Arcuri tight-lipped on Johnson ‘affair’

THE US businesswoman at the centre of a storm over her links to Boris Johnson has refused to say whether they had an affair.

Jennifer Arcuri said she and Mr Johnson, who she saved on her phone as “Alex the Great”, bonded over their “mutual love of classic literature”.

The technology entrepreneur refused to answer when asked whether she had had a sexual relationship with Mr Johnson, but insisted that he “never ever gave me any favouritism”.

Ms Arcuri was speaking following a series of stories about her links to the prime minister during his tenure as London mayor.

Ms Arcuri said Mr Johnson had visited her flat a “handful” of times, adding that she did not have time for the media attention surrounding him when they met in public.

She added: “We tried having drinks out i n public or having l unch. It just became too much of a mob show, so I said ‘you just have to come to my office’.”

Ms Arcuri said that her office was in her Shoreditch flat, which also featured a pole-dancing pole.

She said the prime minister had been there “five, 10, a handful of times” and described him as “a really good friend”, adding: “It’s really not anyone’s business what private life we had.”

Ms Arcuri refused to answer questions on whether she had an “intimate relationship” with Mr Johnson.

She added: “Because the press have made me this objectified exmodel pole dancer, I am really not going to answer that question.

“Boris had nothing to do with my other achievements.”

Leaked emails suggest Mr Johnson was listed as a reference in her application for the role at Tech City.

Ms Arcuri was said to have been a 27-year-old student at the time of applying for the £100,000 a year job.”

Jennifer Arcuri