There may be other women, hints writer 'groped by Tory hopeful’

Daisy Goodwin, who claims Mr Korski touched her breast, said she received “many messages of support” and “had been contacted by other women with some very interesting stories.”

- Ross Lydall, Nicholas Cecil and Jonathan Prynn

THE Conservative mayoral selection race descended further into crisis today as the TV producer who accused Daniel Korski of groping her in Downing Street revealed she had made a formal complaint to the Cabinet Office.

Daisy Goodwin, who claims Mr Korski touched her breast, said she received “many messages of support” and “had been contacted by other women with some very interesting stories.”

Government ministers “paused” support for Mr Korski’s bid to win the Tory mayoral nomination — as the party faced questions about whether it had “given up” on the capital and any hope of defeating Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan in next year’s City Hall elections.

The crisis escalated for the Tories, dragging Rishi Sunak’s Government further into the controversy, just hours before Prime Minister’s Questions.

Ms Goodwin, in an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, said: “Since I wrote my piece I have been contacted by other women with some very interesting stories, which clearly I can’t talk about for legal reasons. I feel entirely justified in having written the piece and naming him.”

Mr Korski, who was David Cameron's deputy policy chief at the time he met Ms Goodwin in 2013, has denied the allegation.

He said he would “absolutely” not be quitting the race and said he highlighted the allegation during the vetting process for the Tory mayoral shortlist. “I didn’t do what’s been alleged,” he told Talk TV. “I believe firmly that I’m innocent.” Ms Goodwin, asked about Mr Korski’s denial, told the BBC: “That is what tends to happen in these situations. I think people have to decide who they choose to believe.”