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Subject: 9 anonymously accuse Inouye
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 14:51:51 EST
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HONOLULU (AP) - Nine women have privately accused U.S.  Sen.  Daniel
Inouye of sexual harassment since his hair stylist accused the Hawaii
Democrat last month of sexually assaulting her 17 years ago, a state
lawmaker said.

Mr.  Inouye, 68, was re-elected to a sixth term Nov.  3 despite the
accusations of Lenore Kwock.  She said Mr.  Inouye attacked her when she
ran an errand to his Waikiki apartment in 1975 and that he later molested
her at her salon as she shampooed his hair.  Mr.  Inouye denied the
allegations.

Democratic state Rep.  Annelle Amaral, head of the House Women's
Caucus, told KHON-TV on Tuesday that she received "a number of calls from
people that have said to me that they were also victims of the senator."

Miss Amaral said she knows the identity of only two of the nine women.
She refused to disclose any identities, saying the women asked for
confidentiality.  She said some worked for Mr.  Inouye.

A former police officer who specialized in sex-abuse prevention, Miss
Amaral supported Mr.  Inouye's re-election bid.

Asked why she publicized the claims without any proof, she said: "I
believe it's important for elected officials to be held to a certain code
of conduct."

The allegations ranged from inappropriate touching to sexual
intercourse, Miss Amaral told the Honolulu Advertiser.  Some women claimed
multiple incidents of harassment, most of which allegedly took place in the
past 10 years, she said.

Miss Amaral said she did not encourage any of the women to go public
and doubts that any will.  "All of them were very clear in not wanting to
come forward," she said.

Mr.  Inouye denied the latest allegations through his Washington
office.

"We have a problem with nine shadowy figures that we have no chance to
confront," spokesman Nestor Garcia said.  "What evidence do they have to
substantiate the allegations?"

Miss Kwock's story became public when state Sen.  Rick Reed, Mr.
Inouye's Republican challenger, ran ads featuring statements she made in a
private conversation secretly recorded by a former Reed campaign worker.

Miss Kwock held a news conference to publicly repeat the allegations
against Mr.  Inouye.  But she said she felt she was used by Mr.  Reed.

Mr.  Reed later apologized to Miss Kwock for using the comments without
her permission.


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