Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Days after Paula Jones's lawyers gave a detailed look at their
sexual harassment case against President Clinton, former White House
volunteer Kathleen Willey told the nation about her own unwanted alleged
sexual encounter with Clinton in an interview with 60 Minutes.
Willey, whose deposition about Clinton's alleged sexual misconduct was
included in the documents released by Jones's legal team last week.,
told CBS's Ed Bradley that during an incident on Nov. 29, 1993, the
President kissed her on the lips and fondled her breasts. The former
Clinton campaign volunteer claimed that Clinton forced himself upon her
after she asked him for a paying job.
"I remember thinking, 'What in the world is he doing?,'" Willey said in
the interview. "He touched my breasts with his hand, and he whispered,
'I've wanted to do this ever since I laid my eyes on you.' And that's
when I pushed away from him and decided it was time to get out of
there."
Willey's story, along with the testimony of four other women presented
by Jones's lawyers last week, would help show a pattern of sexual
misconduct on part of President Clinton. Willey said that she was
visibly distraught when she approached Clinton because her husband , Ed
Willey, had been accused of embezzlement earlier that day. (Mr. Willey
committed suicide that same day.) But, Willey claimed, she did not
expect Clinton's "reckless" advances and considered slapping him.
However, she thought that she could not slap the President of the
United States. Willey also claimed that Clinton further startled her by
allegedly placing her hand on his aroused genitals.
Clinton's attorney, Robert Bennett, labeled Willey a "bald-faced liar"
and said that President Clinton was "absolutely bewildered" and angered
by her charges. In his deposition for the Jones case, Clinton said that
there was nothing sexual about his November 1993 meeting with Willey.
The President claimed that Willey was distraught about her husband and
that he was only trying to calm her down and comfort her. Clinton said
that he embraced her and may have kissed her on the forehead but
insisted there was no sexual impropriety on his part.
"I have a very clear memory of the meeting, and I have done everything
in my power to clarify the situation," Clinton said this morning to
reporters at a conference at a Maryland high school. "I am telling the
truth. I am deeply mystified and disappointed by this turn of events."
The conflicts between Clinton and Willey's version of their encounter
means that one of them has committed perjury, an impeachable offense.
When asked whether Clinton has lied under oath about their meeting in
the Jones deposition, Willey answered, "Yes."
During her interview, Willey was also asked about why she kept her
allegations against Clinton a secret for several years. "I have gone
over this so many times. 'Did I bring this on? Did I send the wrong
signal?,'" Willey said. "I didn't feel intimidated. I just felt
over-powered. I just could not believe the recklessness of that act.
Later on, I was feeling angry. I was feeling that I had been taken
advantage of. My circumstances had been taken advantage of."
Willey also commented on Julie Steele, her friend to whom she had
confided the alleged incident. Steele initially supported Willey's story
but later recanted, claiming that Willey asked her to lie to
investigators and support her story.
"My personal belief is that she was pressured," Willey said. "I think
that the White House wanted try to discredit me, and they found a pawn
in her."
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Kathy E
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