "combative" conversation.

"Noel was very resistant and belligerent during this conversation," the producer said. "When Noel said that we would need to get a different actress to replace Maya. I distinctly remember saying to him words to the effect, 'You've been saying: 'We're going to fuck later' to her - surely you can see where that leads? Do you really want to end up on the front of a national newspaper? As that's the way this is going.' In response, Noel told me to 'fuck off'."