A woman who had an affair with Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has accused him of a forced sexual encounter in a graphic report by the state authorities probing the matter, the media reported.
In a sworn testimony, the woman accused Greitens of forcing her into a "bear hug" and putting her on the floor when she attempted to leave his basement in 2015, Politico news quoted the 25-page report as saying on Wednesday night.
She testified that Greitens then forced her a sexual encounter while she was crying "uncontrollably", the report said.
The report was released by a special committee of the Missouri House of Representatives, which convened to investigate Greitens after he was indicted in February on a charge of invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a non-consensual nude photo of the woman.
The woman's former husband has also alleged that Greitens, a Republican in his first term, threatened to blackmail her with the photo.
Greitens has admitted to the affair but denied that he ever tried to blackmail the woman.
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State House Speaker Todd Richardson said the "testimony outlined in the report is beyond disturbing" after its release.
Ahead of the document's release, Greitens said at a press conference that the report would include only "lies and falsehoods" and repeatedly bashed the investigation against him as a "political witch hunt", Politico reported.
Greitens stepped down from his position on the Republican Governors Association's executive committee and has kept a much lower profile.
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