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The
80-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, shot to fame in the
1970s as a "glam-rock" star before he was later repeatedly
convicted and jailed for child sex crimes.
Gadd was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2015 after being
found guilty of indecently assaulting three girls in the 1970s.
One of those three victims, who said she was 12 when Gadd raped
and sexually assaulted her, sued the singer at London's High
Court for damages caused by the abuse.
Judge Amanda Tipples on Tuesday awarded the woman 508,800 pounds
($647,730) in damages after a hearing in March at which Gadd was
not present or represented by lawyers.
The damages awarded to the woman, who is now 60 years old and
cannot be named as a victim of sexual abuse, included 381,000
pounds for loss of earnings.
Gadd could not be reached for comment. Earlier this year, he
lost a bid to be released from prison on parole.
Gadd was first jailed in 1999 for possession of child
pornography and later moved to Cambodia, but was deported in
2002 due to suspected sex offences.
In 2006, a Vietnamese court convicted him of committing obscene
acts with two girls aged 10 and 11 and sentenced him to four
years in jail. On his release he returned to Britain.
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Sarah Young)
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