Rolf Harris's daughter smashed two of his paintings in anger when she first heard claims he had sexually abused one of her friends, a court has heard.
The 84-year-old TV entertainer said Bindi Harris had been "beside herself" after her friend made the allegations.
Southwark Crown Court heard Bindi confronted him in a phone call.
Mr Harris denies 12 indecent assaults between 1968 and 1986. He says he had a consensual relationship with the friend when she was an adult.
Seven of the counts relate to the friend of his daughter.
She claims he first assaulted her when she was 13 while on holiday, but Mr Harris, from Bray, in Berkshire, contests this.
In courtSarah Falkland, BBC News
It's 9am on day 13 of the Rolf Harris trial and the press are photographing the entertainer arriving at court with his wife Alwen and daughter Bindi..
Mr Harris has told the jury it was a way for them to "show support".
But the court has heard how furious Bindi was when a friend first told her Mr Harris had abused her from the age of 13. She was so angry she smashed two of her father's paintings.
Sasha Wass QC continues to be robust in her cross-examination, wagging her finger at Mr Harris in the witness box.
Mr Harris's voice is low and hushed at times and he's been asked to speak up by the judge as he defends himself from the allegations.
'Shock'On his third day in the witness box, Mr Harris said his daughter had not confronted him "face to face" but instead over the telephone after her friend made the allegations.
In cross examination, Prosecutor Sasha Wass QC asked Mr Harris why he did not tell his daughter that nothing happened with her friend until she was 18.
However, Mr Harris said he could not remember what he told his daughter during that conversation.
The prosecutor said Bindi Harris was "beside herself with shock" when she found out what was alleged, which Mr Harris agreed had been the case.
He added: "I don't recall her being angry with me in person but I recall her breaking some paintings I had given her so I assumed she was very angry."
'All lies'Mr Harris also denied ever meeting alleged victim Tonya Lee, who has waived her right to anonymity.
The Australian woman said Mr Harris assaulted her while she was on a theatre group trip to the UK in 1986, when she was 15.
But he told the jury: "I can't imagine why she would say that, but it's all lies."
He also said another woman who claims she was groped at a community centre in Portsmouth while getting an autograph from him was "lying".
Mr Harris said: "It never happened, I wasn't there. I wasn't there, she must be making it up."
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