Women against Donald Trump

Who and why accuses US presidential candidate of sexual harassment

On the evening of October 12, The New York Times, The Palm Beach Post and People magazine published the stories of four women, who at different times were harassed by Donald Trump. They all decided to tell their stories after Trump on the debate on October 9 said that he had never molested women without their consent. Trump's headquarters claims that all stories are fiction, and requires the removal of publication. Medusa tells what Trump is accused of.

Case on an airplane, 1980

Jessica Lids in 1980 was 38 years old, she was engaged in business and lived in her native state of Connecticut. When a woman flew to New York, she was offered to transfer to the first grade of the aircraft, where there were free places. Her neighbor was Donald Trump, who had not yet had a personal aircraft at that time.

Trump introduced himself, he and Lids exchanged formal courtesies and handshakes, and then had dinner. Trump asked whether Lids was married - she was divorced at that time, which she reported to the entrepreneur. About 45 minutes after taking off, Trump raised the armrest of the chair and began to pester the neighbor. He began to touch the woman by the chest and tried to climb under her skirt. “Like an octopus! His hands were everywhere, ”Lids recalls. The woman did not like the harassment, and she left the first grade, returning to her former place. She did not complain to the flight attendants: at that time, Lids explains, women often encountered harassment and they were brought up as if they were to blame for such incidents themselves. After a couple of years, Lids crossed with Trump at a charity event in New York. He recognized the woman and, according to her, released a rude commentary on her.

Jessica Lids remembered the incident with Trump about a year ago and told relatives and relatives about him. Friends suggested contacting journalists, but she decided only after she looked at the debate. “I wanted to hit the TV,” recalls 74-year-old Lids his reaction to Trump's statements that he had never been harassed by women.

Case in Palm Beach, 2003

Mindy McGilliyeu, 13 years ago, helped her friend Ken Davidoff with a photo report at the Ray Charles concert at the Palm Beach estate, which belongs to Trump. The girl was then 23 years old, and she really wanted to see Charles. After the concert, when the great musician was already leaving and said goodbye to the public, McGilliu was in the company of Davidoff, TV presenter Rijis Philbin, as well as Trump and his future wife Melania. Suddenly, the girl felt a person to her right - and that was Trump - grabbed her by the buttock. She immediately turned around, and the man quickly looked away. The girl decided not to arrange the scene: Ray Charles stood right in front of her at that moment. Nobody noticed anything, and McGilliyirei, although she was offended, said nothing, but then shared her feelings with Davidoff and her relatives.

According to McGillyeurey, two years before, in the same estate at the New Year's party, Trump had already flirted with her, but Melania intervened in the situation. After the incident in 2003, the girl did not see the businessman anymore.

Case in Trump Tower, 2005

Rachel Crox worked in 2005 at a reception at the Bayrock Group development company, whose office was in the Trump Tower on Manhattan. One morning she met Trump next to the elevator, greeted the billionaire and introduced herself - primarily because her company worked with the company of the future presidential candidate. They shook their hands, but Trump did not let the girl go and began to kiss her on the cheeks, and then on the lips. Crox claims that this was not an accident, but a real harassment, and Trump behaved as if everything was fine and nothing unusual was happening.

Crox, returning to the workplace, immediately called her sister and talked about the incident. When she came home from work, in response to the boyfriend’s question about how her day passed, she burst into tears. “She was 22. She was a secretary. This was her first work after the college. I remember she said: “I can’t do anything to him, because he is Donald Trump,” recalls the former young man Crox. A few days after the kiss, Trump again accidentally crossed the girl and asked her phone number - he was allegedly about to transfer her contacts to the modeling agency he owned. The girl agreed, but no calls followed this. For all the remaining time in Bayrock Crook tried to avoid Trump and did not go to events where one could accidentally cross him.

Case in Palm Beach, 2005

In December 2005, an employee of PEOPLE magazine, PEOPLE magazine, was preparing a report on the first anniversary of the wedding of Donald and Melania Trump. While Melania changed clothes for photography, Donald suggested that Natasha show his mansion all in the same estate mayor-a-hala to Palm Beach. He especially insisted that the journalist is obliged to see a certain amazing room. According to Stanoff, she was already familiar quite well with Trump and his wife, she calls her relationship with them friendly and professional. When the journalist and the billionaire went into the room, Trump closed the door, pressed the girl against the wall and began to kiss a suck.

“I am a tall, strong girl who fought with her tall brothers all her childhood. I even somehow had sparring with Mike Tyson. It’s not so easy to press me. But Trump is much more than me. He acted quickly and found me by surprise. I was stunned, ”says Stanoff.

Then the door was opened by the butler Trump and said that Melania was ready for filming. Stanoff and Trump went to the set, and when no one heard them, the billionaire said: “You know, we will have an affair, right? We will definitely have an affair, I tell you. ” Stanoff was shocked by what had happened and did not know how to behave, but tried to professionally do her job. When Melania returned, Trump behaved like a loving husband. After a day, at Stanoff, a massage session was planned at the resort next to Trump's estate; She was about half an hour late, but learned from the masseur that Trump was waiting for her in the office for about 15 minutes.

Returning to New York, Natasha Stanoff told about the whole colleague. She advised to contact the senior editor and not publish the material. Stanoff admits that Trump's power and the consequences of his anger were frightened if she “buries” the article, and also, like many women in such cases, was ashamed of what happened, and accused herself of such a billionaire’s behavior. After the release of the article, which was announced on the cover of PEOPLE, Stanoff stopped writing about Trump (Melania was interested in why they no longer communicate, but the journalist did not tell her about the true causes), and soon left the magazine.

Like the rest of the women, she decided to talk about her story after Trump said that he had never kissed women against their will and did not harass them.

Other cases

Donald Trump is accused of sexual harassment for the first time. His ex -wife Ivan Trump at the divorce proceedings said that her husband raped her, but withdrew the charges after the parties agreed on the conditions of parting.

In 1997, a claim for sexual harassment was filed by a friend of Trump Jill Hart; The case was settled out of court. The description of the harassing of Hart is similar in case of Natasha Stanoff: the billionaire pressed her against the wall in his daughter, Ivanka Trump and began to kiss, but she managed to run away. Despite the review of the lawsuit, Hart never refuted her words.

In June 2016, it became known that an investigation into the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1994, to which Trump may be involved. The rape, presumably, occurred at a party at the house of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was tried for the declination of minors to prostitution. The name of the victim and circumstances of the rape are not revealed, Trump categorically denies his guilt. It is worth noting that this case in the American press is not widely covered and is not a reason for accusations against Trump.

Trump's reaction

In all cases, the representatives of Trump or he himself categorically rejected the accusations and claim that women's stories about harassment are completely fictitious. Trump's lawyers already demanded that The New York Times revoke the article with the stories of Jessica Lids and Rachel Crox, and he told the publication that none of the described in the article was happening, and called the journalist who asked him about the commentary, a “disgusting person”.