New sexual allegations against Donald Trump by several women

Two women have told the New York Times that Donald Trump groped them inappropriately, but the Republican candidate's campaign has denied the report.

One woman said Mr. Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to shove his hands up her skirt on a plane three decades ago.

Another woman said Mr. Trump kissed her on the lips against her will in 2005 at Trump Tower in New York.

Mr. Trump’s campaign said that “this entire article is fictional.”

The statement from the headquarters said that the New York Times had launched a "completely false and coordinated operation to assassinate the character" of Mr. Trump.

Jessica Leeds, 74, of Manhattan, New York, told the newspaper that she was sitting next to Mr. Trump in the first class section on a flight to New York when he lifted the armrest and began touching her.

“He had his hands everywhere like an octopus,” she said. “It was actually an assault.”

Rachel Crooks also says that when a 22-year-old secretary was working at a company in Trump Tower, Mr. Trump kissed her on the lips outside an elevator in the tower.

"It was inappropriate behavior. I was very, very angry that he thought I was such an insignificant person that he could do that," she told the New York Times.

Neither woman has previously reported the matter to authorities, but said they have discussed it with family and friends.

“Angry and shocked”

Ms Leeds said she was "nervous and shocked" after the incident and immediately left the first class cabin and went to economy.

He said he had more or less forgotten the incident until last year, when Mr. Trump's election campaign began.

"His behavior is rooted in his personality. My wish is that those who are planning to vote for him reflect on this issue," he said.

Ms Crooks said she was “crying uncontrollably in front of her boyfriend” after Mr Trump kissed her.

She said Mr. Trump later approached her and asked for her phone number to give to a modeling agency, but she never heard back.

“People need to know… this behavior is normal and real for him,” he said.

The campaign of Mr. Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton said the New York Times report "unfortunately confirms the picture we have of Donald Trump's treatment of women... These reports show that he lied during the (second) debate and that the disgusting behavior he boasted about in the 2005 video was more than just words."

Meanwhile, Mindy McGillivray told the Palm Beach Post that in 2003, when she was 23, Mr. Trump grabbed her buttocks at his club, Mar-a-Lago, in Florida.

He said Mr. Trump did this while standing next to Melania Trump, his then-fiancée.

Mr. Trump's campaign has called the claim "without merit or credibility."

Mr. Trump is several percentage points behind his rival Hillary Clinton in the latest national polls.

Last Friday, a video from 2005 was leaked in which Mr. Trump speaks proudly and in vulgar terms about women's handkerchiefs.

He later apologized for his remarks but said the men's talk was "locker room" talk, meaning it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Source: BBC Persian