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Gloria Allred Says More Women Are Contacting Her About Trump Misconduct (File 031725)
Civil rights attorney Gloria Allred discusses receiving contact from women alleging inappropriate conduct by Donald Trump following the release of the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, and analyzes the legal implications of Trump's statements.
Summary
Civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred confirms she has been contacted by multiple women alleging inappropriate conduct by Donald Trump since the Access Hollywood tape's release. Allred analyzes Trump's statements as potentially constituting sexual assault or battery under law, and criticizes his workplace behavior toward women. She calls on Trump to release employees from non-disclosure agreements and references his past demeaning comments toward female Apprentice contestants and her own experiences with his disrespectful remarks.
Gloria Allred Says More Women Are Contacting Her About TrumpMisconductGloria Allred in New York City in June 2016 (Getty Images)Donald Trump's disgusting behavior towards women has ranged from fat-shaming to allegations of sexualharassment, and, as we heard in the infamous "hot mic" audio from a 2005 Access Hollywood segment,even sexual assault: "You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It’s likea magnet... And when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy."Unsurprisingly, allegations are flying about much more dirty laundry yet to be aired, with reporterschasing down possibly damaging evidence and looking for other victims.Gloria Allred, the civil rights lawyer who takes on high-profile targets, like Bill Cosby, Roman Polanskiand, yes, Trump, confirmed to us that since the Access Hollywood tape's release, she has been "contactedby women who allege inappropriate contact by Mr. Trump."More to the point, Allred discussed how Trump's words suggest criminal behavior. "If there is anunwanted or unconsented to touching of a person’s intimate parts such as the genital areas or a woman’sbreasts, that could constitute a sexual assault or a sexual battery," she explained yesterday. She added that"when Rudy Giuliani was asked" on Sunday's political programs "if Donald Trump was describing a sexualassault on the recently released 2005 video, he responded, 'That’s what he was talking about.'" Allred said,"I am disgusted by what Donald Trump said and admitted that he had done on that video. An apology isnot enough."The Access Hollywood tape was discovered after the AP's report featuring former crew members onTrump's reality show, The Apprentice, describing his demeaning behavior towards women; in oneexample, he allegedly judges female contestants' breast sizes and discusses which women he'd want tohave sex with. Allred released a statement last week, citing the numerous sexual harassment lawsuits andhis lecherous behavior: "If Mr. Trump were to be elected president he would be the employer of the largestworkforce in the country, federal government employees. Mr. Trump in that role would be sending amessage through his past words and actions that sexual harassment of women in the workplace isacceptable and this could lead to other employers believing that they can follow Mr. Trump’s lead andopenly sexually harass their female employees, thereby creating and condoning a hostile workplace forworking women."We need a President who respects the rights of women in the workplace not someone who createsa hostile and sexist environment for women who work and not someone like Mr. Trump whobelieves pregnancy is an inconvenience for employers; and who enables sexism.I call on Donald Trump to release all of his employees and former employees from their nondisclosureclauses so that they can tell the public what they suffered when they had theunfortunate experience of working for Donald Trump, and I urge him to promise not to retaliateagainst them if they tell the truth.Donald Trump once made a remark to TMZ about me. He said "Gloria would be very veryimpressed" which TMZ suggested in the context of the interview with him meant that I would beimpressed with his penis.No Donald, I wouldn’t. What would impress me would be having Hillary Rodham Clinton in theWhite House, not a man who blatantly denigrates women in the workplace.Allred, a Clinton supporter, was a delegate at the Democratic National Convention. She successfully foughtTrump and the Miss Universe pageant to allow transgender contestant Jenna Talackova to compete in theMiss Universe Canada event. During the DNC, Allred told Variety, "I know the only way to beat Trump isto confront him, head on and to refuse to let him get away with his bullying behavior. I think people wantsomeone to stand up and confront him. I think a strong approach with Trump is warranted and thatHillary is more than capable of fighting back and winning this battle."You could also contribute to the GoFundMe dedicated to a legal fund for anyone who leaks Apprenticeouttakes.