Report: Walker encouraged woman to have second abortion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The woman who says Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for a 2009 abortion claims he encouraged her to have one other abortion two years later, in accordance to a brand new report. She declined to have the second abortion, in accordance to the report, and the connection ended.

The New York Times, which revealed the report late Friday, mentioned it withheld the title of the woman, who insisted on anonymity to defend her son. Walker’s marketing campaign declined to remark to the Times.

The report was certainly one of a number of new revelations that surfaced late Friday, capping a dramatic week in a marketing campaign that might decide management of the U.S. Senate. Walker is difficult incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in one of the crucial carefully watched races heading into subsequent month’s midterm elections.

In a short interview with NBC News, Walker mentioned he didn’t learn about an abortion.

“The first I knew about any of this was when some reporter asked me about an abortion. And I’m like, ‘No, that’s a lie.’ And then I was asked if I paid for an abortion, and I said: ‘No. I did not pay for an abortion,’” Walker advised the community. “I’m not saying she did or didn’t have one (an abortion). I’m saying I don’t know anything about that. I don’t know.”

The Walker marketing campaign offered NBC with textual content messages of the unnamed woman texting Walker’s spouse in regards to the abortion on Friday morning. That, Walker advised NBC, was the primary time he confirmed the woman’s identification. NBC, just like the Times, withheld the woman’s title.

“Did you know Herschel paid for my abortion the first time? Or that he told me it wasn’t the ‘right time’ to have (their current child)?” the woman wrote in a 9:54 a.m. textual content message to Julie Walker, the candidate’s spouse.

“This message makes me incredibly sad. You know I have continually tried to bridge a better relationship between you and Herschel putting (the child) first,” Julie Walker responded.

Meanwhile, the Daily Beast, which first reported earlier this week that Walker paid for the 2009 abortion, revealed particulars offered by the woman in regards to the candidate’s involvement with their baby. Walker, in accordance to the Daily Beast, has not seen the kid in individual for greater than six and a half years. He has met the kid a complete of thrice, in accordance to the report, which the outlet mentioned it corroborated with images offered by the woman. Two of these situations, the report mentioned, have been associated to baby assist proceedings.

The woman additionally offered the Daily Beast with screenshots of textual content messages Walker has despatched to the kid, together with one from July wherein the candidate didn’t inform the kid in regards to the existence of a 3rd half-sibling.

“You have the brother and sister I told you about. Love you,” Walker wrote, in accordance to the Daily Beast.

Walker later texted the kid an image of the opposite half-sibling, in accordance to the report, saying “This picture never went.”

Walker incessantly texted the kid messages that learn “love you.” The tempo of the messages, the report mentioned, elevated as Walker ready to announce his Senate marketing campaign.

Walker’s marketing campaign declined to remark to the Daily Beast.