Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations

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Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001), has been publicly accused by three women of sexual misconduct; one woman (Juanita Broaddrick) has publicly accused him of rape, another (Kathleen Willey) states Clinton groped her without consent, and a third accuser (Paula Jones) states that Clinton sexually harassed her. No other woman has publicly accused Clinton of sexual misconduct, although many others have accused him of adultery, and rumors of additional sexual misconduct have been publicized in tabloid magazines and on the Internet.

Of all the allegations made against him regarding his sexual history, Clinton has only admitted extramarital relationships with Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers. Through his representatives, he has responded to the allegations by attempting to discredit the accusers, noting in the case of Willey and Broaddrick, they both previously testified, under oath, that Clinton never made unwanted advances.[1]

Juanita Broaddrick

In a 1999 episode of Dateline NBC, former Clinton volunteer Juanita Broaddrick alleged that in the late 1970s Bill Clinton raped her in her hotel room. According to Broaddrick, she agreed to meet with Clinton for coffee in the lobby of her hotel, but Clinton asked if they could go to her room to avoid a crowd of reporters. Once Clinton had isolated her in her hotel room, he sexually assaulted her. Broaddrick stated Clinton injured her lip by biting it during the assault.[2][3] In 1999, Clinton denied Broaddrick's allegations through his lawyer.

Supporters of Clinton have questioned her account by noting that Broaddrick continued to support Clinton, and appear at public events on his behalf, weeks after the alleged rape.[1] In addition, Broaddrick had once signed a deposition stating that no sexual contact had occurred with Bill Clinton; although she subsequently stated that she had lied.[4]

Broaddrick's allegations resurfaced in the 2016 presidential campaign. In various media interviews, Broaddrick stated that Clinton raped her and that Hillary Clinton knew about it, and tried to threaten Broaddrick into remaining silent. She started giving some interviews in 2015 because Hilary Clinton's statement that victims of sexual assault should be believed angered her.[5]

Paula Jones

According to Paula Jones' account, on May 8, 1991, she was escorted to Clinton's hotel room in Little Rock, Arkansas[6] where he propositioned and exposed himself to her. She claimed she kept quiet about the incident until 1994, when a David Brock story in the American Spectator magazine printed an account. In any case, in 1994, Jones filed a federal lawsuit against Clinton, alleging sexual harassment. In the discovery stage of the suit, Jones's lawyers had the opportunity to question Clinton under oath about his sexual history; in the course of this testimony, Clinton denied having had a sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky, a denial that (once his affair with Lewinsky was exposed) would lead to his impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice.[7]

In April 1998, the case was dismissed by Republican Judge Susan Webber Wright as lacking legal merit.[8] But Jones appealed Webber Wright's ruling, and her suit gained traction following Clinton's admission to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky in August 1998.[9]

On appeal, in the midst of his trial for impeachment based on false testimony in the Jones case (about his affair with Monica Lewinsky), Clinton was faced with the prospect of having to go under oath again and testify more about his sexual history. Instead, Clinton agreed to an out-of-court settlement, paying Jones and her lawyers $850,000 to drop the suit.[10] Clinton's lawyer said that the President made the settlement only so he could end the lawsuit for good and move on with his life.[11]

Kathleen Willey

In 2015, Kathleen Willey alleged Clinton groped her in a hallway in 1993. An independent counsel determined Willey gave "false information" to the FBI, inconsistent with sworn testimony related to the Jones allegation.[12] However, Willey was not charged with perjury; Kenneth Starr granted her immunity for her testimony in his separate inquiry.[12][13] But Starr did not view her allegations as sufficiently credible to pursue them further.

Linda Tripp, the Clinton Administration staffer who secretly taped her phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky in order to expose the latter's affair with the President, testified under oath that Willey's sexual contact with President Clinton in 1993 was consensual, that Willey had been flirting with the President, and that Willey was happy and excited following her 1993 encounter with Clinton.[14]

Other allegations

In 1998, in response to what she called false media claims that Clinton had raped her, Elizabeth Ward Gracen (former Miss Arkansas and Miss America) recanted a six-year-old denial and stated she had a one-night stand with Clinton in 1982.[15] Gracen later apologized to Hillary Clinton.[15]

Dolly Kyle Browning began writing a "semi-autobiographical novel" about her alleged affair with Bill Clinton. In the publication process, Browning asserted that Clinton did everything in his power to prohibit and undermine publication. Browning sued Clinton for damages, but the US Court of Appeals denied her appeal.[16]

Sally Perdue, a former Miss Arkansas who said she had a four-month affair with him in 1983.[17]

Connie Hamzy, a self-described rock-and-roll groupie, who said Clinton propositioned her in 1984 while she was sunbathing by a Little Rock hotel pool.[18]

Lencola Sullivan, a former Miss Arkansas and fourth runner-up in the Miss America pageant was rumoured to have "sexual relationship" with Clinton by L.D. Brown, Clinton's state trooper body guard.[19]

See also

Related Books

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.vox.com/2016/1/6/10722580/bill-clinton-juanita-broaddrick
  2. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/janedoe022099.htm
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  6. ↑ Clinton v. Jones, No. 95-1853 U.S. (1997-05-27).
  7. ↑ Tiersma, Peter. "The Language of Perjury", languageandlaw.org, 20 November 2007
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  14. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/willey110198.htm
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  16. ↑ Browning v. Clinton No. 01-5050, June 11, 2002. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
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  19. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/brown031398.htm

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