London - Donald Trump has been accused of sexually assaulting another woman, who claims he grabbed and kissed her during a Mother’s Day brunch.
Cathy Heller said the Republican presidential candidate tried to kiss her on the mouth during their first meeting at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997.
The 63-year-old said Trump grew angry with her when she twisted away.
Her account makes her the tenth woman to come forward during his White House campaign to claim he groped or kissed them without their consent.
Previously, two other women have made allegations of rape against Trump, which he has strenuously denied.
Trump has continued to hit back at his recent accusers and deny the allegations, even suggesting that one woman was too ugly to get his attention.
Heller, who donated £2,215 to Hillary Clinton’s campaign in March, said she decided to speak out after a video of Trump bragging about groping and kissing women emerged ten days ago. He is heard saying: ‘You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful – I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.’
Heller claims she was at the Mother’s Day event with her husband and three children when Trump forced himself on her. ‘He took my hand, and grabbed me, and went for the lips,’ she told The Guardian. She claims she held back but he persevered and said: ‘Oh, come on.’
Heller added: ‘He was strong. He grabbed me and went for my mouth and went for my lips.’
She claims he planted a kiss on the side of her mouth, adding: ‘He kept me there for a little too long. And then he just walked away.
‘I was angry and shaken. He was drunk. He couldn’t believe a woman would pass up the opportunity.’ Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller denied the encounter took place.
He said: ‘There is no way that something like this would have happened in a public place on Mother’s Day at Mr Trump’s resort. It would have been the talk of Palm Beach for the past two decades.’
In recent days several women have claimed they were victims of sexual assault or other inappropriate behaviour from Trump. They include a plane passenger who claims he grabbed her ‘like an octopus’, and journalist Natasha Stoynoff who said that in 2005 he forced his tongue down her throat when she went to interview him.
Trump has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and criticised Stoynoff, suggesting she was not attractive enough for him to assault. He said: ‘Take a look. You take a look. Look at her. Look at her words. You tell me what you think. I don’t think so. I don’t think so.’
Other women have also levelled accusations at Trump, including two who claim he raped them.
One, known only as Jane Doe, claims he raped her at a party at the house of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 1994 when she was 13. The woman filed a lawsuit in June and a hearing is scheduled for December. Trump’s lawyer said the allegation was ‘reckless, irresponsible and categorically untrue’.
According to Lost Tycoon, a 1993 book by author Harry Hurt, Trump’s ex-wife Ivana claimed that he raped her in deposition during their bitter divorce. She later released a statement saying she told the story ‘at a time of very high tension’ and that it was ‘totally without merit’.
Daily Mail