Republican Groping Scandals | Conservative Sex Scandals

A conservative media and Hollywood culture helps propagate toxic masculinity ideas that women are attracted to men who are overly aggressive, and that if men are persistent enough then women will find that attractive and eventually reciprocate.

So, it's no surprise that within a Republican party that has embraced sexism and misogyny, many men think it's acceptable to grope women. And they think they'll get away with it because they think it's acceptable. Trump famously bragged about groping women, had multiple scandals involving groping women and won the 2016 Republican primary with ease, the general election and the 2020 Republican Presidential primary. A toxic conservative culture that's regressive towards women makes it seem alright.

So here we track Republicans who groped women and wonder about the many, many, many more that probably got away with it because of toxic culture that makes conservative women less likely to come forward and a fear of shamelessly being smeared and attacked in the media by right-wing victim hating misogynists.

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  • ACU Chair Matt Schlapp
    Fondled Herschel Walker campaign staffer Carlton Huffman in the crotch without his consent and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to go back to his room while also being married and then paid Huffman $480,000 through an insurance policy to settle his sexual harassment lawsuit out of court
    27 Mar 2024
    According to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast
  • ACU Chair Matt Schlapp
    Stripped down to his underwear and grinded against another male without his consent at a fundraising event in Florida while also being married
    16 Dec 2023
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Slipped his hand under Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson's blazer and skirt after wrapping his arms around her backstage during Trump's rally just before the 1/6 insurrection
    20 Sep 2023
    According to a book excerpt first reported by The Guardian
  • ACU Chair Matt Schlapp
    Inappropriately touched a colleague's employee without their consent during a CPAC event in Palm Beach, Florida
    26 Aug 2023
    According to a report by the Washington Post
  • Rene Pedrosa [Spokesperson]
    Cupped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before grabbing his hand and placing it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web page
    14 Aug 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Lawyer Boris Epshteyn
    Groped two young women's breasts, crotches and other parts of their bodies without consent and continued to assault them even after they demanded he stop after he cornered them inside his booth at an Arizona night club where an employee reported he had spent "like fifty grand" on drinks that night
    10 Aug 2023
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • State Rep. Fabián Basabe [R-FL]
    Told his male legislative aide "I want all of that butt" and then slapped it while they were standing in the back of an elementary school classroom full of children during a Career Day event while also being married
    07 Jul 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
  • State Rep. Fabián Basabe [R-FL]
    Groped and tried to kiss his male legislative intern while being driven home from an alcohol-fueled event at a local bar and then unsuccessfully tried to convince the intern to come up to his hotel room to have sex while also being married
    07 Jul 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
  • City Council Member Matthew Reilly [R-RI]
    Molested a 12-year-old girl and was ordered to be held without bail due to the seriousness of his crimes
    08 Jun 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal
  • Grabbed potential employee Derek Myers' crotch without his consent while they were alone in his office and then told him "my husband is out of town tonight if you want to come over" which he declined
    05 Feb 2023
    According to a firsthand account from the alleged victim who also filed an official complaint with the U.S. Capitol Police and the House Ethics Committee
  • Mayor Jaron Rosien [R-IA]
    Slid his hand up a male victim's thigh, groped his genitals and kissed him on his cheek (or ear) which "was in no way consented to" by the victim after hours at a bar he owned while also being married to his husband
    24 Jan 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Elijah Schaffer [Podcaster]
    Drunkenly grabbed a co-worker's breasts without her consent while they sat next to each other in a crowded movie theater while also being married at the time
    06 Oct 2022
    According to an inhouse investigation resulting in his firing
  • Aron Peña [Staff Leaders]
    Forcibly kissed and groped a congressional intern and ignored her pleas to stop after creating a situation where they would be alone in his car together
    16 Sep 2022
    According to an allegation filed by the alleged victim and reported by mainstream media
  • Aron Peña [Staff Leaders]
    Inappropriately touched and kissed a congressional intern without her consent while he was working for the Texas Republican Party
    16 Sep 2022
