Madison Cawthorn facing renewed sexual misconduct allegations from college

North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a younger rising star within the GOP, is facing renewed sexual misconduct allegations from ladies who say he put them in uncomfortable conditions whereas in college, allegations which his workplace denies. 

Such allegations had been made final 12 months, in the course of the marketing campaign, however a handful of girls just lately spoke out about Cawthorn, who at 25 is partially paralyzed, inviting them on “fun drives” the place he would make sexual advances.

Fox News spoke to 2 of these ladies. The Washington Post, CNN and Buzzfeed additionally just lately spoke with numerous ladies who made such allegations. 

“These questions were repeatedly asked and answered during the course of the campaign,” Cawthorn’s communications director, Micah Bock, stated in an announcement to Fox News. “The voters of Western North Carolina responded to these allegations by giving Madison Cawthorn a 12-point victory over his opponent.”

Cawthorn’s workplace this week pointed Fox News to a denial Cawthorn issued in September: “I have never done anything sexually inappropriate in my life.”

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During Cawthorn’s marketing campaign, in October, greater than 150 former and present college students signed on in assist of a letter written by ten alumni blasting the then-candidate for his actions throughout his time at Patrick Henry College, the place he attended a semester earlier than dropping out. They wrote that his conduct “was marked by gross misconduct towards our female peers.”

The ten authors of the letter all knew Cawthorn throughout their time at college, and the 150-plus different signatories weren’t all on the faculty when the alleged conduct occurred. 

“During his brief time at the college, Cawthorn established a reputation for predatory behavior. His modus operandi was to invite unsuspecting women on ‘joy rides’ in his white Dodge Challenger. Cawthorn would take young women to secluded areas, lock the doors, and proceed to make unwanted sexual advances,” the letter read.

The former college students urged voters “to seriously reevaluate Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy in light of who he really is,” and urged them to “reject [him] at the ballot box.”

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One former acquaintance of Cawthorn, Katrina Krulikas, detailed in an Instagram post from August that when she was 17 and Cawthorn was 19, she agreed to a date with Cawthorn, and he took her to a “secluded field.” 

Krulikas stated that Cawthorn and he or she bought out of the automotive and began speaking about her intercourse life, which made her really feel uncomfortable as she hadn’t had a lot relationship expertise on the time.

She stated he requested her to sit down on his lap and he complied. He tried to kiss her however she pulled away, they usually continued to speak. Krulikas stated Cawthorn “quickly and forcefully” tried to kiss her once more. “He was much stronger than me. I recall being so startled that as he tried to grab me and I attempted to pull away, my hair was pulled instead and I got stuck in his chair. I had to yank out my own hair to free myself.

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A former classmate at Patrick Henry College said that Cawthorn invited her to take a ride with him in 2016. She said she wasn’t familiar with his reputation around campus, which she described as “charming however harmful,” before she accepted the invitation.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks because the House debates the objection to verify the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania, on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7. (House Television/AP)

“I was unaware of the warnings going around campus to not get in the car with him,” Caitlin Coulter instructed Fox News.

Coulter stated that one night time when she took a drive with Coulter he drove her to “the middle of nowhere Virginia.” 

“He asked about my purity ring and what that meant as far as my own sexual experiences. He made constant insinuations and my unease grew,” she stated. Coulter stated that when she rejected his advances, he “whipped the car around and headed back to campus at dangerously high speeds down one and two-lane roads. I was clutching the seat for most of the return journey and was relieved when I was able to leave the car. I remember feeling dirty and gross after the encounter.” 

Another classmate, Leah Petree, instructed Fox News that Cawthorn repeatedly requested her to go for a “fun drive,” at the same time as she reminded him she had a boyfriend.

Petree stated in the future Cawthorn got here into the cafeteria with Bock, his now-communications director, and Blake Harp, his now-chief of employees. They sat down at a desk with a gaggle of girls, together with Petree, and Cawthorn began asking members of the group what races they’d kissed or had bodily encounters with. Petree stated she might sense the discomfort of the opposite ladies on the small, conservative Christian faculty. She tried to defuse the scenario with a joke about solely relationship males who’re taller than her, at which level she stated Cawthorn turned hostile and instructed her she was “just a little, blonde, slutty American girl.” 

“That quote was ringing in my ears,” she stated. “I just froze, I can remember my eyes stinging with tears in my embarrassment of not knowing how to respond.” 

She stated she instructed her sister, who was a senior on the college, who instructed one other pal. Petree’s sister confirmed to Fox News that she was made conscious of the dialog on the time. Petree’s suitemate on the time, who was current for the lunch desk dialog, additionally confirmed the main points of the dialog to Fox News.

Cawthorn weeks later messaged her to ask her if she knew the person who confronted him outdoors of Chick-fil-A, the place Cawthorn labored, about calling her a slut. In messages shared with Fox News, Cawthorn stated he supplied to get espresso with the person to speak about it however the man was “strangely firm” concerning the scenario. 

Rep.-elect Madison Cawthorn speaks after successful the GOP major in North Carolina’s eleventh Congressional District.
(Photo Provided by Madison Cawthorn Campaign)

“In the message, he mentions that he’s in a wheelchair. The kind of guy who confronts someone in a wheelchair, he has some friends who would love to meet him. It felt very mob boss like he had friends who would beat up this unknown guy,” Petree stated.

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“I think that events were misconstrued,” Cawthorn told Fox News months ago when requested concerning the allegations. “My intentions were misunderstood. If I ever made somebody uncomfortable it was never my intention. It was never something I wanted to have happen. It was strange that, you know, just a mistake, an innocent mistake … could be turned into someone trying to ruin your entire life. It’s a wild world out there.” Cawthorn then spoke about cancel tradition and likened himself to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who confronted sexual misconduct allegations. 

In his September assertion, along with denying the accusations, Cawthorn stated: “If I have a daughter, I want her to grow up in a world where people know to explicitly ask before touching her. If I had a son, I want him to be able to grow up in a world where he would not be called a sexual predator for trying to kiss someone.”