A New York writer has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a changing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.
E Jean Carroll wrote in the New York magazine that after what started as a friendly encounter with Trump at Bergdorf Goodman in 1995 or 1996, the real estate mogul pushed her up against a wall, unzipped his trousers and forced himself on her.
Carroll said that in a “colossal struggle” she pushed him off and ran from the store.
In a statement, Trump called the accusation “fake news” and said there was no evidence.
He added: “I’ve never met this person in my life.”
The allegation against Trump by Carroll is included in her upcoming book about the “hideous men” that the Elle magazine columnist says she has encountered throughout her life.
The US president says he never met E. Jean Carroll and accusing her of making up the allegation to sell a new book.
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.
Her story was published in New York magazine on Friday.
More than a dozen women have previously made sexual misconduct allegations against Trump, which he has denied.
While those cases generally involved groping and kissing without consent, Carroll alleged rape.
