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One other lady has come ahead to accuse Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of coercing her to have an abortion years in the past, calling him a “hypocrite” for his anti-abortion stance.
The lady made her claims at a press convention on Wednesday (Oct. 26) held in Los Angeles, California. The occasion was convened by lawyer Gloria Allred, who’s representing the unidentified lady. “I don’t consider Herschel is morally match to be a U.S. senator, and that’s the reason I’m talking up and offering proof,” she mentioned, showing on the convention by way of Zoom with a clean display screen to guard herself from threats and reprisals.
Known as Jane Doe, she detailed how she had an affair with the previous Heisman Trophy winner whereas he was nonetheless married to his first spouse Cindy Grossman in 1987 till 1993 when the alleged abortion occurred. She acknowledged that Walker gave her cash to pay for the process in Dallas, the place they each lived, however she left the clinic after turning into overcome with emotion. “I left the clinic in tears. Once I instructed Herschel what had occurred, he was upset and mentioned that he was going to return with me to the clinic the following day for me to have the abortion,” she mentioned.
Allred shared with reporters a number of gadgets that Jane Doe had from her relationship with Walker which incorporates letters from him to her mother and father, and a voicemail that he left her whereas in France for the Winter Olympics in 1992 the place he allegedly professes his love for her. When requested by reporters if her consumer had a receipt from the clinic like the girl who first got here ahead towards Walker did, the lawyer replied: “We’re not going to handle different displays now we have or don’t have.”
Moments earlier than the press convention started, Herschel Walker addressed the brand new allegations at a marketing campaign cease in northeast Georgia calling it “foolishness.” Jane Doe mentioned she was motivated to come back ahead after seeing that Walker had “publicly taken the place that he’s ‘about life’ and towards abortion below any circumstances when, actually, he pressured me to have an abortion.” She additionally mentioned that political leanings weren’t an element, stating that she is a registered unbiased who voted twice for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
