Publicist Max Clifford used his ties to celebrities to "bully and manipulate" young women into performing sex acts with him, a court has heard.
Speaking as the trial of the 70-year-old got under way at Southwark Crown Court, prosecutor Rosina Cottage said Clifford "knows how to manipulate, lie and get what he wants".
The celebrity agent denies 11 counts of indecent assault against seven teenage girls.
He is accused of committing the offences between 1966 and 1985, when the girls were aged between 14 and 19.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges at a hearing in May.
Ms Cottage told the jury of six women and six men: "In his actions, we say he breached the trust of parents he had encouraged to trust him and young women working for him or seeking jobs in the world in which he worked."
Clifford listened from the glass-walled dock as the prosecution outlined its case.
Ms Cottage added: "Many of you, but not all of you, will have heard of the name Max Clifford. He is wealthy, he is well-connected.
"He is the maker of the kiss-and-tell celebrity and the breaker of reputations. He is the man called upon by television to speak about celebrity and media manipulation.
"He is a man who likes to play games with people and you will hear evidence of the games that he played with these girls and young women.
"As the years went by, he got away with his behaviour, he must have thought he was untouchable and no doubt thought no one would complain and if they did they would not be believed."
She said the case would hear not only from women to whom the charges relate, but other women who would give evidence of Clifford's "sexually predatory behaviour".
The jury was told that two of the charges relate to separate occasions when Clifford allegedly forced a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old into sex acts in a car.
One alleged victim said she was 19 when Clifford forced himself on her in a taxi, while another - who was also said to be 19 at the time - said he assaulted her in his office.
Other assaults were also alleged to have taken place in cars and the office.
Clifford, who has counted celebrities such as Simon Cowell and Jade Goody among his clients, was arrested in December 2012 and charged last April.
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