    According to an exclusive report by Current Revolt
  • Perry Hooper Jr. [Trump Campaign AL Co-Chair]
    Grabbed a restaurant hostess's breasts, kissed her neck and shoved his pelvis into her and then taunted that he'll "get away with it" because he's a member of a politically connected family while also married with three children
    23 Aug 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Gary Busey [Conservative Actor]
    Grabbed two women's buttocks without their consent during a meet and greet at a horror film convention
    22 Aug 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Gary Busey [Conservative Actor]
    Put his face inches away from a woman's breasts and asked where she got them from before trying to unhook her bra strap during a meet and greet at a horror film convention
    21 Aug 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Commissioner Richard Braswell [R-NC]
    Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married
    29 Jun 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Daniel Snyder [NFL Owner]
    Tried to remove a female Washington Commanders employee's clothes, groped her and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him in a private area of his chartered plane out of view of the other passengers while also being married
    21 Jun 2022
    According to allegations made by the alleged victim first reported by The Washington Post
  • SBC President Johnny Hunt
    Groped a Southern Baptist Conference pastor's wife 24 years his junior under her shirt, pulled down her shorts and forcibly kissed her without consent after he gained entry into her condo presumably because she didn't have any reason to be concerned about him
    23 May 2022
    Independent firm hired by the SBC found the victim's allegations credible, Corroborated by three witnesses the firm found to be credible, Corroborated by a counseling minister who worked with the victim and her husband
  • Charles Herbster [2021 NE GOP Gov. Candidate]
    Inappropriately groped and touched eight women aged from their late teens to mid-20's at political events, beauty pageants and other functions over a five-year period
    14 Apr 2022
    According to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska Examiner
  • Charles Herbster [2021 NE GOP Gov. Candidate]
    Reached up the skirt and fondled a state senator's bare leg and groped another young woman's buttocks in front of a roomful of people at a public event
    14 Apr 2022
    According to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska Examiner
  • Daniel Snyder [NFL Owner]
    Grabbed a Washington Commanders employee's thigh without her consent while seated at a crowded restaurant table and later that same night followed her out of the restaurant, put his hand on her lower back and "aggressively" pushed her toward his limo and only let her go when his own lawyer stepped in and stopped him while also being married
    04 Feb 2022
    According to Congressional testimony by the alleged victim
  • Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
    Drunkenly unhooked a 25-year-old junior lobbyist's bra and massaged her thigh without her consent at a table full of lobbyists at an Irish pub while he was married with two children
    19 Mar 2021
    According to the alleged victim who publicly accused Reed of groping her
  • State Rep. Bill Brough [R-CA]
    Incessantly subjected a legislative staffer to "extremely offensive and non-consensual physical contact" and peppered her with "repeated and unwanted advances" over a yearslong period while also being married
    05 Dec 2020
    According to a report by local ABC affiliate Eyewitness News
  • State Rep. Bill Brough [R-CA]
    Inappropriately touched and unsuccessfully propositioned three female congressional staff members over a decade-long period while also being married with two children
    Dec 2020
    According to an investigative report by The Orange County Register
  • Shoved his tongue down aspiring actress Amy Dorris's throat and groped her without consent when she was away from view of her boyfriend in his box at the 1997 US Open Tennis Championships while he was married to Marla Maples
    17 Sep 2020
    Corroborated by her mother and friend whom she called immediately after the alleged assault, Corroborated by her therapist and numerous friends she confided in the years since the alleged assault, Pictured with Trump at the time
  • IN Attorney General Curtis Hill [R]
    Drunkenly walked up and grabbed a legislative assistant's buttocks and told her and the group of women she was standing with that they'll "have to show a little skin!" if they wanted free drinks, creepily rubbed another legislative assistant's back for over two minutes and inappropriately touched a state lawmaker and another legislative assistant all at the same party which resulted in the state Supreme Court reprimanding him for committing the "criminal act of battery" and suspending him for 30 days
    11 May 2020
    According to a final ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court
  • Placed his hands in the "most inappropriate places" like a woman's hip, buttocks or "on the boob. Every time" when he met a model for the first time and would often "immediately put his mouth" on theirs without first asking for consent or giving them a chance to move their mouth away from his while he was married to Ivana
