Donald Trump hits back at sex assault allegations and slams claims he forcibly kissed reporter
The billionaire said he was going to sue the New York Times and blasted journalist Natasha Stoynoff at Florida rally saying the stories were 'vicious' and 'absolutely false'
DONALD Trump has hit back at allegations he sexually assaulted a number of women saying they are "false and slanderous in virtually every respect."
The billionaire said he was preparing to sue the New York Times, and claimed a number of major newspapers and TV networks were working with Bill and Hillary Clinton to smear him.
Speaking at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, his supporters let out a deafening cheers as he told them: "These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false.
"And the Clintons know it.
"And they know it very well.
"These claims are all fabricated.
"They're pure fiction and they're outright lies.
"These events never, ever happened."
Trump has claimed at least one of now six women who has claimed he attacked them sent gushing letters and emails in the years since he allegedly groped her, and asked him for a job.
His legal representatives sent a letter to the paper asking for the story to be taken down, to which they responded, and declined.
Trump said of the story: "The failing New York Times wrote a massive story attacking me, 'and the central witness they used said the story was false, that she was quoted inaccurately. She said I was a great guy ... and never made those remarks.
"We demanded a retraction, but they refused to print it."
He added: "The story was a fraud and a big embarrassment to the New York Times.
"They were very embarrassed! It will be part of the lawsuit we are preparing against them!";
He also trashed People Magazine reporter Natasha Stoynoff, who claimed he pushed her against a wall and kissed her in 2005.
This was in between sections of an interview with him and his wife Melania at their Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump responded: "I ask a very simple question. Why wasn't it part of the story that appeared 12 years ago? Why wasn't it part of the story?"
He added somewhat boastfully: "I was one of the biggest stars with The Apprentice. And it would have been one of the biggest story of the year."
Trump then claimed he has already identified witnesses who said the account was false: "This invented account has already been debunked by eyewitnesses who were there. They were there. "
He then said they were in a public area which could be seen through glass: "The very witness identified by the author has already said the story was absolutely false. People all over the place. You take a look."
Trump then added: "Look at her. Look at her words. You tell me what you might think. I don't think so."
Trump has been accused of sexual assault by six women in recent days.
Jessica Leeds described in detail to the how she was “attacked” by the Republican presidential nominee when she sat next to him on an airplane and branded his actions “assault”.
In an interview with on Thursday she went into more detail about the incident.
Speaking to Anderson Cooper she recalled her ordeal went on for 15 minutes: "That's long enough" she told him, and revealed Trump tried to kiss her as well as putting his hands on her.
"(He kissed me) all over, wherever he could find a landing spot."
"He was grabbing my breasts and trying to turn me towards him, and kissing me.
"Then after a bit, that’s when his hands started, I was wearing a skirt, his hands started going up my leg and past my knee."
She said when she saw Trump two years later he recognised her and referred to her when talking as that "blank" from the airplane. She wouldn't reveal what offensive word "blank" was.
When asked about his denial and threats to sue she told the CNN anchor; "good luck to him."
A third woman came forward on Wednesday claiming Trump had 'assaulted' her.
She said was groped by Trump 13 years ago at his Mar-a-Lago mansion.
Mindy McGillivray, 36, told the he grabbed her backside when she helped a photographer who was covering a concert at the billionaire's Palm Beach manor.
The fourth woman who made a claim about his behaviour was Cassandra Searles, who is a former Miss USA contestant.
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She won Miss Washington in 2013, and shared a picture of the other models who took part in the Trump-owned pageant.
Searles called Trump a "misogynist" who "treated us like cattle" and "lined up so he could get a closer look at his property"
Jennifer Murphy, who was axed from the fourth season of the reality show, said the billionaire invited her to come and see him after she had left the show because he was impressed with her work.
She flew to San Diego a few months later to audition , and she says he started to flirt with her, saying she was "just so beautiful."
Murphy says she took it as a compliment: "It made me feel special, that Donald Trump saw things in me."
Women who were taking part in a beauty pageant have also branded Trump "creepy."
They said he would walk backstage while naked girls as young as 15 were changing.
Tasha Dixon, who was 18 when she competed in the Miss USA pageant, also alleged the billionaire's staff would pressure girls to "fawn over" him while they were half-naked.
