TV producer Daisy Goodwin accuses Tory mayoral hopeful of groping

A novelist and TV shaper has accused a Conservative mayoral hopeful of groping her 10 years ago.

Daisy Goodwin told The Times Daniel Korski sexually assaulted her by putting his manus connected her bosom during a gathering astatine Downing Street.

He has denied the allegation "in the strongest imaginable terms".

Ms Goodwin, creator of TV bid Victoria, met with Mr Korski - past a peculiar advisor to David Cameron - to sermon a projected TV show.

Ms Goodwin told The Times she met the authorities peculiar advisor - besides known arsenic spads - astatine a societal lawsuit and helium suggested they meet.

She said Mr Korski arrived precocious for their meeting, remarked connected her sunglasses and said Goodwin looked "like Monica Bellucci, the 50 thing Italian histrion who had precocious made headlines by appearing successful a Bond movie other Daniel Craig arsenic an older woman".

Ms Goodwin said this felt "awkwardly flirtatious" and "odd".

She said during the gathering Mr Korski "put his feet connected the borderline of my chair, leaning backmost truthful that I could get a wide presumption of his crotch".

"When we some stood up astatine the extremity of the gathering and went to the door, the spad stepped towards maine and abruptly enactment his manus connected my breast.

"Astonished, I said loudly, 'Are you truly touching my breast?'

"The spad sprang distant from maine and I left."

A spokesperson for Mr Korski told the BBC: "In the strongest imaginable terms, Dan categorically denies immoderate allegation of inappropriate behaviour whatsoever."

Mr Korski near a Conservative Environment Network husting aboriginal connected Monday evening.

Ms Goodwin spoke astir the alleged battle successful 2017 but did not sanction the authoritative and said she chose to sanction him present arsenic Mr Korski was moving to beryllium the Tory campaigner for politician of London.

She said: "If this is simply a signifier of behaviour past the radical of London merit to know."

Mr Korski is 1 of 3 shortlisted candidates hoping to beryllium selected arsenic the Conservative enactment campaigner for the mayoral predetermination adjacent year.

Whoever is selected volition spell against incumbent Sadiq Khan adjacent May.

Mr Korski has centred his run connected improving nationalist services done technology.

Earlier this period helium told the BBC helium was "a businessman who volition enactment digitalisation astatine the halfway of however I amended London".

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