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Repub Cuomo Challenger Apologizes For Sexual Harassment
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican from western New York, apologized Sunday for sexually harassing an Aflac lobbyist at a bar in 2017 and said he will not seek re-election or pursue any elected office after his term ends. Reed had been exploring a run against Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Nicolette Davis reported that an intoxicated Reed touched her inappropriately at a Minneapolis pub in 2017. Davis said the incident occurred during her first networking trip for Aflac at age 25; the congressman had accompanied her and other lobbyists to an Irish bar after a day of ice fishing.
Davis recounted Reed, then 45, putting his hand on her back and unclasping her bra from the outside of her shirt. She alleges that he then put his hand on her thigh and began to inch it higher. Davis said she eventually got help from a person sitting beside her, who pulled Reed from the table and out of the building.
Davis's story was backed up by another individual at the table who wished to remain anonymous but stated that Reed "was visibly intoxicated and put his hand on Davis’s back before being escorted from the restaurant while the rest of the group remained."
Reed is a co-chair of the bipartisan 'Problem Solvers Caucus' in the House. Since he was elected to Congress in 2010, Reed has cast himself as a champion of women's rights.
Davis recounted Reed, then 45, putting his hand on her back and unclasping her bra from the outside of her shirt. She alleges that he then put his hand on her thigh and began to inch it higher. Davis said she eventually got help from a person sitting beside her, who pulled Reed from the table and out of the building.
Davis's story was backed up by another individual at the table who wished to remain anonymous but stated that Reed "was visibly intoxicated and put his hand on Davis’s back before being escorted from the restaurant while the rest of the group remained."
Reed is a co-chair of the bipartisan 'Problem Solvers Caucus' in the House. Since he was elected to Congress in 2010, Reed has cast himself as a champion of women's rights.
