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\nUS President Donald Trump has dismissed allegations that he raped a woman in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s as \u201cfiction\u201d.
\nThe US president says he never met E. Jean Carroll and accusing her of making up the allegation to sell a new book.
\nMs Carroll says she did not report the alleged attack at the time after being advised by a friend she had no chance of winning in court.
\nHer story was published in New York magazine.
\nMore than a dozen women have previously made sexual misconduct allegations against Trump, which he has denied.
\nIn the article, she describes meeting Trump in late 1995 or early 1996, in Bergdorf Goodman. She says she recognised him as the \u201creal estate tycoon\u201d and that he told her he was buying a present for \u201ca girl\u201d.
\nShe says Trump knew she was a TV agony aunt and the two joked around, encouraging each other to try on some lingerie.
\nShe alleges that they then went to a dressing room, where she accuses him of raping her.
\nBoth Trump and Ms Carroll were aged around 50 at the time, and he was married to Marla Maples.
\nMs Carroll says she told two friends about the alleged incident, one of whom advised her to go to the police.
\nBut she says the other advised her against telling anyone saying: \u201cForget it! He has 200 lawyers. He\u2019ll bury you.\u201d
\nThe accusation is one of six alleged attacks by \u201cawful men\u201d that Ms Carroll details in her article.
\nAnother alleged incident involves Les Moonves, the former CEO of CBS. He resigned in 2018 after allegations of sexual misconduct.
\nMoonves\u2019 representative told New York magazine he \u201cemphatically denies\u201d the incident.
\nMs Carroll ends the article by saying Trump was her \u201clast hideous man\u201d and she has not had sex since then.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve never met this person in my life,\u201d the US president said in a statement. \u201cShe is trying to sell a new book – that should indicate her motivation. It should be sold in the fiction section.\u201d
\nTrump encouraged anyone with information that the Democratic Party is working with Ms Carroll or New York Magazine to notify the White House.
\nHe accused the publication of \u201cpeddling fake news\u201d.
\n\u201cShame on those who make up false stories of assault to try to get publicity for themselves, or sell a book, or carry out a political agenda,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s just as bad for people to believe it, particularly when there is zero evidence,\u201d he added.
\nIn his statement, Trump thanked Bergdorf Goodman, the upmarket New York department store where the incident allegedly took place, for \u201cconfirming they have no video footage of any such incident\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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