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| US Election 2016: Trump 'groped woman like an octopus' | |
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| Two women have told the New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately, but the Republican candidate's campaign denies the report. | |
| One woman said the White House hopeful grabbed her breasts and attempted to put his hand up her skirt on a flight three decades ago. | |
| The second woman said Mr Trump kissed her on the mouth against her will at Trump Towers in 2005. | The second woman said Mr Trump kissed her on the mouth against her will at Trump Towers in 2005. |
| Mr Trump's campaign said "this entire article is fiction". | Mr Trump's campaign said "this entire article is fiction". |
| The New York Times was launching "a completely false, coordinated character assassination," a statement from his campaign said. | The New York Times was launching "a completely false, coordinated character assassination," a statement from his campaign said. |
| Jessica Leeds, 74, from Manhattan, told the paper she had been sitting next to Mr Trump in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York when he lifted the armrest and began to touch her. | Jessica Leeds, 74, from Manhattan, told the paper she had been sitting next to Mr Trump in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York when he lifted the armrest and began to touch her. |
| She was 38 years old at the time. | |
| "He was like an octopus... his hands were everywhere," she said. "It was an assault." | "He was like an octopus... his hands were everywhere," she said. "It was an assault." |
| Rachel Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate company in Trump Tower when she said she was kissed on the lips by Mr Trump outside a lift in the building. | Rachel Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate company in Trump Tower when she said she was kissed on the lips by Mr Trump outside a lift in the building. |
| "It was so inappropriate," Ms Crooks told the New York Times. | "It was so inappropriate," Ms Crooks told the New York Times. |
| "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that." | "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that." |
| Neither women has ever reported their accounts to the authorities, but both shared what happened to them with friends and family. | |
| Ms Leeds said she was "angry and shook up" after Mr Trump touched her. | |
| She said she quickly left the first-class cabin and returned to economy. | |
| Ms Leeds said she had largely put the encounter out of her mind until last year, when Mr Trump's presidential campaign took off. | |
| "His behaviour is deep-seated in his character," she said. "To those who would vote for him, I would wish for them to reflect on this." | |
| Ms Crooks said she "started hysterically crying" to her boyfriend after Mr Trump kissed her. | |
| She said Mr Trump later asked for her phone number, which he said he wanted to pass on to his modelling agency, but she never heard from them. | |
| On coming forward, she said: "People should know... this behaviour is pervasive and it is real." | |
| On Friday a 2005 video emerged which showed Mr Trump making obscene remarks about groping women. | |
| He apologised for the comments, but described them as "locker-room talk". |