A 75 year-old journalist and writer E. Jean Carroll said she was raped by Donald Trump in the 1990s, the latest accusation against the US leader.
Carroll, a long-time columnist for Elle magazine and the author of five books, details an encounter with Trump in the mid-1990s in the upscale Bergdorf Goodman department store in midtown Manhattan.
According to Carrol’s account, Trump and Carroll recognised each other in the store, and Trump told her he needed to buy a gift “for a girl.”
The alleged assault occurred in the dressing room after Trump suggested Carroll try on a lace bodysuit. Carroll says Trump pushed her against the wall, and “forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me.” After three minutes, she was able to break free and run from the dressing room.
Carroll joins at least 16 other women who have made segxwal assault allegations against the president. In December 2017, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said all those women were lying.
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