FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Two women at the center of a sexual harassment scandal told U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes to keep a $250 campaign donation from a former Democratic lawmaker they have accused of touching them inappropriately at the state Capitol.
Cassaundra Cooper and Yolanda Costner are both aides to House Democratic leaders. They spoke with Grimes on Wednesday after the Legislative Ethics Commission voted not to fine or sanction former Democratic state Rep. John Arnold. They told Grimes to use the donation to fight for women’s rights.
Grimes has made women’s issues a focal point of her campaign against U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. But she has refrained from speaking publicly about the alleged sexual harassment.
A spokeswoman for Grimes said she will keep the donation.
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