Novelist and TV producer Daisy Goodwin has accused a Conservative mayoral hopeful of groping her 10 years ago.
Goodwin told the Times that in 2013 Daniel Korski sexually assaulted her by putting his hand on her breast during a meeting at 10 Downing Street.
He has denied the allegation “in the strongest possible terms”.
Goodwin, creator of the ITV drama Victoria, said she had met Korski – then a special adviser to David Cameron – to discuss a proposed TV show.
Goodwin told the Times she met the government special adviser – also known as spads – at a social event and he suggested they meet again.
She said Korski arrived late for their meeting, remarked on her sunglasses and said she looked “like Monica Bellucci, the 50-something Italian actress who had recently made headlines by appearing in a Bond film opposite Daniel Craig as an older woman”.
Goodwin said this felt “awkwardly flirtatious” and “odd”.
She said during the meeting Korski “put his feet on the edge of my chair, leaning back so that I could get a clear view of his crotch”.
“When we both stood up at the end of the meeting and went to the door, the spad stepped towards me and suddenly put his hand on my breast.
“Astonished, I said loudly, ‘Are you really touching my breast?’
“The spad sprang away from me and I left.”
A spokesperson for Korski said: “In the strongest possible terms, Dan categorically denies any allegation of inappropriate behaviour whatsoever.”
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