Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman when she was interning at the Cheyenne law firm where he worked as a lawyer during the summer of 1982.

Tatiana Maxwell posted the details of her accusation against Murray in a social media post Monday, that she reiterated in a phone interview with the Star-Tribune on Thursday.

'[Murray] wrestled me down to the carpet in front of the receptionist desk, opened his pants, lifted up my blouse and ejaculated on my stomach,' she wrote.

Murray has denied the allegations.

Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray has been accused of sexually assaulting Tatiana Maxwell at the Cheyenne law firm where they both worked during the summer of 1982

Maxwell said she has never forgotten about the alleged incident since the day she recalls it happening.

'This is not a comfortable thing to talk about,' Maxwell said. 'It hasn't been a comfortable thing for 35 years, but it's the right thing to do.'

'As the issue has grown across our country, my experience comes back to the forefront of my mind,' she said.

Maxwell recalled the encounter took place with Murray at a law firm that was then named Dray, Madison and Thompson, not long after her graduation from high school.

'He was about five years older than I, I believe, and launching his career at the law firm I suppose,' Maxwell said of Murray.

'He was older, handsome and from an old Cheyenne family but I didn’t really know him,' she wrote in the post.

Maxwell said she was sitting with Murray in the office after working hours at his invitation, where the receptionists worked, when things got inappropriate.

'[In 1982, Murray] wrestled me down to the carpet, opened his pants, lifted up my blouse and ejaculated on my stomach,' Maxwell wrote in a social media post Monday that is no longer up

'Ed and I had never gone out, hadn’t really talked much or knew each other well so when the talk quickly came to how attracted he was to me and he started putting his hands on me and tried to kiss me I was completely uncomfortable,' Maxwell said.

Maxwell said Murray tried to unbutton her pants while she resisted, and told him that she was a virgin.

'[Murray] wrestled me down to the carpet in front of the receptionist desk, opened his pants, lifted up my blouse and ejaculated on my stomach,' she wrote.

'[I was] disgusted and horrified.'

'One of the unforgettable memories was of him handing me the box of Kleenex from the receptionist’s desk to clean myself up after he was finished,' she said.

'It was confusing to know what to do. I really liked my job and was worried that telling someone would get me fired.'

Maxwell didn't think at the time to report the incident to the police, she said, because she wasn't 'physically hurt.'

Maxwell said that Murray has tried to apologize to her, after he married one of her classmates.

One such instance occurred at a high school reunion, Maxwell said.

'At one point he singled me out at the milk can dinner in the barn and told me he wanted to apologize for what had happened almost a decade before but, again, he couched it in terms that I was irresistible and he couldn’t control himself,' she said.

Murray, who is considering running for governor, said he was 'shocked and appalled' by Maxwell’s account of the alleged incident in 1982, in a statement issued Thursday

Maxwell said she decided to publicly detail the incident to set an example for her daughters.

Murray, who is considering running for governor and the Star-Tribune reported to be one of the leading Republican candidates should he choose to run, said he was 'shocked and appalled' by Maxwell’s account of the alleged incident in 1982, in a statement issued Thursday.

This baseless claim about an encounter thirty-five years ago is unequivocally false,' he said.

'There is no basis to this falsehood whatsoever and it is deeply hurtful to me and to my family, as well as to everyone I serve.

'As a husband of thirty-one years and the father of four incredible daughters, I take my role as an advocate for women with utmost importance.

'While I am deeply disturbed by this false allegation, I choose to allow this to serve as a reminder of how important it is to be an advocate for the courageous women and men who have spoken out against a very serious problem in our country.'

The law firm where Maxwell alleges the incident took place is now named Dray, Dykeman, Reed and Healey.

A partner at the firm, Gregory Dykeman, confirmed to the Star-Tribune that Maxwell worked at the company for a 'short period' and that Murray was an associate attorney there.

'(W)e have no employment records this far back, so I cannot give you any more accurate dates or other information,' Dykeman said.

During the Summer of 1982, Maxwell went by her maiden name, Tatiana Laybourn.

Maxwell appears to have deleted her original social media post from Monday.