Robert F Kennedy Jr brushes off sexual assault allegation: ‘I am who I am’

Independent candidate says I am not a church boy' after ex-nanny tells Vanity Fair he assaulted her at his home in 1998

Robert F Kennedy Jr has responded to an allegation that he sexually assaulted an employee by stating: I am not a church boy," as scrutiny grows over his long-shot run for the presidency.

The independent candidate, who is seen as a threat by both the Biden and Trump campaigns, made the statement after his former babysitter told Vanity Fair that Kennedy assaulted her at his home in 1998.