Boris Johnson Tried to Get City Hall Job for Woman He Had an Affair With, Report Says
Boris Johnson reportedly tried to hire a young woman who claims he abused his position to have a sexual relationship with her during his time as mayor of London.
Johnson, who announced his resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom on Thursday, tried to get her a job at City Hall just weeks after meeting her, according to The Times.
The woman, who spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity for legal reasons, has finally decided to come forward after deciding that the public should know. The Times reports that she recorded a confrontation with Johnson in 2017 in which she told him she was “really shaken and upset” by what had happened between them in 2008, when Johnson was serving as the mayor of the British capital. She is said to have told him that she finally decided to “stand up for” herself, expressing frustration with the fact that, as she described it, her genuine passion for politics as a young woman had been manipulated into a sexual relationship.