Novelist insists accusation of impropriety is groundless and that he regrets not denying it immediately
Junot Díaz has categorically denied kissing the novelist Zinzi Clemmons in his first interview since he was publicly accused of inappropriate behaviour by three women.
Clemmons confronted the Pulitzer prize-winning author at the Sydney Writers festival in May, speaking from the audience during a panel discussion, later tweeting that she had invited Díaz to speak at a workshop when she was “an unknown wide-eyed 26-year-old, and he used it as an opportunity to corner and forcibly kiss me”. Clemmons’s accusation was followed by allegations from fellow writers Carmen Maria Machado and Monica Byrne, who both said that Díaz had been verbally aggressive towards them.
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