Trudeau Says Nothing ‘Untoward’ Led to Past Groping Allegation

Justin Trudeau said he doesn’t believe he acted inappropriately in an interaction with a reporter 18 years ago, but acknowledged she might feel differently.

The Canadian prime minister responded when asked about an unsigned editorial that appeared in the Creston Valley Advance newspaper in 2000, which recently resurfaced in reports by the National Post, Canadian Broadcast Corp. and others. The editorial accuses Trudeau -- then 28 and not yet in politics -- of “groping” and “inappropriately handling” a young female reporter, and quotes him saying he wouldn’t “have been so forward” had he known she was representing a national news outlet.