Zionist Union MK Eitan Broshi is facing fresh allegations of sexual harassment after coming under fire for touching the behind of a fellow lawmaker in the opposition faction earlier this month.
In a Channel 10 news report Sunday, a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Broshi when he was head of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council, a post he held from 1999-2006.
The woman, who does not give her name and speaks to Channel 10 with a voice changer, says the incident occurred as they rode an elevator during a course they were both taking.
“He didn’t allow me to get off [the elevator] as he touched my intimate organs,” recalls the woman, who says she was able to eventually push Broshi away and get out of the elevator.
The network reports the woman sent a letter to Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay about the alleged harassment.
Broshi initially said he didn’t remember the incident when asked about it by Channel 10, but his lawyer denies it took place at all and says the MK intends to file a libel suit against the woman.
Broshi was forced to apologize to MK Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin after he touched her buttocks during a trip for members of the Zionist Union.
Zionist Union MK Eitan Broshi is seen at the Knesset on July 18, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
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