Tag Archives: sexual assault

Radar Online reports: Fox News star Megyn Kelly has unveiled explosive new charges against the network’s founder, Roger Ailes, claiming the disgraced 76-year-old executive tried to sexually assault her in his New York office and hinted she would be fired when she “pushed him away.” RadarOnline.com can reveal that the 45-year-old anchor’s bombshell account was added at the last minute …

Politico reports: A woman who has filed federal lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of repeatedly raping her two decades ago, when she was 13, abruptly canceled a news conference Wednesday where she was to detail her extraordinary claims against the GOP presidential nominee. In the most recent suit, Trump’s accuser asserts that while she was exploring a modeling career in 1994, …

TIME reports: In the closing week of the campaign, Hillary Clinton’s campaign aims to highlight Donald Trump’s record of offensive remarks about women, releasing a new ad Tuesday that highlights some of the most memorable ones. The spot runs clips of old Trump interviews. In one he says, “Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing.” In another, …

Because pussy-grabbing is a GOOD example. Talking Points Memo reports: Donald Trump said Monday that Hillary Clinton’s purported advance knowledge of two debate questions during the Democratic primary race made her a “bad example” for his 10-year-old son and other children, subverting one of Clinton’s own most frequent attack lines against him. “Hillary Clinton gets the questions to a debate, …

The Washington Post reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making his pitch to Catholics, many of whom could serve as important swing voters in states such as Florida and Pennsylvania. The latest poll from the Public Religion Research Institute showed a stark divide among white Catholics: 44 percent said they support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton while another 44 percent …

ABC News reports: Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz, who hails from the newly-minted toss-up state of Utah, seemingly has had a change of heart: He now says he will indeed vote for Donald Trump. “I will not defend or endorse @realDonaldTrump, but I am voting for him. HRC is that bad. HRC is bad for the USA,” Chaffetz tweeted Wednesday night. …

Via Raw Story: Trump surrogate Betsy McCaughey joined CNN’s Don Lemon on Wednesday night to discuss former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Tuesday night meltdown on the Kelly File. On Tuesday, after Megyn Kelly called Republican nominee Donald Trump a “sexual predator” Gingrich went off on her, accusing her of being “fascinated with sex.” McCaughey came to Gingrich’s defense to Lemon, …

Via the Daily Beast: Former Arizona Gov. and Donald Trump supporter Jan Brewer defended the Republican nominee for threatening to sue the women accusing him of sexual assault. And she did so with some unfortunate imagery. “He’s been waterboarded by these issues,” Brewer said on CNN’s State of the Union, prompting uncomfortable laughter from her fellow panelists. “It seems like …

CNN reports: Donald Trump vowed Saturday to sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in recent weeks. “Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign,” Trump said during remarks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. “Total fabrication. The events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over.” He added that …

The Guardian reports: A 10th woman has come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. Karena Virginia accused the Republican nominee of grabbing her arm and touching her breast in 1998 when she was 27, while she was waiting for a car to pick her up after attending the US Open in Queens, New York. “As I was waiting, …

People Magazine reports: Six colleagues and close friends who corroborate former PEOPLE writer Natasha Stoynoff’s account of being attacked by Donald Trump in 2005 are now coming forward. Among them is a friend who was with Stoynoff when she ran into Melania Trump later in N.Y.C. The wife of the Republican nominee denies meeting Stoynoff after the attack, but Stoynoff’s …

The Palm Beach Post reports: Mindy McGillivray of Palm Springs said she is planning to leave the United States because she fears for her family’s safety since she publicly accused Donald Trump earlier this week of groping her in 2003. “We feel the backlash of the Trump supporters. It scares us. It intimidates us. We are in fear of our …

ABC News reports: With sexual assault accusations against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continuing to make headlines, the sexual assault hotline run by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) has seen a spike in calls. Starting last Saturday, RAINN officials said their live chat helpline saw an increase in use of 33 percent, and in recent days, calls …

Are you losing count yet? Slate reports: Another witness has stepped forward to claim that Donald Trump made sexually inappropriate advances toward her in 2007, after she had been a cast member of The Apprentice. Summer Zervos, who is represented by attorney Gloria Allred, told her story at a press conference early Friday afternoon. Zervos says she met Trump on …

Speaking a North Carolina rally just now, Donald Trump for the third time declared that his accusers are too ugly to rape. Referring to the woman who claims Trump groped her on a plane, he said, “Believe me, she would not be my first choice, that I can tell you.” Trump also took a shot at Hillary Clinton’s figure, saying, …

Fortune reports: Donald Trump has reportedly decided who is to blame for the wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations that have battered his campaign in recent days. The Republican presidential candidate plans to say that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is working in cahoots with the Hillary Clinton campaign to produce the sexual assault and harassment stories that have appeared …

Politico reports: Mike Pence is standing firmly with Donald Trump, blasting the media Thursday for airing explosive accusations of sexual misconduct by his running mate. The Republican vice presidential nominee slammed reporters for spending so much time on “unsubstantiated allegations against my running mate, allegations that he has categorically denied,” rather than focusing on “the corruption and the deceit of …

CBS News reports: Melania Trump says portions of a People Magazine story alleging a sexual assault by her husband are “false and completely fictionalized.” She is demanding a retraction and apology and threatening to sue the publication. The story was a first-person account by Natasha Stoynoff of an interview she did with Donald and Melania Trump at their home in …

Vox reports: At a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Trump fired back against the accusations from women that he had sexually assaulted them. He said the New York Times story claiming he had assaulted a woman on an airplane was a “totally fabricated and false story.” He seemed to imply that a People magazine reporter who accused him …

Early this afternoon Fox News host Lou Dobbs spawned a firestorm of criticism after he retweeted the home address and phone number of one of Trump’s accusers. Just now Dobbs tweeted the above apology with a #MAGA nod to Trump and a link to Politico‘s story about the controversy. At this writing Fox News has not responded to media inquiries …