Chile's 38-year-old president is accused of sexual harassment 10 years ago.

Gabriel Boric, 38, the youngest president in Chile's history, has been accused of committing sexual harassment more than a decade ago.The complainant

is said to have claimed that Boric molested him in 2013 when he was 27 years old and staying in his hometown of Punta Arenas.

Mr. Boric said in his lawyer that the allegations of sexual harassment were unfounded, but rather that the woman had sent dozens of emails, including indecent photos, to him without consent.

Chilean prosecutors confirmed they had received a woman's complaint in September and had set up a special team to investigate the case.

Mr. Boric entered politics when he was elected to the Bundestag in 2014, and he was already a celebrity as a student protest leader in 2013, when the incident took place.

Boric is a sitting president and is not subject to criminal prosecution, and his term is due in March 2026.

Local media reported that the opposition party criticizes the government for knowingly concealing and belatedly disclosing the alleged crimes.