A sixth woman has accused former POTUS George H.W. Bush of groping her during a photo op. The woman, who was 16 years old at the time, said the alleged groping occurred during a meeting she attended at the Woodlands, Texas office of the CIA in 2003. Roslyn Corrigan gave her first public remarks on the alleged incident in an interview with Time Monday.
Bush, who was 79 at the time, allegedly "groped [Corrigan's buttocks]" while the two had their photograph taken. Corrigan said her initial reaction was "absolute horror" and confusion. "The first thing I did was look at my mom and, while he was still standing there, I didn't say anything," she said. "What does a teenager say to the ex-president of the United States? Like, 'Hey dude, you shouldn't have touched me like that?'" Bush gave "a nice, ripe squeeze" as the photo was being taken, Corrigan added.
Corrigan's account follows similar accounts from five other women, including Turn: Washington's Spies star Heather Lind. In a previous statement released following another groping allegation from theater actress Jordana Grolnick, Bush's spokesperson Jim McGrath admitted that Bush "on occasion, has patted women's rears" in what he characterized as "a good-natured manner," whatever the hell that means.
Grolnick said an alleged 2016 groping while backstage during a Maine theater production was preceded by the ex-POTUS asking the group gathered for a photo if they wanted to know who his favorite magician was. "Bush reached his right hand around to my behind, and as we smiled for the photo he asked the group, 'Do you want to know who my favorite magician is?'" Grolnick said. "As I felt his hand dig into my flesh, he said, 'David Cop-a-Feel!'"
In a new statement to Time Monday, McGrath claimed Bush "does not have it in his heart to knowingly cause anyone harm or distress." Though McGrath's original statement last month attempted to connect Bush's behavior to his wheelchair confinement, Bush was indeed standing when he snapped a photograph with Corrigan back in 2003.
