Jennifer Arcuri says she is heartbroken at the way Boris Johnson has treated her. (Screen grab, ITN)A US businesswoman at the centre of controversy over whether Boris Johnson showed her inappropriate favouritism amid an alleged affair said on Sunday she had been left "heartbroken" and "humiliated" by the British prime minister. Jennifer Arcuri, who is accused of getting privileged access to foreign trade jaunts and grants when Johnson was previously London mayor, told Britain's ITV he was treating her like "some fleeting one-night stand". "When the story broke half the people that reached out told me to categorically deny, deny, deny," she said. Arcuri was reportedly given £126 000 ($163 000) in public money and privileged access to three foreign trade missions led by then-mayor Johnson.

Source: News 24 November 17, 2019 09:11 UTC