Reuters, Washington :
US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been accused by a singer of slapping her buttocks without her consent at a party in November.
Joy Villa, a vocal Trump supporter who wore a dress bearing the president’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan to the Grammy Awards this year, said on Tuesday she had contacted police in Washington on Sunday to file charges.
Villa told news website Politico and television channel CNN this week that Lewandowski touched her against her will while they posed for photographs at the Trump International Hotel.
Villa’s representative has not responded to a request for comment.
Lewandowski could not be reached for comment, and Reuters has not independently verified the allegations.
Asked about the allegation in an interview on Wednesday, Lewandowski told the Fox Business television network that the matter was under investigation.
“There is a process which they will go through to determine a person’s innocence,” he said. “I’m not here to speak for Joy. What I am here to do is to speak for me. And what I am going to do is to let the process play forward.”
Villa’s account first appeared in an interview published by Politico on Friday.
“I’m wearing this silver suit and stretchy pants, and after the photo, he smacks my ass really hard,” she told Politico. “It was completely demeaning and shocking.”
US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been accused by a singer of slapping her buttocks without her consent at a party in November.
Joy Villa, a vocal Trump supporter who wore a dress bearing the president’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan to the Grammy Awards this year, said on Tuesday she had contacted police in Washington on Sunday to file charges.
Villa told news website Politico and television channel CNN this week that Lewandowski touched her against her will while they posed for photographs at the Trump International Hotel.
Villa’s representative has not responded to a request for comment.
Lewandowski could not be reached for comment, and Reuters has not independently verified the allegations.
Asked about the allegation in an interview on Wednesday, Lewandowski told the Fox Business television network that the matter was under investigation.
“There is a process which they will go through to determine a person’s innocence,” he said. “I’m not here to speak for Joy. What I am here to do is to speak for me. And what I am going to do is to let the process play forward.”
Villa’s account first appeared in an interview published by Politico on Friday.
“I’m wearing this silver suit and stretchy pants, and after the photo, he smacks my ass really hard,” she told Politico. “It was completely demeaning and shocking.”
