Bloomberg Law
Oct. 27, 2016, 10:14 PM UTC

Justice Thomas Accused of Groping Woman at 1999 Dinner Party

Greg Stohr

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

A woman is accusing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of groping her at a dinner party in 1999 when she was a young scholar.

Moira Smith, now vice president and general counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co. in Alaska, says Thomas squeezed her buttocks several times at the party, according to the National Law Journal, which first reported the allegations.

“When Justice Thomas touched me inappropriately and without my consent, I was 23 years old -- and felt there was nothing I could do,” she said in a statement provided to Bloomberg News by ...

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