Bridget Jones author claims she was repeatedly groped while working at BBC

Helen Fielding joined the BBC in 1979 as a researcher (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)The woman behind Bridget Jones has claimed she was groped repeatedly while working for the BBC.Helen Fielding, who penned the legendary 1996 novel Bridget Jones’s Diary and spawned a multimedia franchise, joined the BBC as a researcher in 1979.After leaving the broadcaster, she worked as a journalist, where the idea for the Bridget Jones character began as an unattributed column in The Independent.From