Former US President Donald Trump is due to participate on Friday April 29 in the meeting of a Republican candidate for governor of Nebraska (northwest) accused of sexual assault by eight women, including a local elected official.
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Charles Herbster, a 67-year-old multimillionaire who made his fortune in farming, denies the accusations, which have created controversy in this rural and conservative state.
Eight charges
Elected to the state Senate, Julie Slama told the Nebraska Examiner daily that the candidate lifted her skirt and proceeded to fondle her at a public event in 2019. Seven other women who preferred to remain anonymous also said so. accused.
"
I'm not looking for media attention or any benefit, I just wasn't going to lie and say it didn't happen
," she said in a statement, adding that she was 22. at the time.
Charles Herbster, whose fortune comes in part from the sale of bull semen, must speak near Omaha alongside the ex-host of the White House, who has also been accused in recent years of assaults or sexual harassment by about twenty women.
"Smear Campaign"
According to the Politico news site, Donald Trump was informed of the charges against the Nebraska candidate and nevertheless reiterated his support for him by urging him to defend himself.
Former presidential agriculture adviser Charles Herbster denied the charges, which he called a "
smear campaign
" and "
politically motivated lies
."
Former President and key figure in the Republican Party, Donald Trump has supported several personalities with a reputation tainted by accusations of assault or harassment, in particular Rob Porter, a White House collaborator forced to resign in 2018 after having been accused of violence by his former wives.
He also lent his support to ex-Fox News star Bill O'Reilly and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was charged in 2018 with attempted sexual assault as a high school student in the 1980s.
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Before Brett Kavanaugh, he defended Roy Moore, Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls when he was in his thirties.
Roy Moore had lost the election in a state however acquired.
Charles Herbster faces two other candidates in the Republican primary which will take place on May 10.
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