A former newspaper reporter confirms Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to her the day after an inappropriate encounter at a B.C. music festival almost two decades ago.
The woman also confirms she is the reporter that was referred to in an editorial 18 years ago in the Creston Valley Advance that said she was groped by Trudeau while covering the event.
She says in a statement that appears to come from her email account that she did not take the matter any further at the time and doesn't plan to do so now.
She says she has never had contact with Trudeau again.
Trudeau has said he did not act inappropriately towards the reporter but acknowledges she may have had an entirely different perspective.
The Canadian Press has chosen not to name the woman to protect her privacy.
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