Trudeau publicly addressed the groping allegations when he was hit with questions about it at a public event in Regina, Saskatchewan on Sunday as part of Canada Day festivities.
The alleged incident took place back in 2000 at a music festival in Creston, B.C. to raise money for an avalanche safety charity that Trudeau was involved in following the death of his brother two years earlier.
Trudeau, who was 28 at the time and known for being the son of former PM Pierre Trudeau, hadn't yet entered politics and was working as a teacher.
Days after the festival, the allegation that he groped a young female reporter appeared in an unsigned editorial in a local newspaper.
The allegations and newspaper report resurfaced last month when a blogger posted a snippet of the editorial on Twitter.
It has been a main subject in political discussions in Canada since it reemerged.
Forced to address the claims at the Canada Day event on Sunday, Trudeau told reporters that he didn't recall any 'negative reactions' from the festival.
'I remember that day in Creston well,' Trudeau said.
'I had a good day that day; I don't remember any negative interactions that day at all.'
The female reporter at the center of the allegations has not spoken out publicly in the years since the editorial was published in the Creston Valley Advance newspaper.
Multiple Canadian media outlets tracked the woman down earlier this year but she did not want to be associated with the story or be named.
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