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Former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, faces accusations from a nuclear disarmament activist that he sexually assaulted her in 2014 during a meeting at his home.
The criminal complaint accuses him of rape, the Associated Pressreported. Arias denies the charges.
“I have never acted in disrespect of the will of any woman,” Arias said in a brief statement in which he also emphasized his work on behalf of gender equality.
President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and 2006 to 2010, Arias received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in nearby Central American nations. He is still one of the most powerful figures in Costa Rica, where he runs a foundation that promotes peace and democracy, the New York Times said.
His accuser, Alexandra Arce von Herold, said he touched her breasts and penetrated her with his fingers without her consent.
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