Jessica Drake speaks during a press
conference at the office of attorney
Gloria Allred to accuse Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump of
previous inappropriate sexual conduct
on October 22, 2016 in Los Angeles,
California. This is the first news
conference at which Drake has spoken
to the public about her allegations
against the candidate. Trump has been
falling further behind Democratic
presidential rival Hillary Clinton in the
polls as women continue to come forth
to accuse him of inappropriate sexual
behavior. PHOTO: David McNew/Getty
Images/AFP
An adult film actress on Saturday
became the latest woman to accuse
Donald Trump of unwanted sexual
advances, saying the Republican
presidential candidate offered her
$10,000 to come to his hotel room
alone.
Jessica Drake is one of at least 11
women to have alleged that the real
estate billionaire groped them, made
inappropriate remarks or forcibly
kissed them.
Speaking during a Los Angeles news
conference accompanied by the high-
profile discrimination lawyer Gloria
Allred, Drake said she met Trump at a
golf tournament in Lake Tahoe,
California in 2006.
“He flirted with me and invited me to
walk along the golf course with him,”
she said, adding that he asked her to
his hotel room. She went along with
two other women, Drake said.
Wearing pajamas when they entered,
Trump “grabbed each of us tightly in a
hug and kissed each one of us without
asking permission.”
He also asked what it was like to film
pornography, Drake said.
After she returned to her room, Drake
said, Trump called her asking her to
return to his suite and invited her to a
party.
“What do you want? How much?” she
said Trump asked her.
After she declined, Drake said, she
received another call either from
Trump or another man offering
$10,000 and use of Trump’s private
plane to fly home to Los Angeles if she
were to accept.
During Saturday’s news conference,
Allred — who also represents two other
women who accuse Trump of
unwanted sexual advances — showed
a photograph of Trump and Drake at
the golf tournament.
Trump’s campaign denied the Drake’s
allegations.
“This story is totally false and
ridiculous,” it said in a statement. “Mr
Trump does not know this person, does
not remember this person and would
have no interest in ever knowing her.”
“This is just another attempt by the
Clinton campaign to defame a
candidate who just today is number
one in three different polls,” it added
of Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary
Clinton.
Trump has seen his campaign spiral
downward in recent weeks ahead of
the November 8 election after a
number of women made allegations
that he sexually assaulted them —
claims he again insisted on Saturday
were false.
He also threatened to take legal action
against all the “liars” that have
claimed to be victims of his sexual
assaults.
“The events never happened. Never.
All of these liars will be sued after the
election is over,” he said during a
campaign rally.
The allegations have come on the heels
of the release of a 2005 video in which
Trump is heard making lewd
comments about women to a television
talk show host, saying his fame entitles
him to grope women.
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