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Three women said Wednesday that Donald Trump made inappropriate sexual advances toward them, decades apart.
One woman, Jessica Leeds, told the New York Times that Trump had groped her and reached under her skirt as they sat beside each other on a flight in the 1980s. Leeds, now 74, told the Times she had been upgraded to first class unexpectedly and chatted with Trump. About 45 minutes into the flight, he began to grab her breasts and under her skirt, she said.
"He was like an octopus,” she told the Times. “His hands were everywhere.”
Another woman, Rachel Crooks, told the Times she was working as a receptionist in 2005 for a development company with offices in Trump Tower. One day, she saw Trump while waiting for an elevator and introduced herself. She told the Times that they shook hands, and he began kissing her on the cheeks and directly on the mouth.
"It was so inappropriate,” Crooks told the Times. “I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that.”
The New York Times published the story days after Trump was put on hard defense regarding his behavior toward women. Though an Access Hollywood recording from 2005 captured the reality show star saying he could grab women "by the pussy" and kiss them because of his fame, Trump said during Sunday night's presidential debate that it was just "locker room talk."
He also insisted that he had never physically carried out that type of behavior, which would meet the definition of sexual assault.
In a statement Wednesday, the Trump campaign said the New York Times article published Wednesday was untrue and that the Republican nominee had instead empowered women through his business opportunities.
"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," his campaign said.
Also on Wednesday, the Palm Beach Post reported another woman said Trump groped her during an event at Mar-a-Lago in 2003. Mindy McGillivray told the Post she was helping a photographer during a Ray Charles concert. She told the Post she felt a grab or nudge, then turned around to see Trump.
"This was a pretty good nudge. More of a grab,’’ she told the Post. “It was pretty close to the center of my butt. I was startled. I jumped.’’
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