Donald Trump has been accused of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment by at least 25 women since the 1970s. The accusations have resulted in three instances of litigation: his then-wife Ivana made a rape claim during their 1989 divorce litigation but later recanted that claim. Businesswoman Jill Harth sued Trump in 1997 alleging breach of contract while also suing for sexual harassment but agreed to forfeit her sexual harassment claim as part of a settlement. Former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos filed a defamation lawsuit after Trump accused her of lying about her sexual misconduct allegations against him. Trump has denied all the allegations, saying he has been the victim of media bias, conspiracies, and a political smear campaign.
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Donald Trump has been accused of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment by at least 25 women since the 1970s. The accusations have resulted in three instances of litigation: his then-wife Ivana made a rape claim during their 1989 divorce litigation but later recanted that claim. Businesswoman Jill Harth sued Trump in 1997 alleging breach of contract while also suing for sexual harassment but agreed to forfeit her sexual harassment claim as part of a settlement. In 2017, former The Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos filed a defamation lawsuit after Trump accused her of lying about her sexual misconduct allegations against him. In October 2019, the book All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator, by Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy was published, containing 43 additional allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump. Trump has denied all the allegations, saying he has been the victim of media bias, conspiracies, and a political smear campaign. Trump was recorded in a 2005 audio recording bragging that a celebrity like himself \”can do anything\” to women, including \”just start kissing them … I don’t even wait\” and \”grab ’em by the pussy\”. Trump subsequently characterized those comments as ‘locker room talk’ and denied actually behaving that way toward women. Many of his accusers stated that Trump’s denials provoked them into going public with their allegations. Trump, who owned the Miss Universe franchise, was accused of going into dressing rooms in 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2006, while contestants were in various stages of undress.
Trump denied ever meeting Carroll, although New York had published a photo of Trump and Carroll together in 1987. Trump had already referred to this practice during a 2005 interview on The Howard Stern Show. Trump said he could ‘get away with things like that’ because he owned the beauty pageants the women and girls were competing in. In 1992, Trump sued Ivana for not honoring a gag clause in their divorce agreement. Their settlement had a confidentiality clause preventing Ivana from discussing their marriage or the divorce. In July 2015, Ivana said she and Donald and she said she was the best of friends with Marla Maples, the best friend of Donald and Donald’s wife, and she endorsed his presidential campaign. The Trumps’ divorce was granted in December 1990 on grounds that Donald’s treatment of Ivana, including his affair with Maples was ‘cruel and inhuman’ According to Trump’s lawyer, Jay Goldberg, this was based on having been seen in public on Trump with Marala Maples in 1990. In June 2019, writer E. Jean Carroll alleged in New York magazine that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in 1995 or 1996. Two friends of Carroll confirmed to the magazine that Carroll had previously confided in them in regard to the incident. Donald said the allegation was ‘obviously false’, but he has yet to follow through with any legal action. Trump and Ivana stated in a deposition taken in 1989, during their divorce proceedings, that Donald had expressed anger and ripped out hair from her scalp.
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