"Tara Reade recently came forward to allege Biden, when she worked for him as a Senate staff assistant in 1993, pushed her up against the wall and penetrated her with his fingers. Biden's presidential campaign has vehemently denied the allegation.
"In the time since Reade came out with her allegation, her brother and an unnamed friend have backed up her story, saying they were told either about the assault or harassment at the time.
"A former neighbor of Reade's from the 1990s, Lynda LaCasse, corroborated Reade's version of events to Business Insider on Monday.
" 'I remember her saying, here was this person that she was working for, and she idolized him," LaCasse said. "And he kind of put her up against a wall. And he put his hand up her skirt, and he put his fingers inside her. She felt like she was assaulted, and she really didn't feel there was anything she could do."
" 'She was upset. And the more she talked about it, the more she started crying. I remember saying that she needed to file a police report," LaCasse said, before acknowledging that she doesn't "remember all the details," but does "remember the skirt. I remember the fingers."
"LaCasse, a former medical staff coordinator and emergency room clerk, and Reade lived next to one another in 1995 and 1996 in an apartment complex near the beach in Morro Bay, California. LaCasse said Reade confided in her because they had a close connection as they were both mothers and their young daughters would swim in the complex's pool together.
" 'She didn't ask me to [come forward]," LaCasse said. "I volunteered to do that just recently. If this was me, I would want somebody to stand up for me. It takes a lot of guts to do what she's doing.' " . . .
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