More women accuse George H.W. Bush of grabbing their backside
A third woman has accused former President George H.W. Bush of inappropriate behavior.
Author Christina Baker Kline said it happened during a fundraiser for Barbara Bush’s foundation three years ago. She said the former president made a dirty joke and groped her during a photo.
Kline said a Bush family employee acknowledged the incident and asked her to be “discreet.”
Earlier this week actress Jordana Grolnick said the now 93-year-old wheelchair-bound former president grabbed her buttocks during a group photo last year at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine.
She told Deadspin that Bush quipped that his favorite magician is "David Cop-a-Feel" and grabbed her. She said Barbara Bush responded, "He's going to get himself put in jail."
Grolnick’s story came to light after People magazine reported a similar allegation by actress Heather Lind.
The former president's office said he routinely tells the same joke "and on occasion, he has patted women's rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner." The statement said he apologizes "to anyone he has offended."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.