Armstrong Williams
Armstrong Williams, a former adviser to past presidential hopeful Ben Carson, has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit by a male ex-aide, Charlton Woodyard.
Williams, shortly after the suit was filed, denied all allegations.
The New York Times, citing court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, reported Williams had served as a mentor of sorts to Woodyard, beginning in 2013. Williams then introduced him around Washington, D.C., hired him as an unpaid assistant, and later helped him gain employment at a television station in Alabama, the suit stated.
“In November, according to the lawsuit, Mr. Williams asked Mr. Woodyard, who is 30 years his junior, to come to his home to talk about business,” the New York Times reported. “The lawsuit accuses Mr. Williams of demanding that Mr. Woodyard get into his bed and give him a massage, and of groping Mr. Woodyard.”
The suit then states Williams told Woodyard: “I’m attracted to you, that’s just a fact.”
The lawsuit said Woodyard declined the alleged advances but was soon demoted from his position in Alabama, then fired. Wooyard’s suing for sexual assault, battery and failure to pay wages.
The New York Times reported Williams, who settled a similar lawsuit in 1997, denied the charges while admitting Woodyard stayed at his home for a short time. He also said Woodyard liked to party late into the evening, and was ultimately fired for incompetence.
“This is someone that I cared about, we were tight, we were buddies, we hung out,” Williams said, the New York Times reported. “I’m single, I’m a bachelor, I’ve had these kinds of allegations before. He wants to get paid for doing nothing.”
Williams served as Carson’s business manager and campaign manager until November.
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