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Rebecca Falconer

Joe Biden: 3 more women come forward with allegations

Former Vice President Joe Biden Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Another 3 women came forward to say they had uncomfortable encounters with Former Vice President Biden, The Washington Post first reported Wednesday night.

Details: Ally Coll, Vail Kohnert-Yount and Sofie Karasek told WashPost Biden had touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable. Several other women have made similar allegations against him. Biden said in a video post on Twitter post earlier Wednesday he understands "social norms are changing." "The boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset," he said.


The latest: Kohnert-Yount said Biden pressed his forehead to hers while introducing himself to her when she was a White House intern in 2013. "I was so shocked that it was hard to focus on what he was saying," she told Wash Post I remember he told me I was a 'pretty girl.'" She didn't believe Biden was harassing her but "it was the kind of inappropriate behavior that makes many women feel uncomfortable and unequal in the workplace."

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