AN SNP worker has claimed he was sexually harassed by two Nats MPs in London pubs.
The party staffer alleged that the accusations have been “swept under the carpet” by the SNP.
And he accused Nats Westminster chief Ian Blackford of an “ambush” after he was called into a meeting to accept an apology from one of his alleged abusers.
The party worker claimed one male MP inappropriately touched him when he was 19 – and alleges a female MP drunkenly asked him for sex in a separate incident.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been informed of the accusations, the Daily Record reported.
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The man claimed the first alleged harassment incident took place in The Water Poet pub in London in 2016.
He said: “I was sitting on a couch speaking with colleagues and he perched himself on the side of the couch.
“At that point, he started putting his fingers down the back of my collar, touching me inappropriately there.”
The Nats worker said he didn’t report the incident initially because he didn’t want to go “head to head” with an MP – but it was flagged by a witness.
The party staffer claimed he was called into a meeting with Ian Blackford and his alleged abuser, who was sitting on a couch crying.
He said: “At that time, I felt the only thing I could say was that it was okay. I wasn’t going to tear this guy down in front of me. It was pretty hard for me to watch.”
He added: “I wouldn’t view this as mediation. I would view it as ambush.”
But the SNP have claimed that the individual’s account of the meeting with Mr Blackford is “highly inaccurate”.
He claimed the second alleged incident involved a female MP in Westminster’s Strangers Bar last January. He said: “She was sitting on one of the barstools having a glass of wine and was clearly very, very drunk.
“She was grabbing my hand, pulling me closer and saying to me things like, ‘You should come home with me.’ She was saying things that were completely inappropriate in terms of what she wanted to do when I went home with her.”
An SNP spokesperson said: “The individual has been provided information on the appropriate ways to raise a complaint and offers of support.
“The picture painted of the meeting in Ian Blackford’s office is highly inaccurate. That’s why it is essential for everyone involved that due process is followed.
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“Advice has been offered on how to make a formal complaint so that a proper investigation can be carried out.”
The party staffer added: “They have happily swept this under the carpet. Now that I’m complaining about it, they are wanting to shunt me somewhere else where the process is harder.”
The female MP denied the accusations of sexual harassment to the Daily Record.
She said: “I am aghast at these utterly absurd and malicious allegations which are completely without any foundation whatsoever.”