The independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. privately apologized last week to a woman who accused him of sexual assault in a recent magazine article, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
In an article in Vanity Fair last week, she said Mr. Kennedy made unwanted sexual advances toward her while she was at his family home in the late 1990s, including by groping her in a pantry.
Ms. Cooney told The Post that Mr. Kennedy had called her twice on July 3 of this year, after the Vanity Fair article had run, and then sent her two text messages, which she also showed to The New York Times.
“I hope you are well,” he wrote in the first message.
“Please call me if you have a moment.”In the second, sent shortly after midnight, he wrote: “I read your description of an episode in which I touched you in an unwanted manner.
Persons:
Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Eliza Cooney, Kennedy’s, Kennedy, groping, Cooney, ”, “
Organizations:
Washington Post, Mr, Pace Law School, The New York Times
Locations:
White Plains, N.Y