Corey Lewandowski accused of Sexual Harrassment...

[HipChick]

President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, has been accused of unwanted touching by a singer and longtime Trump supporter whose potential “MAGA”-inspired congressional bid in Florida has been endorsed by the president himself.

oy Villa – who drew headlines for wearing a “Make America Great Again” dress to the Grammys earlier this year – was celebrating the president’s first year in office at a holiday party at the Trump International Hotel in Washington in late November when Lewandowski slapped her behind. After she objected, he dismissed her concerns and slapped her behind again, Villa said in an interview Friday.

Villa, 31, said she was circulating in the ballroom of the invite-only party with a friend, who brought her over to introduce her to Lewandowski, whom she had never met. Her first impression, she said, was that he seemed dismissive of her, and rolled his eyes when he thought she wanted to pose for a photo with him.

“I said, if you’re busy, don’t worry about it, we don’t have to take a photo,” Villa recalled telling Lewandowski, who remains close with the president and attended a contentious Oval Office meeting on political strategy earlier this week. But Villa said another reveler pushed her toward him and she ended up standing next to him and posing for a picture, despite his seeming lack of interest.

“I’m wearing this silver suit and stretchy pants, and after the photo, he smacks my ass really hard,” Villa said. “It was completely demeaning and shocking.”In the moment, Villa said, she confronted him. “I said, ‘Watch it.’ Half-joking, I said, ‘I can report you for sexual harassment.’”

Lewandowski’s response, she said, was almost as shocking as the original slap.“He said, ‘Go ahead, I work in the private sector,’” Villa recalled. “Then he smacks my ass again.” Villa’s recollection of the incident was corroborated by a friend who witnessed the exchange. The friend said he wished to remain anonymous, in part because of Lewandowski’s continued influence in Trump circles.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/22/corey-lewandowski-accused-touching-joy-villa-318420

[dem4decades]

1. Well knock me over with a feather.

[Angry Dragon]

2. butt boy thinks he is safe because he knows Trump

[flamingdem]

3. :)

[peequod]

4. This is assault and battery

And this from the guy who man-handled protesters at Trump rallies. I really hope this catches up to him legally or in other ways. This prick always seemed to have anger issues.

[RandomAccess]

8. My thoughts as well.

[calimary]

14. Welcome to DU, peequod!

Man, does he EVER seem to have anger issues! Plus the fact that he did it A SECOND TIME, out of sheer spite, after she'd objected to the first assault. Sheeeeesh...

[mcar]

5. No surprise there

[Gothmog]

6. Who is surprised by this?

[dalton99a]

7. Shocking, indeed

[BigmanPigman]

9. Couldn't happen to a more deserving fuckface!

[L. Coyote]

10. And all this comes out AFTER Corey Lewandowski, says if anyone on the Trump campaign colluded ...?

[virgogal]

11. I am ignoring ALL of these accusations until

there is proof.

I'm sure most are true,but I'm also sure some are not.

I have three middle aged sons and three young adult grandsons-----they could be falsely accused.

I find this entire thing rather frightening.

[NJCher]

12. there's an article at the San Francisco Chronicle

that tells the process for investigating these claims. There is a protocol. The sad thing is that the standards are rather strict and thousands of complaints go unheard of by us because the woman did not tell anyone back at the time it happened, nor did she report it to authorities.

What you are seeing and hearing are the few cases where an investigator or reporter is able to corroborate.

These accusations do not get printed unless there is something to them, as there could be severe legal repercussions to the accuser and to the media company.

Also note that in most cases, those accused do not deny it. That is probably because they know there are other identical or similar cases out there.

[pnwmom]

13. Very few incidents like this happen in front of people, but there was actually a WITNESS

in this case, who confirmed the woman's account to the reporter.

I find this man's sense of entitlement to be rather frightening.

[Liberal In Texas]

15. You lie down with dogs...

you get sexually harassed by a repub.

What a bunch of totally nasty people.