据报道,一名妇女提交了一份警方报告,声称总统候选人乔·拜登在1993年对她进行了性侵犯。
塔拉里德据报道,他向华盛顿大都会警察局提起刑事诉讼,指控2020年民主党总统候选人提名将她推到参议院走廊的墙上,并用手指刺穿她商业内幕。
据称事件发生在里德大约30年前,我是拜登的参议院工作人员。
里德上月首次对拜登提出指控。在推特上,里德感谢那些帮助她提出指控的人,以及像苏珊这样支持她的“名人”萨兰登约翰库萨克,和罗丝·麦高恩。
里德也证实了针对拜登的诉讼时效已经通过。
“我只是出于安全原因才提交了警方报告。全部卷曲[sic]超越限制的统计数据。感谢所有支持我的人,”里德推特。
里德她还提到了她在2018年写博客称赞俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京是一位“富有同情心、关心他人、有远见的领导人”后受到的审视该博客帖子已被删除,她已与评论保持距离。
“我被拜登的支持者诽谤和辱骂。我还被指控被称为俄罗斯特工。我不是,”里德推特。“我会继续说出来。”
与...交谈新闻周刊,里德说她决定提出索赔反对拜登以确保“有权势的人”对自己的行为负责。
“我试图就工作场所的性骚扰和有权势的男人进行更深入的对话,”里德说。“我不会像[·哈维]温斯坦的案子那样得到传统的正义。我在寻找更具存在意义的东西——不必保守秘密,因为这是一个有权势的人。”
在当时的一份声明中,拜登的团队否认了对他的指控。
“女性有权讲述自己的故事,记者有义务严格审查这些说法,”竞选副经理兼宣传总监凯特说贝丁菲尔德。"我们鼓励他们这样做,因为这些指控是错误的。"
1982年至2000年担任时任参议员拜登的行政助理的玛丽安·贝克也否认了这一说法。
“在我为拜登参议员工作的这些年里,我从未见过、听说过或收到过任何不当行为的报告,当然,不是来自希拉里·克林顿里德,不是来自任何人,”她告诉新闻周刊。
“这些明显不实的指控与我们参议院办公室的内部运作完全矛盾,也与我认识并密切合作了近20年的那个人完全矛盾。”
已经联系了拜登的办公室和华盛顿警察局,请其置评。
3月15日,拜登在华盛顿特区的美国有线电视新闻网华盛顿分社演播室参加第11届民主党2020总统大选辩论。
JOE BIDEN SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSER TARA READE FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
A woman has filed a police report claiming that presidential candidate Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, according to reports.
Tara Reade filed a criminal complaint with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department of accusing the 2020 Democratic nomination of pushing her against the wall in a Senate corridor and penetrating her with his fingers, according to Business Insider.
The alleged incident occurred while Reade was working as a Senate staffer for Biden nearly 30 years ago.
Reade first made the claims against Biden last month. In a tweet, Reade thanked those who helped her come forward with the allegations, as well as "luminaries" who have supported her such as Susan Sarandon, John Cusack, and Rose McGowan.
Reade also confirmed that the statute of limitations around the claims against Biden have passed.
"I filed a police report for safety reasons only. All crim [sic] stats beyond limitations. Gratitude for all who have stood by me," Reade tweeted.
Reade also referenced scrutiny she received after it emerged she wrote a blog post in 2018 praising Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "compassionate, caring, visionary leader." The blog post has since been deleted and she has distanced herself from the remarks.
"I have been smeared and called vile names by Biden supporters. I was also accused of being called a Russian agent. I am not," Reade tweeted. "I will continue to speak out."
Speaking to Newsweek, Reade said she decided to come forward with the claims against Biden to ensure that "powerful men" are held accountable for their actions.
"I was trying to have a deeper conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace and powerful men," Reade said. "I'm not going to get traditional justice, like with [Harvey] Weinstein's case. I'm looking for something more existential-to not have to keep a secret because it's somebody powerful."
In a statement at the time, Biden's team denied the accusations against him.
"Women have a right to tell their story, and reporters have an obligation to rigorously vet those claims," said Deputy Campaign Manager and Communications Director Kate Bedingfield. "We encourage them to do so, because these accusations are false."
Marianne Baker, who served as executive assistant to then-Senator Biden from 1982 to 2000, also rejected the claims.
"In all my years working for Senator Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period-not from Ms Reade, not from anyone," she told Newsweek.
"These clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades."
Biden's office and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department have been contacted for comment.
Biden participates in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, D.C., on March 15.