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Noted Bantry basketball supporter Emily Ratajkowski has been in the news lately, though not for her sponsorship of the West Cork club. The model and actress is about to publish a book of autobiographical essays called My Body, an extract from which appeared in last weekend’s Sunday Times. In the piece, she recalled her experience on the set of the music video ‘Blurred Lines’, in which she alleges that singer Robin Thicke groped her without her consent.

You probably know the video: three men in suits — Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and the rapper T.I. — look on while three scantily-clad women, including Ratajkowski, dance around with props including oversized furry dice, a toy car, a live lamb, and a bale of hay.