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Woman raped in unmonitored drug sting sues police handlers

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A police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real-time and allowed the attack to “play out” despite concerns over how long she was inside a known stash house.

The suit filed this week in Alexandria alleges Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies “coerced” the woman into working as a confidential informant after her arrest on felony drug charges and failed to keep their promise to protect her if a purchase went bad.

The January 2021 incident was the subject of an Associated Press investigation that highlighted the perils police informants face seeking to “work off” criminal charges in often loosely regulated, secretive arrangements with law enforcement.

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A female informant on an undercover drug operation was allegedly raped as her law enforcement handlers left her on her own at this home in Louisiana.

The woman's attacker, Antonio D. Jones, was convicted of rape in November 2022 and later sentenced to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors recently asked a judge to reconsider that sentence, saying it “deprecates the seriousness” of the rape and Jones' extensive criminal history.

The woman wore a hidden camera that recorded Jones forcing her to perform oral sex on him twice in an attack so brazen he paused at one point to conduct a separate drug deal.

Authorities said the device did not transmit the attack in real-time, but experts told AP the technology to monitor undercover transactions has existed for generations and should have been used to protect the woman in this case.

The lawsuit alleges that deputies waiting nearby feared for the woman's safety because she was in the home too long and that one, Deputy Cassie Jolene Saucier, considered going in before ultimately deciding to allow the undercover deal to “play out.”

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Antonio D. Jones didn't know his victim was a police informant when he raped her twice.

Neither Saucier nor Rapides Parish Sheriff Mark Wood immediately responded to messages seeking comment. The lawsuit also names retired Lt. Mark Parker, the ranking official overseeing the operation, who told AP last year that the sheriff’s office didn’t start using equipment capable of monitoring in real-time until after the woman's rape and often sent informants into stings without any recording equipment at all.

“We’ve always done it this way,” Parker said. “She was an addict and we just used her as an informant like we’ve done a million times before. Looking back, it’s easy to say, ‘What if?’”

The lawsuit says the woman “has suffered extreme emotional pain and distress" from having to testify about the rape in open court. She, too, did not immediately respond to a request to speak to AP, which typically does not identify victims of sexual assault.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

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Minns doesn't think Perrottet's Nazi costume confession will affect election

New South Wales opposition leader Chris Minns does not believe NSW premier Dominic Perrottet's confession that he wore a Nazi costume on his 21st birthday will affect the state's upcoming election.

Earlier in the week Perrottet apologised for wearing the costume and has since faced a barrage of criticism, while insisting his job is safe.

Speaking on the Central Coast today, Minns broke his silence on the issue, which he said "came out of left field".

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"I didn't know about it specifically, there were media reports about a photo to do with someone in the Liberal party specifically, I have to say I was made aware of that but the specifics of it I had no idea," Minns said.

"I think it was massive mistake and a huge error on his part and I think he has acknowledged that but that's important.

"I thought the apology was sincere and I don't think it will effect the election on March 25."

He said he was not calling for Perrottet to resign.

"I didn't know him when he was 21 years old so it is difficult for me to speculate on what he was or was not like during that period of time."

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was a matter for the Premier to deal with.

"I have observed his statements, that's a matter for him and for other's will make judgement's based upon the premier's explanation," Albanese told reporters in Townsville.

Yesterday Perrottet declined to reveal what was said or who made the call, but stressed he was "deeply ashamed" about the revelation.

He said it was important he had admitted wearing the uniform at the party and he hoped "some good would come of it".

"What is important here, as I said yesterday, was that I did it. It was a terrible mistake that I made and, as I said, I am incredibly sorry for the hurt," he said.

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NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns.

"My hope is that some good can come from that terrible mistake I made years ago and hopefully it will lead to young people never making the same mistake that I did.

"That is what I am focused on."

Federal MP Alex Hawke, who is a long-time friend of Perrottet, believes the premier did the right thing in apologising.

"It was 20 years ago, if you ask me if I was at a party 20 years ago, I don't know," Hawke told 9News.

