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'I just broke down': Corey Lewandowski accuser 'upset' by his return to Trump campaign

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A woman who previously accused Donald Trump campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a holiday party seven years ago is speaking out now that he's returned to the former president's orbit.

Lewandowski, who was Trump's first campaign manager, ultimately reached an agreement with prosecutors to dismiss misdemeanor battery charges in exchange for community service, a $1,000 fine, enrollment in an impulse control class and an apology to Trashelle Odom, who spoke to CBS News about the 2021 ordeal.

"He was targeting just me, his eyes were just on me," Odom recalled, saying that Lewandowski steered the conversation to sex. "He said that I should go work out with him in his bedroom … and he was saying how large his privates were and saying how long he lasts in bed because of how much he works out."

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"I felt like I was his prey," she added. "He was very persistent, aggressive."

Lewandowski later threw a drink at her and laughed when she confronted him, and Odom said she was stunned when Trump asked him to join his 2024 re-election campaign.

"I just broke down," Odom said. "I was very, very upset. He has his power back."

Odom's ex-husband, GOP donor John Odom, had asked for his $100,000 to Jeff Landry's ultimately successful campaign for Louisiana governor after he hired Lewandowski as a political adviser last year, and she said Trump himself gave the impression he was finished with Lewandowski when called her not long after she reported him to police.

"He was very kind and said things to make me feel like Corey would not be there anymore," Odom said.