The local newspaper La Nacion Thursday reported another accusation of sexual misconduct against former president Oscar Arias. The accusation was made by a woman named Pilar Baeza, 65 years old, who said that Mr. Arias exposed his penis, touched her breasts and tried to attack her sexually.
 
According to the local newspaper, the events took place in 2008 in Mr. Arias’ home in Rhomoser, Sabana, when Mrs. Baeza was visiting to him.

In the interview, Mrs. Baeza told the reporter that it all started when, "we were talking and suddenly he has thrown at me to touch my breasts. I was in shock, and I remember talking to him loudly. I told him, what's wrong with you?! He replied: 'Do not tell me you do not want me to touch you.' I answered strongly that I did not want to! I was very angry and scared. He remained seated and put his hands to undo his trousers until he showed me his penis and then he told me: 'Pilar you spend the night with me, we are alone and the butler is not there either; the house is locked and you cannot go.'"

According to Mrs. Baeza's statements, she was very angry and demanded that Mr. Arias open the door, to which he finally agreed and then she left the house.

With this, there are now nine women who have reported similar behavior. Two have already made an official complaint in the Prosecutor's office of Gender.

As A.M. Costa Rica has reported, the Prosecutor's office for Gender registered two criminal complaints against the former president for alleged sexual assault. One complaint was made by a woman surnamed Arce and the other by a woman surnamed Morales.  Those accusations were registered as file #19000098994-PE in the Prosecutor's office and are subject to investigation.

The first formal complaint made by Mrs. Arce, was filed as a rape accusation against Mr. Arias.

According to Mrs. Arce’s testimony, "he grabbed me from behind and touched my breasts. I told him no and that he was married, that was my no. I did not know what I really did, and I thought that it was the only line of defense, because I had this fear: if I refused he would not cooperate with us anymore. He kept touching me, he has put his fingers in my vagina and he touched me and kissed me. And then he told me to wait a moment and he left the office. I was like I did not know what to do, I felt trapped at that moment."

The second official denounced for the alleged crime of sexual abuse, was made by a woman surnamed Morales. According to her, the events took place in 2015 at Mr. Arias home. He had sent her a message on Facebook to invite her to visit him to give her a book.

"He stood in front of me next to the door that was closed. I'm taller than him, however, he grabbed my head, I had loose hair, he grabbed me, he forced me to get closer to his body, then with one of his hands he touched my breasts over my clothes and then he kissed me against my will. I was frozen, I did not know what to say, the only thing I could think was to tell him 'Don’t Oscar, I have to go'. He did not tell me anything. He did not move away. I was shocked. I did not expect something like this from a person so recognized and whom I admired very much."

The other sixth accusations of similar behavior went public in newspapers.

Another woman, also surnamed Morales, published an article entitled "My bad experience with Óscar Arias" in the magazine Profile (Perfil). In the article, she explained that in 2013 she "had an interview with Arias about the arms trade treaty at his house. When at the end of the interview he sat at his desk to look for some photos on his computer. He said to me (with a gesture) that I would sit on his leg so we could see the screen. I remember that I mentioned that:  if his wife was not going to get angry? His wife was on the cover of our magazine in February of that year, I told him that I had interviewed her and that she was an admirable lady. The situation did not go further. There was no sexual assault, luckily," she said.

Another was journalist Emma Daly, who works for the Human Rights Watch organization and who made public accusations in an interview in the Washington Post. According to Ms. Daly, Mr. Arias groped her in 1990 when she was a reporter covering Central America issues, and Mr. Arias was also at the Intercontinental Hotel in Managua, Nicaragua.

Ms. Daly said she asked a question and instead of answering the question, Mr. Arias put his hand between her breasts and exclaimed, "You're not wearing a bra." Ms. Daly said that she responded, "Yes, I am."

Another was a woman surnamed Antillón who, in an interview covered by local newspaper La Nacion, said that when she was 25 years old, she was working as a press adviser for Arias in the electoral campaign of the National Liberation Party before the 1986 elections.

"I was sitting in front of his desk, he came to me, took my hand and put it on his erect penis, I pushed him and I stood up and he threw himself at me. He grabbed me by the shoulders, threw me against a closet and began to touch me. With the noise, somebody began to knock on the door. From then on I did not accept to be alone with him," said Ms. Antillón.

Another was a woman surnamed Marroni, who worked in 2012 as the editor of the book of former president Arias entitled: "Con Velas, Timón y Brújula." She said former president Arias touched her leg and offered her to give a massage.

Another was a woman surnamed Fontana who published her accusation on social networks at #YoTeCreo, which is similar to #MeToo. According to Ms. Fontana, 38 years ago she worked in the offices of the politic party Vanguardia Popular in Barrio Escalante in San José. According to Ms. Fontana, when she left work Mr. Arias followed her in his car and invited her to get into his car. This happened two times.

"On two occasions one of the guys got out of the car, he made some compliments and asked me to get on his car, I did not agree, this guy was Óscar Arias, who continued, following me with his car, on Monday nights," Mrs. Fontana said.