Two ladies accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately

The New York Times has published a story on its website about how two ladies revealed they were touched inappropriately by Republican nominee Donald Trump some years back.

Jessica Leeds, one of the women, recounted in a video about how Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt while on a plane flying to New York in the year 1980.

Read also: Kenyan psychiatrist says Garissa University attacker not fit for trial

The other woman, Rachel Crooks, described how Trump forcefully “kissed me directly on the mouth” in 2005 outside the elevator in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where she was a receptionist at a real estate firm.

But in a swift response, Trump’s spokesman said his client is preparing a lawsuit against the New York Times while calling the accusations “fiction” saying there was no truth to the accounts by both women.

“This entire article is fiction, and for the New York Times to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against Mr. Trump on a topic like this is dangerous,” the Trump campaign’s senior communications adviser Jason Miller said in a statement.

RipplesNigeria …without borders, without fears

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now