A decade-old video of Donald Trump bragging about his sexual conquests triggered a sudden onslaught of sexual assault allegations this week that have been dismissed by the Republican presidential nominee as categorically false.
Multiple women have come forward with accusations that date back to the 1980s, describing various situations in which the presumptuous billionaire kissed and groped them without their consent.
In addition to mocking and insulting his accusers, Trump has simultaneously rejected their allegations as part of a “coordinated attack … orchestrated by the Clintons and their media allies.”
Trump promised on Thursday to release “substantial evidence” to exonerate himself, but no such proof had been shared by his campaign at press time. Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks did not return the Washington Examiner’s request for further details.
1) Jessica Leeds: The former traveling businesswoman told the New York Times that Trump grabbed her breasts and attempted to put his hand up her skirt while they were seated next to each other during a flight to New York in the 1980s. “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere,” she said.
2) Rachel Crooks: Cooks claimed that Trump kissed her on the lips when she was working as a secretary in 2005 for a real estate investment company located inside his gilded Manhattan skyscraper. She was 22 years old at the time.
3) Kristen Anderson: While visiting a New York City nightclub with a group of girlfriends in the 1990s, Anderson said a strange man seated next to her reached over, slid his hand up her miniskirt and touched her vagina. She immediately recognized the man as Trump when she stood up to flee the scene and looked back.
4) Natasha Stoynoff: The People Magazine reporter had been visiting Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Fla. in 2005 to interview the billionaire and his third wife, Melania, for a cover story about their wedding anniversary. In a first-hand account published Wednesday, Stoynoff claimed that Trump “push[ed] her against a wall and forc[ed] his tongue down my throat” while giving her a private tour of his beachside resort.
5) Summer Zervos: Zervos appeared on the fifth season of Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.” On Friday, Zervos said she and Trump had met to discuss a potential employment opportunity over dinner in 2007, but he had ended up taking her to a bungalow at the Beverly Hills hotel where she alleges that he “began thrusting his genitals” against her and “tried to kiss me.”
A former "Apprentice" contestant describes alleged unwanted sexual advancements made by Donald Trump. https://t.co/X4MLlkzyXK— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 14, 2016
6) Cassandra Searles: The 2013 Miss USA contestant claimed in a Facebook post earlier this summer that Trump treated her and fellow pageant contestants “like cattle” and “continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room.”
7) Mindy McGillivray: Like Stoynoff, McGillivray alleges that she was groped by Trump during a visit to Mar-a-Lago. She accompanied a photographer friend to a concert at the beachside club 13 years ago and claims that Trump grabbed her rear while he was standing just feet away from Melania. “It was pretty close to the center of my butt. I was startled. I jumped,” McGillivray told the Palm Beach Post.
Below is a chronological timeline of the accusations that have been leveled against Trump:
