Conyers case has multiple confirming witnesses.
A former female staffer who worked for Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., for 12 years accused the congressman of inappropriately touching her, including once while the two sat side-by-side in the front pew at church.
Elisa Grubbs is the latest woman to accuse Conyers, the longest serving member of Congress, of sexual misconduct. In the wake of accusations made against him by multiple women, Conyers, 88, announced Tuesday his resignation from Congress, effective immediately.
The Michigan Democrat has denied the allegations of sexual misconduct, saying they “are not accurate or they aren’t true.”
“They are something that I can’t explain where they came from,” he told “The Mildred Gaddis Show.”
In an affidavit released by lawyer Lisa Bloom late Monday, Grubbs said Conyers would stroke and rub her thighs while sitting near her during the years she worked for him, from around 2001 to around 2013.
Bloom is representing Grubbs’ cousin, Marion Brown, who served as Conyers’ deputy chief of staff and agreed to a settlement with the congressman after she sued him for wrongful dismissal. Brown said she was fired for rejecting Conyers’ sexual advance