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29th September 2018, 06:54 PM
'I was groped': N.J. politician, 83, enters #MeToo movement with sex-assault admission from 70 years ago when she was 13
Sen. Loretta Weinberg revealed a decades-old alleged sex assault on Friday
She said she was 'forcibly kissed and groped' by a middle aged man at her home
The man, now believed to be dead, was said to be a frequent visitor to her home
Weinberg said she remembered the exact time and place of the alleged assault
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6220059/83-year-old-lawmaker-I-groped-kissed-young-teen.html
An 83-year-old New Jersey state senator has revealed that she was groped and forcibly kissed by a visitor in her home when she was just a girl.
Sen. Loretta Weinberg says she never told anyone about it until now.
Weinberg, the Senate majority leader, posted Friday about the encounter on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/senatorlorettaweinberg/posts/2058764240829825).
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/29/14/4629162-0-image-a-8_1538226530829.jpg
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New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg, 83 (in 2012), has revealed an alleged sexual assault that occurred when she was 13 years old
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/29/14/4629164-6220059-image-m-10_1538226557441.jpg
Weinberg took to Facebook to reveal the alleged forced kissing and groping by a middle aged man she experienced when at her family home at age 13
The Democratic lawmaker says she was 13 and remembers the 'EXACT' time and 'EXACTLY' where she was when it happened.
She says she's not confused.
Weinberg named her alleged assailant, a frequent visitor to their house when she was growing up.
'OK here goes,' Weinberg wrote. 'I am 83 years old and I still remember the EXACT moment and EXACTLY where I was at age 13 when I was first horribly groped and forcibly kissed by a middle aged man who had been welcome visitor in my home.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/29/14/4629242-6220059-image-a-11_1538226887267.jpg
Weinberg said she revealed her alleged assault to prove 'how girls and women have been treated for generations' and that women 'are not confused' about the identity of their assailants
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'And no I never told anyone till now. His name was Ben Laverty. And no I am not confused. And yes that was a long time ago.'
The post went live on Facebook Friday at 1.39pm.
About an hour later, Weinberg added a second Facebook post, in which she stated that she was revealing this decades-old alleged assault to give people an understanding of 'how girls and women have been treated for generations.'
'I posted this today so people would better understand how girls and women have been treated for generations, And how most of us have reacted over some of those generations,' Weinberg's follow-up Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/senatorlorettaweinberg/posts/2058800884159494) post read.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/09/29/15/50C8DE7100000578-6220059-image-a-20_1538231290643.jpg
Weinberg (in September) said that the man who allegedly assaulted her when she was a child was her mother's friend, about 50 years old at the time and likely dead by now
'Each of these experiences are seared in our brains, in our emotions, and on our bodies. And no we are not confused. We know who our assaulters are and we know exactly where we were when they happened.'
Weinberg told NorthJersey.com (https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2018/09/28/amid-brett-kavanaugh-debate-nj-lawmaker-tells-story-sexual-assault/1458934002/) that her alleged assaulter, Laverty, was her mother's friend and was at least 50 years old at the time when he supposedly kissed and groped Weinberg. She also said that he 'could not possibly be alive' now.
Weinberg's Facebook post revelation came the day after after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
On Thursday, Ford testified and was grilled about her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at a house party in 1982 when they were both teenagers.
Kavanaugh, meanwhile, has denied the allegations.
Weinberg's posts appear to refer to arguments that people have floated in their attempts to discredit Ford's claims against Kavanaugh, including the question of whether her memory of who attacked her was just a case of 'mistaken identity' considering the more than 35 years that've passed since the incident was said to have occurred.
On the same day that Ford testified, the New Jersey Legislature voted to upgrade a sexual harassment policy. The 'zero tolerance' policy now mandates anti-harassment and discrimination training for lawmakers and their staff, while making the complaint process more transparent, according to NorthJersey.com (https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2018/09/27/nj-senate-assembly-work-upgrade-anti-harassment-policy/1442385002/).
Sen. Loretta Weinberg revealed a decades-old alleged sex assault on Friday
She said she was 'forcibly kissed and groped' by a middle aged man at her home
The man, now believed to be dead, was said to be a frequent visitor to her home
Weinberg said she remembered the exact time and place of the alleged assault
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6220059/83-year-old-lawmaker-I-groped-kissed-young-teen.html
An 83-year-old New Jersey state senator has revealed that she was groped and forcibly kissed by a visitor in her home when she was just a girl.
Sen. Loretta Weinberg says she never told anyone about it until now.
Weinberg, the Senate majority leader, posted Friday about the encounter on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/senatorlorettaweinberg/posts/2058764240829825).
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/29/14/4629162-0-image-a-8_1538226530829.jpg
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New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg, 83 (in 2012), has revealed an alleged sexual assault that occurred when she was 13 years old
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/29/14/4629164-6220059-image-m-10_1538226557441.jpg
Weinberg took to Facebook to reveal the alleged forced kissing and groping by a middle aged man she experienced when at her family home at age 13
The Democratic lawmaker says she was 13 and remembers the 'EXACT' time and 'EXACTLY' where she was when it happened.
She says she's not confused.
Weinberg named her alleged assailant, a frequent visitor to their house when she was growing up.
'OK here goes,' Weinberg wrote. 'I am 83 years old and I still remember the EXACT moment and EXACTLY where I was at age 13 when I was first horribly groped and forcibly kissed by a middle aged man who had been welcome visitor in my home.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/29/14/4629242-6220059-image-a-11_1538226887267.jpg
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'And no I never told anyone till now. His name was Ben Laverty. And no I am not confused. And yes that was a long time ago.'
The post went live on Facebook Friday at 1.39pm.
About an hour later, Weinberg added a second Facebook post, in which she stated that she was revealing this decades-old alleged assault to give people an understanding of 'how girls and women have been treated for generations.'
'I posted this today so people would better understand how girls and women have been treated for generations, And how most of us have reacted over some of those generations,' Weinberg's follow-up Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/senatorlorettaweinberg/posts/2058800884159494) post read.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/09/29/15/50C8DE7100000578-6220059-image-a-20_1538231290643.jpg
Weinberg (in September) said that the man who allegedly assaulted her when she was a child was her mother's friend, about 50 years old at the time and likely dead by now
'Each of these experiences are seared in our brains, in our emotions, and on our bodies. And no we are not confused. We know who our assaulters are and we know exactly where we were when they happened.'
Weinberg told NorthJersey.com (https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2018/09/28/amid-brett-kavanaugh-debate-nj-lawmaker-tells-story-sexual-assault/1458934002/) that her alleged assaulter, Laverty, was her mother's friend and was at least 50 years old at the time when he supposedly kissed and groped Weinberg. She also said that he 'could not possibly be alive' now.
Weinberg's Facebook post revelation came the day after after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
On Thursday, Ford testified and was grilled about her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at a house party in 1982 when they were both teenagers.
Kavanaugh, meanwhile, has denied the allegations.
Weinberg's posts appear to refer to arguments that people have floated in their attempts to discredit Ford's claims against Kavanaugh, including the question of whether her memory of who attacked her was just a case of 'mistaken identity' considering the more than 35 years that've passed since the incident was said to have occurred.
On the same day that Ford testified, the New Jersey Legislature voted to upgrade a sexual harassment policy. The 'zero tolerance' policy now mandates anti-harassment and discrimination training for lawmakers and their staff, while making the complaint process more transparent, according to NorthJersey.com (https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2018/09/27/nj-senate-assembly-work-upgrade-anti-harassment-policy/1442385002/).