    21 Oct 2019
    Firsthand account from model NaKina Carr who was both a victim and witness to Trump's transgressions
  • Grabbed and fondled a model’s breasts under the guise of "inspecting" her bra’s fabric backstage at a lingerie show while he was married to Marla
    21 Oct 2019
    Firsthand account from model NaKina Carr, Confirmed by multiple unnamed eyewitnesses verified by Cosmopolitan Magazine
  • Fondled a model's breasts backstage at a lingerie show using the pretense of "examining" the bra's fabric
    21 Oct 2019
    According to a book excerpt from "All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator" published by Cosmopolitan magazine
  • Grabbed Mar-a-Lago resident Karen Johnson by her vagina and pulled her behind a tapestry where he kissed and fondled her without consent while knowing Melania was upstairs at the same time
    09 Oct 2019
    Firsthand account from Karen Johnson, Corroborated by documents and pictures, Confided in a friend about the assault years before Trump first ran for office
  • State Rep. Jeff Hoover [R-KY]
    Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old legislative staffer more than 50 times over a three-year period subjecting her to what she testified as "nearly daily touching" including groping between her legs while seated next to her at large political functions and then secretly settled a lawsuit she filed against him in order to prevent her allegations from becoming public while being married the entire time
    16 Jan 2019
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]
    Touched a female Army contractor without her consent and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him in a room he had just locked while also being married
    26 Oct 2018
    According to accuser Chelsea Scarlett and reported on by the Topeka Capital-Journal
  • City Council Member Jeff Miller [R-IN]
    Rubbed his hands in-between the thighs of a 10-year-old girl, cupped her buttocks, put his hands up her shirt and touched her bra strap and gave her massages with a battery-powered device that wasn't remotely age-appropriate and ignored her repeated pleas for him to stop
    15 Aug 2018
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • State Rep. David Byrd [R-TN]
    Inappropriately touched and kissed three underage girls on the high school basketball team he coached while also being married with young children
    27 Mar 2018
    According to firsthand accounts of the alleged victims first reported by local a TV station
  • State Sen. Jeff Kruse [R-OR]
    Slid his arms down legislative intern Adrianna Martin-Wyatt's breasts and inappropriately touched her in other ways including grabbing her hips, caressing her shoulders and standing nose-to-nose when they talked over a yearlong period
    19 Feb 2018
    According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victims and first reported by The Oregonian
  • State Sen. Jeff Kruse [R-OR]
    Inappropriately hugged and grabbed legislative intern Anne Montgomery's thighs without consent while also subjecting her to questions about her sex life with her husband and other sexualized discussions over a yearlong period
    19 Feb 2018
    According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victims and first reported by The Oregonian
  • State Sen. Jeff Kruse [R-OR]
    Grabbed and "cupped" a lobbyist's behind during a photo opportunity
    06 Feb 2018
    According to allegations made by the alleged victim and reported by local media
  • Steve Wynn [Fmr. Wynn Resorts CEO]
    Allegedly cornered a subordinate against a wall, grabbed her waist and attempted to forcibly kiss her, but she was able to push him away and escape while also being married
    27 Jan 2018
    According to an exclusive report by The wall Street Journal
  • State Rep. Brandon Hixon [R-ID]
    Sexually assaulted and molested two girls including a young female relative over a ten-year period
    11 Jan 2018
    According to an exclusive interview with his ex-wife who found out and turned him in
  • James Rosen [Fox News D.C. Correspondent]
    Grabbed a female Fox News reporter's breast without her consent inside of a taxi and then retaliated against her professionally after she rebuffed his advances while also being married with young children
    10 Jan 2018
    According to interviews with four former colleagues at Fox News and reported by NPR
  • State Rep. Dan Johnson [R-KY]
    Digitally penetrated, fondled and forcibly kissed a 17-year-old member of his church in the basement of his home as she begged him to stop while also being married
    11 Dec 2017
    According to an investigate report by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
  • State Sen. Randy Baumgardner [R-CO]
    Slapped and grabbed a legislative aide's buttocks four separate times in a three-month period during work inside the state Capitol building while also being married
    28 Nov 2017
    According to a formal complaint filed by the alleged victim first reported by public radio station KUNC
  • State Sen. Jeff Kruse [R-OR]
