A startling number of women have lodged complaints of sexual assault against Donald Trump. Business Insider has presented a list. I’m sure there must be MANY others.
Jessica Leeds
Ivana Trump
Kristin Anderson
Jill Harth
Lisa Boyne
Mariah Billado and Victoria Hughes
Two Miss Teen USA contestants told BuzzFeed News in October 2016 that Trump walked in on them while they were changing in their dressing rooms.
"I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, 'Oh my god, there's a man in here,'" Mariah Billado, who represented Vermont in 1997, told BuzzFeed. Billado added that Trump said something along the lines of, "Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before."
Temple Taggart
Cathy Heller
Karena Virginia
Tasha Dixon and Bridget Sullivan
Allegations:
Two Miss USA contestants said Trump walked into their dressing rooms, where female participants were changing, and ogled them.
Tasha Dixon, a former Miss Arizona who competed in the 2001 Miss USA pageant, told CBS in October 2016 that Trump walked into the contestants' dressing room while they were changing.
"He just came strolling right in," Dixon said. "There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless, other girls were naked."
She added, "To have the owner come waltzing in when we're naked or half naked in a very physically vulnerable position, and then to have the pressure of the people that work for him telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him."
Dixon said there was "no one to complain to" because Trump owned the pageant and everyone employed there reported to him.
Melinda McGillivray
Natasha Stoynoff
Jennifer Murphy and Juliet Huddy
Rachel Crooks
Samantha Holvey
Allegations:
Samantha Holvey, a contestant in the 2006 Miss USA pageant, which Trump owned, told CNN in October 2016 that Trump personally inspected each of the pageant contestants individually.
"He would step in front of each girl and look you over from head to toe like we were just meat, we were just sexual objects, that we were not people," Holvey said, adding that it made her feel "the dirtiest I felt in my entire life."
Ninni Laaksonen
Jessica Drake
Summer Zervos
Allegations:
Summer Zervos, a former contestant on NBC's "The Apprentice," told reporters at an October 2016 press conference that Trump assaulted her during a 2007 meeting at The Beverly Hills Hotel.
"He then grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast," she said. "I pulled back and walked to another part of the room. He then walked up, grabbed my hand, and pulled me into the bedroom. I walked out." Zervos added that Trump thrust himself on her before she left the room.
Zervos sued Trump for defamation after he accused her of lying about the allegations. Trump's attorneys have moved to dismiss the case, arguing that, as president, he can't be sued in state court and that his remarks about his accusers are political speech. The suit is ongoing.
Cassandra Searles
Allegations:
Cassandra Searles, who represented the state of Washington at the 2013 Miss USA pageant, wrote in a June 2016 Facebook post that Trump treated herself and other female Miss USA contestants "like cattle" and had them "lined up so he could get a closer look at his property."
"He probably doesn't want me telling the story about that time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room," she added.
Alva Johnson
E. Jean Carroll
Allegations:
Former Elle advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a department store dressing room the mid-1990s.
"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," Carroll wrote in an excerpt of her 2019 book, "What Do We Need Men For?".
She went on, "The next moment, still wearing correct business attire, shirt, tie, suit jacket, overcoat, he opens the overcoat, unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I'm not certain — inside me. It turns into a colossal struggle."
NOTE: Trump is fighting Carroll's attempt to obtain a DNA sample from him.
Karen Johnson
Oh, and look at this (from The Washington Post)
Trump administration cuts legal funding for victims of human trafficking
Quote from Sarah Kendzior:
"Donald Trump is friends with at least five pedophiles, most of whom were involved in sex trafficking or blackmail schemes. There's [Jeffrey] Epstein, [John] Casablancas, [Tevfik] Arif, [George] Nader, [Roy] Cohn. Who the hell is friends with five pedophiles?!"
For more ghastly details on Trump's drug use, his reputation for abusing prostitutes, the rapes, and other disgusting things, see Noel Casler's very brave Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/CaslerNoel
E. And last, but not least:
Donny and Stormy!! You remember Stormy Daniels, don't you? The porn star that Trump banged a year after his third wife gave birth to his fifth child. Donny then paid her for her silence. Trump gave money to Michael Cohen to pay her off, in total about $130,000.
Yes, Donald Trump: upholder of traditional values
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