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| US election 2016: Trump faces new sex assault allegations | US election 2016: Trump faces new sex assault allegations |
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| Two more women have come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, in the latest such allegations against the embattled Republican nominee. | Two more women have come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, in the latest such allegations against the embattled Republican nominee. |
| Former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos said the businessman forced himself on her at a Los Angeles hotel and began "thrusting his genitals". | Former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos said the businessman forced himself on her at a Los Angeles hotel and began "thrusting his genitals". |
| Kristin Anderson told the Washington Post he reached up her skirt and groped her in a New York club in the 1990s. | Kristin Anderson told the Washington Post he reached up her skirt and groped her in a New York club in the 1990s. |
| The Republican nominee branded the allegations as "lies and smears". | The Republican nominee branded the allegations as "lies and smears". |
| Ms Anderson, now 46, said the property mogul touched her through her underwear at a Manhattan nightspot when she was a waitress trying to make it as a model. | Ms Anderson, now 46, said the property mogul touched her through her underwear at a Manhattan nightspot when she was a waitress trying to make it as a model. |
| She said she was "very grossed out and weirded out". | She said she was "very grossed out and weirded out". |
| Ms Anderson said she turned round to find a man sitting on a red velvet couch whom she recognised instantly as the celebrity property mogul. | Ms Anderson said she turned round to find a man sitting on a red velvet couch whom she recognised instantly as the celebrity property mogul. |
| "He was so distinctive looking," she told the Washington Post, "with the hair and the eyebrows. I mean, nobody else has those eyebrows." | "He was so distinctive looking," she told the Washington Post, "with the hair and the eyebrows. I mean, nobody else has those eyebrows." |
| She added: "It wasn't a sexual come-on. I don't know why he did it. It was like just to prove that he could do it, and nothing would happen. | She added: "It wasn't a sexual come-on. I don't know why he did it. It was like just to prove that he could do it, and nothing would happen. |
| "There was zero conversation. We didn't even really look at each other. It was very random, very nonchalant on his part." | "There was zero conversation. We didn't even really look at each other. It was very random, very nonchalant on his part." |
| The newspaper said it had approached Ms Anderson after learning of her story through a third party, and she had spent several days deciding whether to go public. | The newspaper said it had approached Ms Anderson after learning of her story through a third party, and she had spent several days deciding whether to go public. |
| Mr Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said in a statement emailed to the Washington Post: "Mr Trump strongly denies this phony allegation by someone looking to get some free publicity. It is totally ridiculous." | Mr Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said in a statement emailed to the Washington Post: "Mr Trump strongly denies this phony allegation by someone looking to get some free publicity. It is totally ridiculous." |
| Meanwhile, Summer Zervos, a former contestant on season five of The Apprentice in 2006, said she was sexually assaulted by Mr Trump after she was invited by him to discuss job opportunities. | Meanwhile, Summer Zervos, a former contestant on season five of The Apprentice in 2006, said she was sexually assaulted by Mr Trump after she was invited by him to discuss job opportunities. |
| Ms Zervos, 41, told an emotional news conference in Los Angeles that she met him in 2007 in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where the businessman greeted her by kissing her on the mouth. | Ms Zervos, 41, told an emotional news conference in Los Angeles that she met him in 2007 in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where the businessman greeted her by kissing her on the mouth. |
| She said he asked her to sit next to him on a sofa where he "grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast". | She said he asked her to sit next to him on a sofa where he "grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast". |
| Ms Zervos fought back tears as she said Mr Trump attempted to lead her into the bedroom and "began thrusting his genitals", even as she fended off his advances. | Ms Zervos fought back tears as she said Mr Trump attempted to lead her into the bedroom and "began thrusting his genitals", even as she fended off his advances. |
| She said Mr Trump then began talking to her as if she were a candidate for a job interview. | She said Mr Trump then began talking to her as if she were a candidate for a job interview. |
| Ms Zervos, who described herself as a Republican, said she was subsequently offered a low-paid job at a Trump-owned golf course. | Ms Zervos, who described herself as a Republican, said she was subsequently offered a low-paid job at a Trump-owned golf course. |
| She was flanked during the press conference by well-known lawyer Gloria Allred, who has previously represented alleged sexual assault victims of entertainer Bill Cosby. | She was flanked during the press conference by well-known lawyer Gloria Allred, who has previously represented alleged sexual assault victims of entertainer Bill Cosby. |
| At the time of the alleged assault, Mr Trump was recently married to his third and current wife, Melania Trump. | At the time of the alleged assault, Mr Trump was recently married to his third and current wife, Melania Trump. |
| His campaign said he "vaguely remembers" Ms Zervos, but insisted the meeting at the hotel never happened. | His campaign said he "vaguely remembers" Ms Zervos, but insisted the meeting at the hotel never happened. |
| And during a rally in North Carolina on Friday, the Republican candidate said the several accusations were "sick" and fabricated. | |
| "I don't know who these people are. I look on television, I think it's a disgusting thing and it's being pushed, they have no witnesses, there's nobody around. | |
| "Some are doing it for probably a little fame, they get some free fame. It's a total set-up." | |
| Ms Zervos said she was spurred to come forward after Mr Trump denied during last Sunday's presidential debate ever having committed sexual assault. | Ms Zervos said she was spurred to come forward after Mr Trump denied during last Sunday's presidential debate ever having committed sexual assault. |
| He rebutted the suggestion on national television as he was asked about a leaked recording from 2005 in which he is heard bragging that he can force himself on women because he is a star. | He rebutted the suggestion on national television as he was asked about a leaked recording from 2005 in which he is heard bragging that he can force himself on women because he is a star. |
| Meanwhile, his campaign presented a British man who disputed the account of one of the accusers, Jessica Leeds. | |
| Ms Leeds, now 74, said that when she was 38 Mr Trump groped her on a flight to New York, acting "like an octopus". | |
| The New York Post reported that Anthony Gilberthorpe contacted Mr Trump's campaign to counter the claim. In an interview to the paper he said: "I was there, I was in a position to know that what she said was wrong, wrong, wrong." | |
| Mr Gilberthorpe made headlines in 2014 when he alleged that he had provided underage boys to British politicians for sex parties. | |
| Referring to Ms Leeds in the rally in North Carolina, Mr Trump said: "Believe me, she would not be my first choice, that I can tell you." | |
| Polls suggest Mr Trump is losing ground in some of the key battleground states against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with just 24 days until the election. | Polls suggest Mr Trump is losing ground in some of the key battleground states against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with just 24 days until the election. |
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