    Approached state Sen. Sara Gelser from behind and according to her "ran both of his hands and arms down my shoulders and across my breasts", "squeezed me in a hug with his hands on my hips" and laid his head on her shoulder which left her "stunned and frozen"
    15 Nov 2017
    According to a formal complaint filed by state Sen. Gelser
  • Roy Moore [2017 GOP AL Senator Nominee]
    Allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl by undressing and groping her over her underwear and bra in addition to having her place her hand over his underwear when he was a 32-year-old lawyer
    09 Nov 2017
    According to multiple collaborated witnesses in an investigative report by The Washington Post
  • State Sen. Jack Latvala [R-FL]
    Routinely grabbed five female senate staff and lobbyists buttocks, breasts and other parts of their bodies and threatened to retaliate against them by refusing to take meetings with them if they complained about his behavior while also being married
    03 Nov 2017
    According to an investigative report by Politico
  • State Sen. Jeff Kruse [R-OR]
    Subjected state senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward to "unprofessional and inappropriate" touching that included "very close hugs" which made her so uneasy that she refused to be alone with him
    21 Apr 2017
    According to a formal complaint filed by state sen. Ms. Steiner-Hayward
  • State Rep. Mark Lovell [R-TN]
    Grabbed a legislative staff's breasts and buttocks and physically prevented her from walking away from him and also inappropriately touched a second woman while visibly drunk -- drinking rum and colas to excess is apparently a common occurrence for him -- after attending five events hosted by lobbyists and businesses with free alcohol and food while he was married with three children
    14 Feb 2017
    According to an investigation conducted by the state house Ethics Committee
  • "Really grabbed" Miss Finland 2006 Ninni Laaksonen's bottom as they both were sitting backstage at the Late Show with David Letterman which left her "disgusted"
    27 Oct 2016
    According to an exclusive report by Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat
  • Grabbed yoga instructor Karena Virginia's chest and scoffed "Don't you know who I am?" after she reflexively pulled away from him
    20 Oct 2016
    According to statements reported on by the alleged victim
  • Moved his hands up the skirt of first-class passenger Jessica Leeds "like an octopus" that had "40 zillion hands" and also groped her breasts in an incident she described as an "assault" that she only escaped from by retreating to a seat in coach while also married to Ivana
    14 Oct 2016
    Leeds testified under oath about the alleged encounter
  • Grabbed photographer's assistant Mindy McGillivray's bottom without her consent at Mar-a-Lago and then "looked away quickly" of which the photographer recalled her saying at the time, "Donald just grabbed my ass!"
    12 Oct 2016
    According to multiple collaborated witnesses in an investigative report by The Palm Beach Post
  • Hugged Miss New Hampshire Bridget Sullivan “just a little low" on her backside in a way a "creepy uncle" would do at a party promoting the 2000 Miss USA pageant
    09 Oct 2016
    According to an exclusive report by BuzzFeed News
  • Repeatedly grabbed Miss Washington Cassandra Searles's buttocks and asked her to come to his hotel room to presumably have sex while he was married to Melania
    17 Jun 2016
    Firsthand account from Searles
  • Immediately "started right in on the groping under the table" of American Dream Calendar Girls vice president Jill Harth after he demanded to sit next to her at a large dinner party
    18 Apr 2016
    According to firsthand witness accounts in an investigative report by The Boston Globe
  • Forced American Dream Calendar Girls vice president Jill Harth into Ivanka's bedroom at Mar-a-Lago and grabbed her "intimate private parts" and tried to kiss her without her consent which made her so nauseated that she "vomited profusely" while he was engaged to his soon-to-be wife Marla
    18 Apr 2016
    Firsthand account from Harth in a sworn deposition, Corroborated by then-boyfriend George Houraney in a sworn deposition
  • Speaker Dennis Hastert [R-IL]
    Sexually abused and molested four teenage boys -— the youngest being only 14-years-old —- during his time as a high school educator and wrestling coach while he was married
    10 Apr 2016
    According to court filings submitted by federal prosecutors
  • Matt McCullough [2022 GOP PA State Sen. Nominee]
    Drunkenly “grabbed and squeezed” a strip club employee's chest without her consent and then refused to leave after police ordered him to
    20 Oct 2014
    According to a police report filed by local officials and first reported on by LevittownNow.com
  • City Council Member John McGee [R-ID]
    Firmly grabbed a female staffer's buttocks without her consent while also being married
    01 Nov 2012
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Federal Judge Samuel Kent [R]
    Touched court employee Cathy McBroom under her clothing on two occasions which she likened to "being molested and groped by a drunken giant” and constantly solicited her for sexual favors over a period of six years while being married the entire time
    11 May 2009
    According to court records reported by the media