Zara Phythian

Zara Phythian and husband Victor Marke are facing a combined 16 charges alleging sexual abuse on two teenagers.

The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Altogether, the couple are facing 14 charges of sexual activity with a child in the U.K. "I remember trying to copy Zara's reaction at the time because I looked up to her and tried to be like her," the woman said, according to the BBC. Marke then had sex with both Phythian and the plaintiff, the latter alleged. The woman told police that Marke told her no one "would believe" her and threatened to harm her if she said anything, adding of the couple, "They always had a power over me," per the BBC. The woman alleged that Phythian and Marke gave her alcohol before Phythian dared her to perform oral sex on Marke, who reportedly was not yet married to Phythian but to another woman at the time. According to the outlet, a police interview with the woman was played at Nottingham Crown Court in the U.K., in which she alleged Marke and Phythian sexually abused her between the ages of 13 and 15, beginning in 2005.

Phythian, 36, and her husband Victor Marke, 59, are accused of multiple sex offenses.

Marke is also facing four charges of indecently assaulting a child. The woman alleged she was “coached” by Pythian on sexual activity. Per the police interview, the woman accused them of “grooming” her and giving her alcohol, before, she said, Phythian dared the then-teenager to perform oral sex on Marke. According to the woman, Marke then had sex with both of them.

Doctor Strange actress Zara Phythian, along with her husband, has been accused of sexually harassing a 13-year-old, according to the BBC.

He also allegedly told her that no one “would believe her”. Describing the abuse, the woman claimed that Phythian and Marke would inebriate her with alcohol before asking her to perform oral sex on Marke. A police interview with the woman in question was played in court, in which she claimed that she was sexually abused by Phythian and Marke between the ages of 13 and 15, starting in 2005.

"Doctor Strange" actor Zara Phythian and her husband Victor Marke are accused of grooming and having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

In the police interview, the woman also said Marke threatened to harm her if she told anyone about the alleged abuse, the BBC reported. "I knew it was wrong, but I just didn't know how to get out of the situation or say anything," the woman said in the police interview. She and her husband are martial arts instructors.

Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, who were accused by a woman who says she was 13 during the time of abuse, have denied the multiple allegations brought ...

He also allegedly told her that no one “would believe her”. A police interview with the woman in question was played in court, in which she claimed that she was sexually abused by Phythian and Marke between the ages of 13 and 15, starting in 2005. Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, who were accused by a woman who says she was 13 during the time of abuse, have denied the multiple allegations brought against them at the Nottingham Crown Court.

Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, denied they abused a 13-year-old girl for a period of three years beginning in 2005.

The woman detailed the intimidation she faced from Marke, who she alleged threatened to smash her kneecaps if she reported the abuse. The first offense reportedly occurred when the couple gave her alcohol and Phythian dared her to perform oral sex on Marke, who then had sex with both of them, she said. Now an adult, the unidentified woman told police in an interview played for jurors at Nottingham Crown Court that the couple, who were not married at the time, filmed most of the abuse.

"Doctor Strange" actor Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, are accused of grooming and having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

"Doctor Strange" actor Zara Phythian and her husband, Victor Marke, are accused of grooming and having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Read the full story on NBCNews.com here. Phythian, 36, and Marke, 59, face 14 charges of sexual activity with a child in the United Kingdom. In a police interview played at Nottingham Crown Court, the BBC reported, the woman alleged that the sexual abuse began in 2005, when she was 13, and continued until she was 15.

Zara Phythian, an actress and stuntwoman best known to film audiences for playing the 'Brunette Zealot' (a henchman of Mads Mikkelsen's Kaecilius) in Marvel ...

Though largely practicing martial arts as a career, Phythian has made other media appearances besides the Marvel Studios movie. Phythian and her husband were martial arts instructors which is when they met the alleged victim, who revealed the pair were threatening to her should she reveal what occurred between them. Zara Phythian, an actress and stuntwoman best known to film audiences for playing the "Brunette Zealot" (a henchman of Mads Mikkelsen's Kaecilius) in Marvel Studios' 2016 film Doctor Strange, has found herself in court along with her husband.