At the time, Broaddrick did not file a complaint with the police because she feared no one would believe that Attorney General Bill Clinton had raped her
I remember when Juanita Broaddrick first reported that she had been raped by Bill Clinton. She was a campaign worker in Clinton’s 1978 campaign for the governorship and he came to her motel room saying he wanted to discuss some business.
Broaddrick claimed that once inside the room, Clinton started trying to kiss her, biting her lip in the process. He ran his hands all over her body. Then Clinton ripped her clothes off and raped her.
Afterwards, Broaddrick’s story was corroborated by a nurse who treated her for the assault.
Broaddrick did not file a complaint with the police because she feared no one would believe that the Attorney General of Arkansas had raped her.
Now that Trump has brought up Bill Clinton’s sexism, Broaddrick is reminding the public that she had been raped by the former president.
BILL CLINTON RAPE ACCUSER: HILLARY ‘TRIED TO SILENCE’ ME
Juanita Briaddrick: “I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and Hillary tried to silence me. I am now 73....it never goes away.”
By Mark Hensch and Jonathan Easley | The Hill | January 6, 2016
A woman who publicly accused former President Clinton of raping her in 1978 is resurrecting her claims on social media.
“I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me,” Juanita Broaddrick tweeted Wednesday.
“Hillary tried to silence me,” she wrote of Bill Clinton’s wife, who is the current Democratic presidential front-runner in the 2016 race. “I am now 73…it never goes away.”
The Hill reached a woman by phone in Van Buren, Ark., on Wednesday who identified herself as Broaddrick. She said the Twitter account is hers.
Broaddrick said she set the account up in 2009 but hasn’t used it much since because she’s unfamiliar with Twitter.
The former nursing home administrator alleged in 1999 that Bill Clinton raped her in Little Rock, Ark., during his 1978 gubernatorial campaign.
In a brief interview, Broaddrick, who said she retired after selling her nursing home business in 2008, said she’s decided to play a more visible role heading into 2016.
“I’ve been quiet for too long, and now with the possibility of [Hillary Clinton] being the Democratic nominee and possibly president, I feel the need to get involved,” she said.
Broaddrick said that she doesn’t describe herself as Republican or Democrat, but is supporting Donald Trump for president.
“He says the things I like to hear,” Broaddrick said.
She lauded Trump for broaching the issue of Bill Clinton’s past marital infidelities and allegations of sexual assault.
“I’m glad someone did. Everyone has been hanging back and most of the mainstream media won’t approach it but it’s something that should be talked about.”
David E. Kendall, who was the Clintons' personal attorney, strongly denied Broaddrick's charges when they first emerged during Bill Clinton’s presidency.
“Any allegation that the president assaulted Ms. Broaddrick more than 20 years ago is absolutely false,” he said in a statement released by the White House in February 1999, according to The Washington Post.
“Beyond that we are not going to comment,” the attorney added then.
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