Eliza Cooney, who started working for the Kennedys out of college in 1999, told USA Today she moved into the family home in Mount Kisco, New York, and was "shocked" by how quickly RFK Jr. started acting inappropriately.

She detailed several interactions with the would-be presidential candidate, including one in which she says he blocked her in a kitchen pantry while groping her and another when he started rubbing her leg under the kitchen table—allegations first raised in a Vanity Fair story.

Cooney told USA Today she’s “not doing this to try to stall his nomination or upend the confirmation,” but is “just doing it for the public record.”

After she spoke to Vanity Fair about her experience in July, Cooney said she received a text from Kennedy in which he said he had "no memory" of the incidents but apologized "for anything I ever did that made you feel uncomfortable or anything I did or said that offended you or hurt your feelings."

Kennedy addressed Cooney's allegations on the "Breaking Points" podcast in July on which he said, "I am not a church boy" and, when asked if he was denying the assaults, said, "I’m not going to comment on it.”

Kennedy is one of several men who have been accused of sexual misconduct to be tapped by Trump for cabinet positions in his second administration—Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth also face accusations—and Cooney said she’s shocked by how prevalent the issue is in modern times: “Have we made any progress? This is like a rewind,” she said.