Following allegations made in the Senate by Lidia Thorpe, Stoker alleges Van twice squeezed her bottom at a social event in 2020
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The former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker has accused David Van of inappropriately touching her, one of the “further allegations” that prompted the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, to dump him from the Liberal party room.
In a statement on Thursday, Stoker alleged that Van apologised for repeated squeezing of her bottom at a social event in 2020, which she described as inappropriate, “unprofessional and uninvited”.
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