Two more women accuse Costa Rica's Oscar Arias of sexual assault

[Judi Lynn]

The accusations come after the former president, a Nobel peace laureate, was named in a criminal complaint this week.

Feb. 7, 2019, 8:34 AM CST
By Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Two more women have accused former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a Nobel peace laureate, of sexual misconduct after a criminal complaint alleging sexual assault against another woman was filed against him this week in the Central American nation.

Eleonora Antillon, a well-known Costa Rican journalist and TV presenter, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Arias assaulted her in the mid-1980s when she was working for his fledgling presidential bid.

In a separate interview, Emma Daly, communications director for Human Rights Watch, said Arias groped her in a hotel lobby in Nicaragua in 1990 when she was working as a young journalist based in Costa Rica.

The New York Times also reported that a fourth woman, a 53-year-old book editor, alleged that Arias unexpectedly put his hand on her leg during a meeting in 2012. AP was not immediately able to confirm the report.

More:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/more-women-come-forward-after-oscar-arias-sexual-assault-complaint-n968741

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[2naSalit]

1. That's too bad.

I liked him, I saw him as a guest speaker when I was in college. He was promoting the need to put women in power to make the important decisions for humankind.

Sad to hear of this, if true.