A second woman on Wednesday accused Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of coercing her to obtain an abortion.
The woman, who refused questions from the media and did not give her name during a remote press event organized by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, called Mr. Walker “a hypocrite and not fit to be a U.S. senator.”
Mr. Walker, a former college football star and NFL player, is tied with Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael G. Warnock in the latest polls for the Georgia Senate race.
Mr. Walker has campaigned as a pro-life candidate. The latest abortion accusation is likely to raise more questions about his past.
Earlier this month, an ex-girlfriend said Mr. Walker paid for her to have an abortion and asked her to get a second abortion.
He admitted sending her a check for $700 but denied pressuring her to terminate the pregnancy.
Mr. Walker denied the latest allegation at a campaign event Wednesday and said it was politically motivated by his opponent.
“I’m done with this foolishness,” Mr. Walker said later in a statement. “This is all a lie, and I will not entertain any of it. Raphael Warnock got crushed in the debate — and now Democrats will say and do anything to hang on to power. Well, I’m Herschel Walker, and they picked the wrong Georgian to mess with. I’m not backing down the stakes are too high. Warnock and his crew can live in the gutter, I will not live there with them.”
In the latest accusation, Ms. Allred and the woman presented to reporters evidence that they said proved the woman had a six-year affair with Mr. Walker beginning when he played for the Dallas Cowboys more than 30 years ago and when Mr. Walker was married.
Ms. Allred would not say whether there is a receipt for the abortion.
The woman said when she found out she was pregnant in 1993, Mr. Walker “encouraged me to have an abortion and gave me the money to do so.”
She went to a clinic but left without having an abortion. The woman said Mr. Walker escorted her back to the clinic and paid for the abortion.
“I was devastated because I felt I had been pressured into having an abortion,” the woman said.
Mr. Walker, she said, then distanced himself from her and she now believes Mr. Walker took advantage of her love for him and made “false promises” about the two being together permanently.
“He has publicly taken the position that he is about life and against abortions under any circumstances, when in fact he pressured me to have an abortion and personally ensured it occurred by driving me to the clinic and paying for it,” the woman said via a Zoom press conference.
The woman said she’s a registered independent and voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
“I do not believe Herschel Walker is morally fit to be a U.S. senator and that is why I am speaking up and providing proof,” the woman said.
Ms. Allred said those who vote for Mr. Walker are endorsing dishonesty.
“This is about the values of every voter in Georgia who decides to vote for him,” Ms. Allred said. “Because if they’re voting for him, then they are expressing their values that it’s OK to lie.”
Mr. Allred said the woman is revealing the story now, “because she needs to tell her truth at this point.”
• Susan Ferrechio can be reached at sferrechio@washingtontimes.com.
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