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| US Election 2016: Trump 'groped woman like an octopus' | US Election 2016: Trump 'groped woman like an octopus' |
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| Donald Trump is facing a series of allegations of inappropriate sexual contact, after US media outlets reported claims from several women. | Donald Trump is facing a series of allegations of inappropriate sexual contact, after US media outlets reported claims from several women. |
| Two women told the New York Times that the Republican presidential runner groped or kissed them. | Two women told the New York Times that the Republican presidential runner groped or kissed them. |
| A reporter for People magazine wrote a first person account describing being forcibly kissed by the property tycoon. | A reporter for People magazine wrote a first person account describing being forcibly kissed by the property tycoon. |
| Mr Trump's campaign have rejected the claims, describing the NYT article as "defamatory". | Mr Trump's campaign have rejected the claims, describing the NYT article as "defamatory". |
| His camp has made public a letter to the NYT threatening legal action unless the paper retracts the article, which it called "a politically-motivated effort to defeat Mr Trump's candidacy". | His camp has made public a letter to the NYT threatening legal action unless the paper retracts the article, which it called "a politically-motivated effort to defeat Mr Trump's candidacy". |
| The NYT said it was standing by its article. | The NYT said it was standing by its article. |
| Late last week, a video shot in 2005 emerged which showed Mr Trump making obscene remarks about groping women. | Late last week, a video shot in 2005 emerged which showed Mr Trump making obscene remarks about groping women. |
| He apologised for the comments - which were widely condemned - but described them as "locker-room talk". | He apologised for the comments - which were widely condemned - but described them as "locker-room talk". |
| Many top Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, have since distanced themselves from the businessman-turned-politician. | Many top Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, have since distanced themselves from the businessman-turned-politician. |
| But four Republican members of Congress who had urged Mr Trump to step aside have changed position, saying they backed their party. | |
| 'So upset' | 'So upset' |
| In the NYT, Jessica Leeds, 74, from Manhattan, said 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. | In the NYT, Jessica Leeds, 74, from Manhattan, said 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. |
| "He was like an octopus... his hands were everywhere," said Ms Leeds, who was 38 at the time. "It was an assault." | "He was like an octopus... his hands were everywhere," said Ms Leeds, who was 38 at the time. "It was an assault." |
| Rachel Crooks said she was kissed on the lips by Mr Trump outside a lift in Trump Tower when she was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate company there. | Rachel Crooks said she was kissed on the lips by Mr Trump outside a lift in Trump Tower when she was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate company there. |
| "It was so inappropriate," Ms Crooks told the paper. "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that." | "It was so inappropriate," Ms Crooks told the paper. "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that." |
| Neither women reported their accounts to the authorities, but both shared what happened to them with friends and family. | Neither women reported their accounts to the authorities, but both shared what happened to them with friends and family. |
| In People magazine, meanwhile, writer Natasha Stoynoff said an incident took place in December 2005, when she went to interview the Trumps ahead of their first wedding anniversary. | In People magazine, meanwhile, writer Natasha Stoynoff said an incident took place in December 2005, when she went to interview the Trumps ahead of their first wedding anniversary. |
| Mr Trump said he wanted to show her around their Florida estate, including one "tremendous" room. | Mr Trump said he wanted to show her around their Florida estate, including one "tremendous" room. |
| "We walked into that room alone, and Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat," Ms Stoynoff wrote. | "We walked into that room alone, and Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat," Ms Stoynoff wrote. |
| A spokesman said the account in People had "no merit or veracity". | A spokesman said the account in People had "no merit or veracity". |
| Another woman, Mindy McGillivray, now 36, told the Palm Beach Post she was 23 when Trump grabbed her bottom at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in 2003. | Another woman, Mindy McGillivray, now 36, told the Palm Beach Post she was 23 when Trump grabbed her bottom at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in 2003. |
| Her companion that day, photographer Ken Davidoff, told the newspaper he remembers her pulling him aside moments afterwards and telling him: "Donald just grabbed my ass!" | Her companion that day, photographer Ken Davidoff, told the newspaper he remembers her pulling him aside moments afterwards and telling him: "Donald just grabbed my ass!" |
| Mr Trump's campaign rejected this claim. | Mr Trump's campaign rejected this claim. |
| In other reports: | In other reports: |
| The Clinton campaign said the "disturbing" New York Times story "sadly fits everything we know about the way Donald Trump has treated women". | The Clinton campaign said the "disturbing" New York Times story "sadly fits everything we know about the way Donald Trump has treated women". |
| "These reports suggest that he lied on the debate stage and that the disgusting behaviour he bragged about in the tape is more than just words." | "These reports suggest that he lied on the debate stage and that the disgusting behaviour he bragged about in the tape is more than just words." |
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| A-Z guide to political jargon | A-Z guide to political jargon |
| Key issues - where candidates stand | Key issues - where candidates stand |
| Why this election will make history | Why this election will make history |