Third woman accuses Tom Brokaw of sexual misconduct – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] A third woman has come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct against longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. Last week Variety and the Washington Post ran pieces on Brokaw, accusing him of sexual predation by a former NBC correspondent named Linda Vester. According to Vester, in the 1990s, Brokaw tried to force her into kissing him on more than one occasion and groped her in a company conference room. Another woman, who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity, claimed Brokaw acted inappropriately toward her during the ’90s as well when she was a young production assistant and he was an anchor. Brokaw claims no such incident happened. Now a third woman has come forward with similar accusations against Brokaw. Mary Reinholz, a veteran reporter, claims that Brokaw, who was married at the time, attempted to kiss her 50 years ago after assisting her with a story. “We talked and then, abruptly, he was embracing me and giving me a French kiss,” Reinholz wrote in Th...