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‘She’s not my type’ – Trump on rape accuser

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June 25, 2019

US President Donald Trump on Monday once again vigorously denied allegations by a magazine advice columnist that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990 s in a New York department store dressing room, adding : “ She’ s not my type. ”

Trump made the comment in an interview with The Hill , a political news outlet , that touched on the allegations from E . Jean Carroll, who says in her new book that the alleged rape occurred in the mid – 1990 s .
“ I’ ll say it with great respect : Number one , she ’ s not my type . Number two , it never happened . It never happened , OK ?” Trump said in the interview , which was conducted in the Oval Office .

The president added that Carroll was “ totally lying ” when she made her claims .

“ I know nothing about this woman . I know nothing about her , ” he said .
Carroll’ s account , revealed last week in an excerpt of her new book that was published by New York magazine , makes her at least the 16 th woman to have accused Trump of sexual misconduct before he became president .

She said that in a chance encounter at the Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan , Trump — then a real estate developer — asked her for advice on buying lingerie for an unnamed woman.

Then jokingly , they each suggested that the other should try it on .
“ The moment the dressing- room door is closed , he lunges at me, pushes me against the wall , hitting my head quite badly , and puts his mouth against my lips, ” wrote Carroll, who works for Elle magazine.
Pinning her against the wall , Carroll says , Trump proceeded to pull down her tights, unzip his pants and penetrate her — all while himself fully dressed — until she finally managed to push him out and run from the dressing room.

On Monday, Carroll told CNN that he “ just went at it ” after he cornered her .
“ It was a fight, ” she said .

“ With all the 15 women or 16 who have come forward , it ’ s the same . He denies it . He turns it around . He attacks . And he threatens. ”
Carroll never went to the police because , she said , she was afraid of repercussions.
( AFP )