Jill Harth, 1990's Trump "attempted rape" accuser, breaks silence, demands apology.

[pnwmom]

There's a video at the link.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/donald-trump-sexual-assault-allegations-jill-harth-interview

A woman at the centre of sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump has spoken for the first time in detail about her personal experience with the billionaire tycoon who this week became the Republican nominee for president.

Jill Harth, a makeup artist, has stayed quiet for almost 20 years about the way Trump pursued her, and – according to a lawsuit she instigated – cornered her and groped her in his daughter’s bedroom.

After Trump mounted his campaign for the White House, details emerged of the 1997 complaint, in which Harth accused him of “attempted ‘rape’”.

She said she was quickly inundated with interview requests from major US television networks, but resolved not to speak about the events – until Trump publicly said in May that her claims were “meritless” and his daughter Ivanka gave an interview in which she said her father was “not a groper”.

Harth, who feels she has been publicly branded a liar and believes her business has suffered because of her association with the allegations, decided to speak out about her experience with Trump because she wants an apology.

SNIP

[rurallib]

1. Was she a friend of Trump's daughter by chance?

Jesus that really stinks if it is true. I mean it is really stinky anyway .........

[pnwmom]

2. No, the daughter was a kid at the time. No way for her to know what her father was doing. n/t

[hamsterjill]

3. Her claims will be mocked.

From the article:

"As Harth wrote in an August 2015 email forwarded by Trump’s campaign: “I also would like to show my support for Donald and his campaign. I am offering my services to do his grooming and getting him perfectly camera ready for photos and Hi-Definition TV. He knows better than anybody how important image is.”



He's a jerk, no doubt, and I have no doubt that she's telling the truth. But I don't think her claims will have much traction.

[Native]

5. You just can't make this shit up, you know?

[L. Coyote]

4. K & R