GOP Congressional Candidate Madison Cawthorn Denies Multiple Allegations Of Aggressive Sexual Behavior
Several women have come forward with allegations of aggressive sexual behavior against rising GOP star Madison Cawthorn, which he has denied.
Katrina Krulikas alleges that Cawthorn attempted to forcibly kiss her after she had already rejected one attempt, pressured her to sit on his lap, and questioned her about her sexual history.
Francesca McDaniel alleges that he forcibly kissed her though she resisted and told him she had a boyfriend.
An anonymous woman alleges that Cawthorn grabbed her thigh in the dining hall at Patrick Henry College while the two were speaking about a girl he was romantically interested in.
GOP congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn denied three women’s allegations that he behaved in a sexually aggressive manner toward them.
Cawthorn, who bested his opponent Lynda Bennett in June despite her endorsement from President Donald Trump, has campaigned on a platform emphasizing “faith, family, and freedom.” The 25-year-old North Carolina candidate was left paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident when he was 18 and campaigns on the idea that overcoming his own personal tragedy makes him better fit to represent his fellow Americans.
Two women, Katrina Krulikas and Francesca McDaniel, separately said they knew Cawthorn before his political career and told WOLRD Magazine that Cawthorn grabbed their faces and forcibly kissed them after they rejected previous advances. They also said he made them uncomfortable by questioning their sexual history.
A third woman, who remained unnamed, said he put his hand on her upper thigh in a public setting. WORLD notes that it corroborated each account with at least one other individual.
Cawthorn denied these allegations through a spokesman in a Sunday statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Madison has no recollection of the anonymous accusation and denies being forceful in the other two circumstances,” campaign spokesman John Hart told the DCNF. “Sadly, in the Kavanaugh age, nothing will satisfy a woke mob that decides someone is guilty of sexual misconduct until proven innocent.”
Hart also called the WORLD story a “mix of half-truths, untruths and potentially fabricated allegations based on double anonymous sources.”
WORLD reported that the Republican’s campaign did not respond to repeated requests for an interview “to discuss these accounts,” though Hart noted to WORLD in a written statement that Cawthorn apologized to one of the women “if his attempt to kiss her when he was a teenager made her feel uncomfortable or unsafe.”
“There is a big difference between a failed advance and being forceful, to the extent that’s possible when you’re a paraplegic,” Hart told the DCNF. “If being guilty of an awkward, failed advance is a disqualifying event every male in public office should resign.”
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