One of America's best known advice columnists claims she was raped by Donald Trump inside a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-90s.
E Jean Carroll, now 75, whose advice column has appeared in Elle for the past 26 years, alleges she was sexually assaulted by Trump in her new book What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal.
She has shared the story and five others with New York in a piece that also details how Les Moonves allegedly fondled her in an elevator and hints at an incident of sexual misconduct involving her former boss Roger Ailes.
She appears on the magazine's cover in the very same coat dress that she claims she was wearing on that day in the Fall of 1995 or Spring of 1996 when a chance encounter with Trump allegedly turned into a sexual assault.
Trump allegedly shoved Carroll against a wall, unzipped his pants and forcibly penetrated her in an attack she claims lasted three minutes.
The White House responded to Carroll's allegations by stating: 'This is a completely false and unrealistic story surfacing 25 years after allegedly taking place and was created simply to make the President look bad.'
A heated Trump later expounded on this statement with his own remarks on Friday afternoon.
'I’ve never met this person in my life. She is trying to sell a new book—that should indicate her motivation. It should be sold in the fiction section,' said Trump.
'Shame on those who make up false stories of assault to try to get publicity for themselves, or sell a book, or carry out a political agenda.'
He went on to note the lack of evidence, specifically that there were no eyewitnesses or video footage of the alleged assault.
He added: 'Ms. Carroll & New York Magazine: No pictures? No surveillance? No video? No reports? No sales attendants around?? I would like to thank Bergdorf Goodman for confirming they have no video footage of any such incident, because it never happened.'
Trump closed out with a request.
'If anyone has information that the Democratic Party is working with Ms. Carroll or New York Magazine, please notify us as soon as possible,' he said.
'The world should know what’s really going on. It is a disgrace and people should pay dearly for such false accusations.'
The New York Magazine excerpt included a photo showing Trump and Carroll together.
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New allegation: E Jean Carroll claims in her new memoir Hideous Men that she was raped by Donald Trump in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room (Carroll above in the dress she allegedly wore that day)
Denial: The White House called Carroll's allegations 'a completely false and unrealistic story' meant to make Trump look bad
Close quarters: Bergdorf Goodman (above) is only a block away from Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue
In an interview with MSNBC Friday evening Carroll said she would not be looking to press charges against Trump.
She said: 'I would find it disrespectful to the women down on the border who are being raped around the clock down there without any protection. They're young women.
'The women have very little protection there and it would just be disrespectful.
'Mine was three minutes, I am a mature woman, I can handle it, I can keep going. My life has gone on, I am a happy woman.
'But for the women down there, and for the women actually around the world, in every culture this is going on, no matter high in society or low in society it just seems disrespectful, it just doesn't make sense to me.'
She also described the alleged incident as a 'fight', saying: 'It became a fight. And it hurt. And it was against my will.'
Trump would have been married to Marla Maples at this time, and Carroll is now the 16th woman to accuse the president of sexual misconduct.
He had also recently welcomed a fourth child in 1993, daughter Tiffany.
Carroll claims she was on her way out of the store when Trump asked her for help with a gift and guided her towards the lingerie department.
She also notes that he looked handsome on the day in question, writing: 'I am surprised at how good-looking he is. We’ve met once before, and perhaps it is the dusky light but he looks prettier than ever.'
Carroll was doing a daily talk show called Ask E Jean at the time for Ailes' America's Talking cable network, which is how she drew Trump's attention.
'Hey, you’re that advice lady!' said Trump according to Carroll.
That was allegedly followed by a request from the real estate developer, whose Trump Tower is located just one block south of Bergdorf Goodman.
'Come advise me. I gotta buy a present,' said Trump according to Carroll, who tried to point out a few ideas in the store's main foyer.
When they were all dismissed by Trump, she asked the age of the woman he was shopping for, prompting him to ask her the same question.
She was 52 at the time, two years older than Trump, and when she told him he allegedly started laughing and said: 'You're so old.'
He then said 'lingerie', according to Carroll, and the pair headed upstairs to that department.
Once there, Carroll claims she tried to diffuse repeated attempts to get her to model one of the wears by suggesting Trump try them on in a nearby dressing room.
It was when they went to one of those rooms that the alleged assault took place.
'The moment the dressing-room door is closed, he lunges at me, pushes me against the wall, hitting my head quite badly, and puts his mouth against my lips. I am so shocked I shove him back and
