Kristin Anderson Pictures: See Photos Of The Latest Donald Trump Accuser, Who Claims He Groped Her In Manhattan Nightclub
Kristin Anderson is the latest woman to come forward and accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, with the 46-year-old photographer claiming the Republican candidate groped her at a Manhattan nightclub more than two decades ago.
Several women have come forward to share stories alleging sexual abuse from Trump, who was rocked last week by the release of a 2005 audio tape in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women.
“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful [women] — I just start kissing them,” Trump was heard in the audio released by the Washington Post. “It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab them by the p***y. You can do anything.”
Trump disavowed the statement at Sunday night’s debate, claiming that he had never actually touched women in the way he described on the infamous Access Hollywood recording.
That led to a series of accusers claiming that Trump had assaulted them, including the newest accuser who claims Trump did exactly what he described in the audio. Kristin Anderson told the Washington Post that she was talking to acquaintances in a nightclub when she felt a man slide his hand up her miniskirt and begin to touch her vagina.
The report noted that Anderson immediately recognized the man as Donald Trump, but she took no legal action at the time. Anderson said she was scratching out a career as a model at the time while also working as a makeup artist and restaurant hostess, and she was not going to make a public accusation against the powerful real estate magnate.
Several friends told the Washington Post that Kristin Anderson recounted the incident to them afterward, but she still remained silent publicly. And even after at least four other women came forward to accuse Trump of unwanted sexual advances or even assault, Anderson was hesitant to come forward, the report noted.
“Anderson, who said she doesn’t support Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton, did not initially approach The Post. A reporter contacted her after hearing her story from a person who knew of it, and she spent several days trying to decide whether to go public.”
For his part, Donald Trump has denied the allegations, just as he has with the other accusers.
“Mr. Trump strongly denies this phony allegation by someone looking to get some free publicity. It is totally ridiculous,” Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement mailed to the Washington Post.
The controversies have nearly sunk Trump’s campaign, leading a wave of high-profile Republicans to abandon Trump and causing his poll numbers to plummet. Trump has promised to offer a full rebuttal of the accusations, but reports indicate that he will accuse the New York Times and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim of a plot to take him down. It is not clear how Trump plans to respond to the Washington Post story or other accusers who have come forward through other media outlets.
The latest accusation, published almost exactly one week after the Washington Post published the Access Hollywood video that kicked off the controversy, has led to a wave of attention for Kristin Anderson. Many have searched out pictures and background information on the 46-year-old, including a number of Trump-supporting groups hoping to poke holes in her story.
Early 1990s: Kristin Anderson claims he touched her genitals: https://t.co/L9Q4ov0FY0 pic.twitter.com/Zq2lrvsSu1
— Colin Jones (@colinjones) October 14, 2016
And anticipating these potential attacks, Kristin Anderson also shared with the Washington Post her somewhat troubled path in life. Anderson noted that she has been divorced twice and in a break-up with one boyfriend had a restraining order placed on her (and she had one placed on her boyfriend as well).
Here are the 12 women before Kristin Anderson came forward today. https://t.co/SyhmMGfD1b
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) October 14, 2016
Kristin Anderson is now the 13th woman to claim that Donald Trump acted in a sexually inappropriate manner with the, with accusations ranging from sexual assault to intentionally walking in on naked pageant contestants.
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