The presidential campaign for former Vice President Joe Biden has returned a donation from Louis C.K., who was accused of sexual misconduct by five women.
Louis C.K. once sold out large arenas like the Forum in Inglewood. Now he’s playing 2,000-seat theaters as he tries to write his own post-#MeToo playbook.in 2019, but has been widely shunned by the entertainment — and now political — community.
The presumptive Democratic nominee’s image has taken some hits from sexual misconduct allegations as well. Last week, a former aide to Biden, Tara Reade, alleged in interviews with the Associated Press that BidenA representative for Biden called Reade’s allegation “untrue,” adding, “this absolutely did not happen.”
Earlier in the Democratic primary, several women — including Reade — accused Biden of unwanted touching in the form of hugs, hand holding and other actions.
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