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Daisy Goodwin: 'I was groped by 10 Downing Street official' | Daisy Goodwin: 'I was groped by 10 Downing Street official' |
(about 13 hours later) | |
A TV producer has said she was groped by a government official during a visit to 10 Downing Street. | A TV producer has said she was groped by a government official during a visit to 10 Downing Street. |
Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV series Victoria, told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David Cameron was PM. | Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV series Victoria, told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David Cameron was PM. |
Ms Goodwin said she was "cross" at the time, but did not report the incident. | Ms Goodwin said she was "cross" at the time, but did not report the incident. |
Downing Street said it took allegations seriously and officials would look into a formal complaint, should one be made. | Downing Street said it took allegations seriously and officials would look into a formal complaint, should one be made. |
Ms Goodwin said the official - who has not been named - invited her into an office at Number 10 for the meeting. | |
She said she was surprised when the man put his feet up on her chair and remarked that her sunglasses "made me look like a Bond Girl". | |
She said she tried to steer the conversation back onto professional matters, but added: "At the end of the meeting we both stood up and the official, to my astonishment, put his hand on my breast. | |
"I looked at the hand and then in my best Lady Bracknell voice said: 'Are you actually touching my breast?' | |
"He dropped his hand and laughed nervously." | "He dropped his hand and laughed nervously." |
Ms Goodwin said she left Downing Street in a state of "high dudgeon". | Ms Goodwin said she left Downing Street in a state of "high dudgeon". |
"I wasn't traumatised, I was cross. But by the next day it had become an anecdote, The Day I Was Groped In Number 10," she said. | "I wasn't traumatised, I was cross. But by the next day it had become an anecdote, The Day I Was Groped In Number 10," she said. |
Mr Cameron, who was prime minister between 2010 and 2016, said he was first made aware of this "serious allegation" on Monday. | |
His spokesman said he was "alarmed, shocked and concerned", and immediately informed the Cabinet Office. | |
'Keep Calm' | |
Ms Goodwin said recent revelations of alleged abuses had made her question whether she was wrong not to have made a formal complaint. | |
"Now, in the light of all the really shocking stories that have come out about abusive behaviour by men in power from Hollywood to Westminster, I wonder if my Keep Calm and Carry on philosophy, inherited from my parents, was correct? | |
"The answer is, I am not sure." | |
Hollywood has been rocked by allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein and others. | Hollywood has been rocked by allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein and others. |
At Westminster, several Conservative and Labour MPs are being investigated over claims of sexual misconduct. | At Westminster, several Conservative and Labour MPs are being investigated over claims of sexual misconduct. |
On Ms Goodwin's case, a Downing Street spokesperson said: "Allegations such as this are taken very seriously. | |
"The Cabinet Office would look into any formal complaint, should one be made." | "The Cabinet Office would look into any formal complaint, should one be made." |
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