ACTRESS ACCUSES GEORGE H.W. BUSH OF TOUCHING HER FROM BEHIND.

A television actress has accused former president George H.W. Bush of touching her from behind while she was posing for a photo alongside him and telling her a dirty joke.

People magazine reports Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that the incident took place while she was posing for a photo with Bush during a promotional tour for her AMC series “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” Lind appears alongside the 93-year-old Bush, who’s seated in a wheelchair, in a photo together at a Houston screening of the series in 2014.

Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement: “President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humour offended Ms. Lind.”

AARON M. SPRECHER/INVISION FOR AMC/AP IMAGES Former U.S. president George H.W. Bush, centre, sits between Heather Lind and former first lady Barbara Bush at a 2014 screening of the AMC series TURN in Houston. Lind has accused Bush of touching her and telling a dirty joke.