In an incident that echoes Donald Trump's "pussy-grabbing" controversy, a Republican politician has been arrested and charged with sexual assault after an altercation with a woman ended with him grabbing her crotch.
Christopher von Keyserling, a 71-year-old member of the Representative Town Meeting in Connecticut (a form of local government), is accused of insulting and then assaulting a staffer during a disagreement over none other than Donald Trump himself.
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Trump apologises for 'locker room talk'
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he is "not proud" of his lewd remarks about women after video emerged.
According to local media, the arrest warrant alleged von Keyserling responded to the woman's comment that it's "a new world politically" by telling her "I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct."
The conversation descended into name-calling, and von Keyserling followed the woman into her office where he allegedly reached between her legs and "pinched her groin area".
In yet another parallel to Trump's pussy-grabbing "locker room talk" affair, von Keyserling's defence attorney Phil Russell is attempting to excuse the assault by descibing it as some sort of "playful" joke.
Speaking with News 12 Connecticut, Russell said the charges were outrageous. "Von Keyserling playfully gave a lady who he knew for 30 years a pinch is what the accusation is.
"And somehow, everybody's wringing their hands and carrying on that this is a crime, and it just isn't."
In fact, knowing someone for 30 years does not make grabbing their genitals without consent any less of a crime. And, according to police, the woman's story is backed up by video footage.
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