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A pistillate who accused Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker of pressuring her into having an termination defended her claims successful an exclusive interrogation with ABC News, saying helium is not acceptable for bureau and that "honesty matters."
Walker has denied the allegations, which were archetypal made astatine a property league past week, dismissing the claims arsenic "foolishness" portion adding "this is each a lie, and I volition not entertain immoderate of it."
The woman, whom ABC News agreed to telephone Jane Doe, told ABC News successful her archetypal on-camera interrogation that she decided to travel guardant aft another pistillate made akin claims that Walker had besides pressured her into having an abortion.
Speaking with Juju Chang, co-anchor of ABC News' "Nightline," the pistillate said that successful 1993 she became large amid a yearslong matter with Walker, saying they saw each different "several times a week, usually successful the mornings" and that they were successful love.
"[Walker] was precise wide that helium did not privation maine to person the child. And helium said that due to the fact that of his wife's household and almighty radical astir him that I would not beryllium harmless and that the kid would not beryllium safe," the pistillate said.
"I felt threatened and I thought I had nary choice," said the woman, who has travel guardant connected camera for the archetypal clip since making her allegations nationalist astatine a property league past week with her attorney, Gloria Allred.
Herschel Walker and Jane Doe are seen unneurotic successful an undated photograph provided to ABC News.
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Responding to the ABC News interview, Walker issued a connection Tuesday saying, "This was a prevarication a week agone and it is simply a prevarication today. Seven days earlier an election, the Democrats trot retired Gloria Allred and immoderate pistillate I bash not know. My opponents volition bash and accidental thing to triumph this election. The full Democrat instrumentality is coming aft maine and the radical of Georgia. I americium not intimidated. Once again, they messed with the incorrect Georgian."
In her interrogation with Chang, Jane Doe recalled initially going to a session to person an termination earlier abruptly leaving aft having a alteration of heart.
"I conjecture it is portion of the process past that they did an ultrasound. And I saw the ultrasound and I couldn't spell done with it. So I near the session and went backmost home," she said with emotion successful her voice.
According to the woman, Walker past told her helium would thrust her to the session to person the procedure.
"He came to my location and picked maine up and drove maine to the clinic," the pistillate recalled. "I went successful unsocial and helium waited successful the car portion I went successful and had the procedure. And past I came retired and helium drove maine to the drugstore, and past helium took maine home."
Jane Doe said Walker gave her currency to wage for the abortion. She said she has nary receipt for the outgo oregon grounds of the procedure.
Walker, who is moving against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, is campaigning arsenic a staunch anti-abortion-rights candidate.
According to Jane Doe, she maintained a affable narration with Walker for decades and past spoke with him by telephone successful March 2020.
Two women identified to ABC News arsenic friends of Jane Doe by her lawyer Gloria Allred said that Jane Doe confided to them successful the 1990s that she had a yearslong matter with Walker and that she became large during that relationship.
Jane Doe said she past saw Walker astatine a intelligence wellness lawsuit successful 2019.
"He gave -- helium hugged me, and was precise blessed to spot maine ... He was precise bully and cordial," she said of their gathering successful 2019.
One of the pistillate identified arsenic a person of Jane Doe's said she was with her astatine the lawsuit and took a representation of her and Walker together, telling ABC News, "They embraced for a agelong clip ... they had intelligibly known each different for years and years."
Jane Doe said she ne'er brought up the termination with Walker portion they stayed successful touch.
Walker antecedently denied an ex-girlfriend's assertion to assorted quality outlets that helium paid for her to person an termination successful 2009. That pistillate told The Daily Beast that she had documents supporting her allegation, including a receipt from an termination clinic, a slope deposit receipt with an representation of a $700 cheque that she said was signed by Walker sent wrong a week of the abortion, and besides a "get well" paper that she said was signed by Walker.
During an quality past week connected Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier, Walker issued broad denials astir the caller allegations made against him.
"Well, that's a lie. And I've said that's a prevarication and I anticipation radical tin spot close present that Raphael Warnock and the Left would bash immoderate they tin to triumph the seat," Walker said. "I've said it erstwhile and I've moved on, my run moved connected due to the fact that we're disquieted astir what the Georgia radical are talking astir ... I've said this a lie. I've moved on, and they privation maine to play these guessing games and each of this, but I'm not. I'm not into that. I'm into winning this large spot backmost for the large radical of Georgia due to the fact that that's what this is about."
Jane Doe told Chang that, pursuing Walker's denials, she present thinks helium isn't acceptable to beryllium a U.S. senator.
Asked why, she said, "I deliberation honesty matters."
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