Butler ‘needed Viagra to have sex with Taylor’

ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S butler needed Viagra to have sex with the actress whom he referred to as ‘the old trampoline’, a former employee alleged today.

Valet Jean-Luc Lacquement struggled to get aroused during an affair with the 71-year-old Hollywood star, claimed her former landscape gardener Willem Van Muyden in court.

Mr Van Muyden says he was sacked from Ms Taylor’s staff shortly after refusing sexual advances from Lacquement. But lawyers for Ms Taylor said he was fired for hiring illegal immigrants to work at the star’s home and for threatening other staff members.

Van Muyden said he advised the butler about Viagra on hearing details of the relationship, according to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Lacquement, 33, is said to have made sexual advances towards the gardener. When he was rejected, he told Van Muyden that he [Lacquement] ‘had to jump the old trampoline’ [referring to Taylor], the suit claims.

Mr Van Muyden, who worked for Taylor for 13 years at her Bel Air estate in Los Angeles, said he was fired two months later.

He accuses Lacquement of sexual harassment and discrimination and is demanding $290,000 from Taylor, which he claims he is owed for landscaping services.