Australian lawmaker Lidia Thorpe alleges assault by ‘powerful men’ in parliament | Oneindia News

An Australian lawmaker alleged that she had been Sexually "assaulted" in parliament.

The lawmaker independent senator Lidia Thorpe detailed the allegations and narrated the ordeal while stating that the building was "not a safe place" for women to work.

In a tearful Senate address on Thursday, Lidia Thorpe said that she had been subjected to "Sexual comments", cornered in a stairwell, "inappropriately touched" and "propositioned" by "powerful men".

Thorpe had on Wednesday accused a fellow senator of "Sexually assaulting" her, before being forced to withdraw the remark under threat of parliamentary sanction #LidiaThorpe #Australia #DavidVan ~HT.99~PR.151~ED.103~