And Temple Taggart McDowell, who represented Utah aged 21-year-old in 1997 at the Miss USA pageant in Shreveport, La., said Wednesday night Trump kisssed her on the mouth: "
The continuing stream of women who have been speaking out about his alleged behaviour, now appears to be causing him problems in the polls.
now has a nine point lead in the in what is considered an important battleground - the state of Pennsylvania.
The poll was carried out on Friday October 7 until Tuesday October 11, so those who took it knew about the 2005 'p****' video, as well as Sunday night's TV debate.
However it finished before the numerous allegations about his inappropriate treatment of women had been made public.
But despite the allegations, on Thursday, Trump's supporters still seem to be very much behind him.
To support from the crowd, at the rally, he put the blame at the feet of Clinton and her powerful political network.
He said: "They knew they would throw every lie they could at me and my family and my loved ones.
But I never knew - as bad as it would be - I never knew it would be this vile, that it would be this bad, that it would be this vicious."
To the roar of his supporters he said: "Nevertheless, I take all of these slings and arrows gladly for you. I take them for our movement so that we can have our country back."
A man in the audience shouted: "Braveheart."
Meanwhile on Thursday, Michelle Obama entered the political fray and blasted Trump.
DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN STATEMENT DENYING THE ALLEGATIONS
'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.
To reach back decades in an attempt to smear Mr Trump trvializes sexual assault, and it sets a new low for where the media is willing to go in its efforts to determine this election.
It is absurd to think that one of the most recognizable business leaders on the planet with a strong record of empowering women in his companies would do the things alleged in this story, and for this to only become public decades later in the final month of a campaign for president should say it all.
Further, The Times story buries the pro-Clinton financial and social media activity on behalf of Hillary Clinton's candidacy, reinforcing that this is truly nothing more than a political attack. This is a sad day for the Times.'
-- Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor
Speaking at an event in Manchester, New Hampshire, she let rip saying how upset she was by his comments and the allegations of his behaviour,
She said: "Last week we saw this candidate actually bragging about sexually assaulting women. And I have to tell you, I can't stop thinking about this."
The First Lady added: "It has shaken me to my core in a way that I could not have predicted. So as much as I'd like to pretend that this isn't happening and to come out here and do my normal campaign speech, it would be dishonest and disingenuous of me to just move on to the next thing like this was all just a bad dream."
Timeline of the five women who have accused Trump of sexual assault
1980 - Jessica Leeds
Jessica Leeds said she was sitting next to Donald Trump on a flight to New York in the early 1980s. She told The New York Times that he lifted the armrest and began to grope her.
2001 - Tasha Dixon
Tasha Dixon, who was 18 when she competed in the Miss USA pageant, also alleged the billionaire's staff would pressure girls to "fawn over" him while they were half-naked.
2003 - Mindy McGillivray
She told the Palm Beach Post he grabbed her backside when she helped a photographer who was covering a concert at the billionaire’s Palm Beach manor.
2005 - Rachel Crooks
She was a 22-year-old receptionist at Bayrock Group, a real estate investment and development company in Trump Tower in Manhattan, when she encountered Trump outside a lift who "kissed her directly on the mouth".
2013 - Cassandra Searles
The beauty pageant said that when she was a contestant, the businessman demanded the women redo their introductions when they failed to look Trump in the eye.
In a Facebook post this year, Searles called Trump a "misogynist" who "treated us like cattle" and "lined up so he could get a closer look at his property.
Other contestants from the same year, like Paromita Mitra of Mississippi, bolstered Searles recollection. Mitra commented, "I literally have nightmares about that process."
Obama said of the way it made her feel: "It's like that the sick, sick feeling you get when you're walking down the street, minding your own business and some guy (spews) out some vulgar words about your body."
She then blasted his lewd comments caught in tape saying: "This is disgraceful, it is intolerable and it doesn't matter what party you belong to: Democrat, Republican, independent – no woman deserves to be treated this way, none of us deserve this kind of abuse."
And in response to his comment it was "locker room talk" she said: "To dismiss this as everyday locker room talk is an insult to decent men everywhere.
"Because let's be very clear, strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful."
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