Robert F Kennedy Jnr says he has ‘skeletons in my closet’ after sexual assault allegation
The photo was taken in 2010, according to the digital file’s metadata, the article said, the same year Kennedy was diagnosed with a parasite in his brain. He has since fully recovered, his campaign has said.
Reuters was not able to independently confirm details of the photograph.
The Vanity Fair article also said that in 1998 Kennedy and his then-wife Mary Richardson hired a 23-year-old woman, Eliza Cooney, as their part-time babysitter, who told the magazine that Kennedy groped her in the family kitchen.
I have so many skeletons in my closet that if they could all vote, I could run for king of the world
Cooney told Reuters on Tuesday that the details in the Vanity Fair article on the assault were accurate.
When asked about the allegation, Kennedy told a podcast on Tuesday: “I am not a church boy.”
“I had a very, very rambunctious youth,” he told podcaster Saagar Enjeti. “I said in my announcement speech that I have so many skeletons in my closet that if they could all vote, I could run for king of the world.”
When pressed if he denied the sexual assault allegation, Kennedy said: “I’m not going to comment on it.”