Clinton Strongly Denies Claims of Sexual Harassment

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — President Clinton on Wednesday emphatically denied all of the allegations made against him in Paula Corbin Jones’ sexual-harassment lawsuit and urged a federal judge to dismiss the case.

Using his strongest language in the case to date, Clinton said in a court filing here that the lawsuit was a “groundless attempt” by Jones and her conservative supporters to humiliate him.

He said he never sexually harassed Jones or any other woman. “President Clinton further denies that he discriminated against the plaintiff or had a custom, habit, pattern or practice of improper conduct with respect to any other women,” Clinton’s attorney, Robert S. Bennett, said in the court filing.

Jones has accused Clinton of exposing himself to her and asking her for oral sex inside a Little Rock hotel room in May 1991 while he was governor of Arkansas and she was a state employee. She says she was intimidated and was later denied promotions after refusing sexual advances by Clinton. She is seeking damages of $525,000.