Actor accuses George H.W. Bush of sexual assault
25 Oct 2017 3:25 PM GMT
Los Angeles: Actor Heather Lind says former US President George H.W. Bush groped her from his wheelchair at a screening of a film. Lind, who starred in Turn: Washington's Spies, detailed her accusations in a lengthy Instagram post. She said she was "disturbed" after seeing a photograph of former President Barack Obama with Bush, reports nydailynews.com.
"I found it disturbing because I recognise the respect ex-presidents are given for having served. And I feel pride and reverence toward many of the men in the photo. But when I got the chance to meet George H. W. Bush four years ago to promote a historical television show I was working on, he sexually assaulted me while I was posing for a similar photo," Lind, 34, wrote.
"He didn't shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again. Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say 'not again.'
His security guard told me I shouldn't have stood next to him for the photo," she added.
Lind met the former president, 93, during a special screening of the show in 2014, a week before its premiere.
"We were instructed to call him Mr. President. It seems to me a President's power is in his or her capacity to enact positive change, actually help people, and serve as a symbol of our democracy. He relinquished that power when he used it against me" Lind wrote.
In a statement, Bush –the 41st President of the US – did not deny the allegations.
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