Juanita Broaddrick
| Juanita Broaddrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Residence | Van Buren, Arkansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Nursing home administrator |
| Spouse(s) | Gary Hickey (divorced 1979) David Broaddrick (married 1981 - divorced 2004) |
| Children | Kevin Hickey (born, 1969 lawyer), grandson, two granddaughters |
Juanita Broaddrick is an American former nursing home administrator. She alleged in 1999 that United States President Bill Clinton raped her in April 1978 when she was 35 years old and he was Arkansas Attorney General. President Clinton's attorney, David Kendall, denied the allegations on his client's behalf. Clinton declined to comment further on the issue.
Rumors circulated about Broaddrick's allegations for many years, but she refused to speak to the media. In a sworn statement in 1997 with the placeholder name "Jane Doe #5," Broaddrick filed an affidavit with Paula Jones' lawyers stating there were unfounded rumors and stories circulating "that Mr. Clinton had made unwelcome sexual advances toward me in the late seventies... These allegations are untrue".
Nevertheless, speculation that Broaddrick had more to say on the matter persisted. Finally, in an interview with Dateline NBC that aired on February 24, 1999, Broaddrick told her story in public in full for the first time, this time stating that she had indeed been raped by Clinton. It is the most serious of the allegations among the Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations that emerged during the 1990s.
Broaddrick is from Van Buren, Arkansas, a town in the northwest part of the state. She attended Sparks School of Nursing from 1960 – 1963. She then worked as a registered nurse at several nursing homes. Around 1973 she decided she wanted to run a nursing home herself and so she bought one in Van Buren.
Juanita Broaddrick was first married to Gary Hickey. They had a son who was born around 1969. At the time of the alleged 1978 rape, she was having an affair with David Broaddrick, who also was married to another person.
Broaddrick, who was known as Juanita Hickey at the time, first met Clinton when he made a visit to her nursing home during his 1978 gubernatorial campaign. Clinton was Arkansas Attorney General at the time. Broaddrick wanted to volunteer for the campaign, and says Clinton invited her to stop by the campaign office in Little Rock. She contacted the office a few weeks later while in the area for a nursing home conference. Clinton said he would not be in the campaign office that day and suggested they meet at her hotel’s coffee shop instead. Upon his arrival, however, he allegedly requested that they instead have coffee in her room to avoid a crowd of reporters in the lobby. Broaddrick agreed.
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