OMAHA — Nebraska governor candidate Charles Herbster’s campaign on Monday again challenged the accounts of two women who said Herbster groped them during a 2019 political fundraising dinner in Omaha.

The campaign issued a statement from Herbster’s paid personal assistant, Michelle Keithley. Keithley said in the statement that she rarely leaves Herbster’s side at “most political and social events.” Someone is “always there,” she said.

However, Keithley acknowledged in her statement that she wasn't with Herbster during the entirety of the 2019 Elephant Remembers dinner, where the two women said they were groped.

State Sen. Julie Slama has said Herbster reached up her skirt and touched her inappropriately while she walked by him at the dinner.

Then-legislative staffer Elizabeth Todsen has said that at the same event Herbster pulled her into a hug as they were shaking hands, and he grabbed her buttocks.

Todsen had originally spoken anonymously but came forward Friday, April 29 to share her identity. The other six women accusing Herbster have remained anonymous.

Slama's lawyer, Dave Lopez, said the legal process “will require Mr. Herbster, and others connected to him, including Ms. Keithley, to answer questions and make statements under penalty of perjury.” Herbster has sued Slama for defamation. Slama has counter-sued him for sexual battery.

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