Third Woman Alleges Veteran NBC Journalist Tom Brokaw ‘Made a Pass at Me’

A third woman has now come forward to accuse veteran journalist Tom Brokaw of sexual harassment.

Freelance writer Mary Reinholz wrote in a piece Tuesday for The Villager that Brokaw “made a pass” at her 50 years ago in Los Angeles, while he helped her with a story. Reinholz said the “MeToo” movement brought back memories of her encounter with the former NBC Nightly News anchor from five decades ago.

“On a personal level, the movement ignited vivid memories for this aging freelance scribe. I recalled getting hit on by several powerful men in the news business during my 1960s young adulthood, among them NBC heavyweight Tom Brokaw, then anchor of the late-night KNBC affiliate in Los Angeles,” Reinholz wrote.

“For the record, Brokaw made a pass at me 50 years ago in my rented hillside house not long after he had obtained, on my request, the arrest record of a fraudulent advertiser for the now-defunct Los Angeles Free Press, granddaddy of the Southern California alternative press,” Reinholz added.

The accusation comes just days after two other women made similar accusations against Brokaw, which Brokaw denied.

Reinholz provided some details of her alleged interactions with Brokaw in the 1960s, including one time when she said the two were talking, “and then, abruptly, he was embracing me and giving me a French kiss.”

“I pulled away, reminding him that he was married and a tryst was out of the question,” Reinholz recalled.

“He said, ‘Yes, it would be unfair to Meredith,’ meaning his wife,” she added.

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