LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A former college classmate of Kentucky state Rep. Daniel Grossberg alleges he assaulted her during their time at Grinnell College more than two decades ago, according to a report from the Lexington Herald-Leader.

The woman, Christina Ross, told the Herald-Leader Grossberg grabbed her wrist and tried to stop her from leaving her dorm room in 2005 after she repeatedly rejected his requests for sex.

Ross was an 18-year-old freshman at the time, while Grossberg was a 26-year-old senior. 

However, according to the Herald-Leader, Ross said her first contact with Grossberg began months earlier through MySpace while she was still 17 and living in California before arriving at Grinnell. The report said Grossberg first contacted her after she listed the college on her social media profile.

According to the report, Ross filed an incident report with the Grinnell Police Department days after the incident in her dorm occurred.

The report said Grossberg had become increasingly aggressive with Ross during their interactions leading up to that day in her dorm room, and alleged Ross told him "no" several times before ending the relationship.

Ross, now an educator in California, said she feared Grossberg would rape her if she was unable to get him to leave.

Grossberg denied the allegations in a statement.

"After twenty years, this is the first I am hearing of these false claims," Grossberg said. "None of this has ever come up before, because it did not happen." 

In a social media post Friday, the Kentucky Democratic Party called on Grossberg to resign, saying this new report shows a pattern of credible accusations.

"Rep. Grossberg's inappropriate and coercive behavior toward women is part of a pattern that clearly makes him unfit to serve," the party said in its statement. "Once again, we are calling on him to resign — but since he hasn't, we hope voters will do that for him later this month."

 

Previous allegations

These are not the first allegations brought against Grossberg.

Several women have accused him of sexual harassment since 2024. They claim he sent inappropriate text messages about their appearance and reached out to them late at night.

Grossberg is also banned for life from Foxy Lady Gentlemen's Club on Berry Boulevard in Louisville for inappropriately touching a dancer. Staff members said he was a regular, and often got aggressive with the dancers when he was drunk.

Members of the state's Democratic Party, including Gov. Andy Beshear, have repeatedly called for his resignation since these allegations, which Grossberg has also denied, surfaced.

"Nobody should face harassment in their place of work, in the capitol anywhere across the commonwealth," Beshear said during a news conference in 2024. "And when it appears a state rep is engaging in that type of conduct we just need to speak in one clear voice that it is absolutely unacceptable."

In February of this year, the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission gave Grossberg a public reprimand and ordered him to pay $2,000 to end the probe into the allegations.

Grossberg is currently seeking a third term representing House District 30 in Louisville. Because there are no Republican candidates running for that district, it is likely that whoever wins the primary vote May 19 will eventually win the seat.

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