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The second woman to accuse Republican Senate candidateHerschel Walkerof urging her to get an abortion says in a new interview that the former football player “waited in the car” while she underwent the procedure.
In an interview that aired Tuesday onGood Morning America, the unidentified woman says Walker pressured her to have the abortion when she got pregnant in 1993, amid a six-year affair with the then-married football player.
“He was very clear that he did not want me to have the child,” the woman said. “And he said that … because of his wife’s family, that powerful people around him — that I would not be safe, and that the child would not be safe.”
“And I felt threatened,” she said. “I thought I had no choice.”
The woman said she went to abortion clinic and initially could not go through with the procedure, ultimately returning after Walker convinced her.
“He came to my house and picked me up, drove me to the clinic, and I went in alone,” she said, adding that Walker gave her cash to pay for the abortion. “He waited in the car while I went in and had the procedure.”
The woman is the second to come forward in recent weeks claiming that Walker — who’s said he’s staunchly anti-abortion — pressured her to terminate her pregnancy after he learned she was expecting his child.
Walker deniedthe claims of the first woman, calling them “lies.”
“When I saw the first woman coming forward a few weeks ago, he immediately called her a liar and said I never signed anything with the letter ‘H,'” the woman, appearing alongside her attorneyGloria Allred, said in the interview. “And I knew I had many cards from him where he signed the letter ‘H.'”
The woman said she had a six-year affair with Walker that began in the late 1980s, when he was married to his first wife.
The woman shared a voicemail she said was from Walker, along with cards and hotel receipts from the time.
Walker was married at the time to Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, who filed for divorce in December 2001, and has claimed thatWalker threatened to kill herand has held a gun to her head on more than one occasion.
“Everything shifted,” she said.
The woman said she believes Walker is unfit for office, telling ABC she is a registered independent voter who voted for RepublicanDonald Trumptwice.
Walker’s campaign directed ABC News to an earlier statement in which he called the allegations “a lie.”
The first woman to accuse Walker of pressuring her to have an abortion toldThe Daily Beastthat the athlete paid for her to undergo the procedure, providing the outlet “proof of her romantic relationship with Walker,” as well as a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, and an image of a signed $700 personal check from Walker alongside a “get well” card.
In the wake of that report,Walker told Fox News host Sean Hannity, “I send out so many get well — I send out so much of anything. But I can tell you right now, I never asked anyone to get an abortion. I never paid for an abortion, and it’s a lie. And I’m going to continue to fight.”
While Walker has denied the reports, his own sonChristian Walkerhas taken to Twitter to call his father a liar, saying that the handwriting on the card was “literally” his dad’s and criticizing the candidate for denying the story.
“Lie, after lie, after lie,” Christian, 23, said in a video posted to Twitter. “The abortion card drops yesterday, it’s literally his handwriting in the card … he gets on Twitter, he lies about it.”
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Walker is running against Rev. Sen.Raphael Warnock, a Democrat and the incumbent in the race.Recent polls show a tight race, with Warnock only slightly ahead.
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source: people.com
