‘He’s got a hold of me:’ Woman says she was groped by Manitoba politician
WINNIPEG — A longtime Manitoba Progressive Conservative party member and volunteer says she was groped by a legislature member ousted from government caucus last month over inappropriate remarks to female staff.
The woman, who asked not to be identified because she fears coming forward might hurt her career, said she was at a party function at Tavern United, which has a rooftop bar in downtown Winnipeg, in September 2017 when she saw Cliff Graydon and stopped to say hello.
The gathering was a special event with federal and provincial Tories, because the federal Conservatives were holding a caucus meeting in the Manitoba capital.
“I was standing to his left and … all of a sudden his hand goes around me, and he has his hand on my bottom,” the woman said in an interview with The Canadian Press.