Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has landed in hot water as he became the next public figure to get accused of sexual misconduct.
This time, the accusations came from singer Joy Villa, who made her famous appearance at this year’s Grammys sporting a dress promoting the former reality TV star.
According to Villa, the incident took place at a holiday party at one of Trump’s hotels.
Villa and Lewandowski were posing for a photo together when he reached behind and slapped her on the butt.
Her shocked reaction did nothing to faze him, as he then allegedly repeated the act.
He did not even show any signs of worrying when Villa threatened to report him for sexual harassment, to which he supposedly responded that he did not care.
Lewandowski is not officially working with Trump, and he was fired during the election campaign, but it is not clear if this is among the reasons why Villa chose to make the incident public now.
However, according to reports, the former staffer is still in regular contact with his old boss.
It is understandable that she might have had a fear of reprisal, but quite a while has passed since Lewandowski’s firing.
Her behavior could probably be explained by the recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations that has been taking over the world of public figures by storm.
Here’s the photo of @CLewandowski_ seconds before he slapped my ass, I told him to stop, and then he did it again. I was shocked and embarrassed by his behavior. https://t.co/61EYvOG4e9 pic.twitter.com/a8NgLnvCEZ
— Joy Villa (@Joy_Villa) December 23, 2017
Many celebrities and other high-ranking members of society have started to fall victim to accusations from various sides, in some cases quite serious ones.
At this rate, 2017 will likely go down in history as the year when so many people we look up to ended up being perverts.
Lewandowski was not particularly popular with the public, but he was still a prominent figure.
It seems that the former aide has opted to lay low hoping that this story will go away.