Lisa Marie Presley will be buried at Graceland next to son

Lisa Marie Presley will be buried at Graceland, the famed home of Elvis Presley that on Friday became a gathering place for fans distraught over her death a day earlier.

The singer-songwriter's final resting place will be next to her son, Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020, said a representative of her daughter and actor Riley Keough.

Elvis and other members of the Presley family are also buried at Graceland.

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Lisa Marie Presley

Fans paid their respects at Graceland's gates on Friday, writing messages on the stone wall, leaving flowers and sharing memories of Elvis Presley's only child, who was one of the last remaining touchstones to the icon whose influence and significance still resonates more than 45 years after his own sudden death.

Lisa Marie Presley, 54, died Thursday, hours after being hospitalised for a medical emergency.

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A singer-songwriter herself, Lisa Marie did not live in Memphis, where she was born. But she made trips to the city for celebrations of her father's birth anniversary and commemorations of his death, which stunned the world when he was found dead in his Graceland home at age 42 on August 16, 1977.

She was in Memphis just this past Sunday, on what would have been her father's 88th birthday.

Angela Ferraro was among those on Thursday night who stopped by Graceland, where the trees in the front lawn were adorned by green and red lights.

Fans took photos and left flowers at the front gate on the chilly and windy evening.

Ferraro and her fiancé drove 25 minutes from Olive Branch, Mississippi, to pay their respects.

Ferraro said she was a fan of Elvis’ music and of Lisa Marie’s — the couple listened to Lisa Marie’s song “Lights Out” on the drive north to Graceland.

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“Elvis died young, and so did she. And her son, his passing was very tragic as well,” said Ferraro, 32.

“It’s hard and it’s devastating.”

Lisa Marie became the sole heir of the Elvis Presley Trust, which, along with Elvis Presley Enterprises, managed Graceland and other assets until she sold her majority interest in 2005.

She retained ownership of the mansion itself, the 13 acres around it and items inside the home.

A representative from Elvis Presley Enterprises told The Associated Press that the mansion is in a trust that will go to the benefit of her children — she's survived by three daughters.

The representative did not have details on the timing of a funeral or burial.

Lisa Marie was 9 when her father died.

She was staying at Graceland at the time and would recall him kissing her goodnight hours before he died.

When she next saw him, the following day, he was lying face down in the bathroom.

“I just had a feeling,” she told Rolling Stone in 2003.

“He wasn’t doing well. All I know is I had it (a feeling), and it happened. I was obsessed with death at a very early age.”

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Lisa Marie visited Graceland in 2012 to attend the opening of a new exhibit, “Elvis Through His Daughter’s Eyes," a personal look that included her baby shoes — her birth, nine months exactly after Elvis and Priscilla Presley's wedding, was international news — as well as her first record player and a small white fur coat.

During an interview with the AP during that stop, she smiled when recalling the time spent with her dad.

She said one of her favorite items was the key used to operate a golf cart because it helped her recall when she was alone with her father, riding around the neighborhood.

“That was my life,” she said. “I carried it everywhere. It was never far from me or not on my person when I was a child. I hadn’t seen it in 35 years.”

On Thursday, Sancelle Vance, 50, had taken the Graceland tour, which included a stop by Lisa Marie’s old swing set and the grave of her son.

About an hour and a half later, Vance heard about Lisa Marie’s death; the mood at The Guest House at Graceland, the hotel where she is staying, became somber.

Vance, who decided to stop in Memphis while moving from Mississippi to California, said it was “surreal” that she was at Graceland on the day Lisa Marie died.

Kristen Sainato and her husband were visiting Memphis from Cleveland when she heard the news of Lisa Marie's death on Thursday.

She wore a black jacket with the well-known TCB lightning bolt (shorthand for taking care of business in a flash, a motto Elvis lived by) on the back as she described meeting Lisa Marie at a celebration of her father’s birthday.

Sainato set down a bouquet of flowers at the front gate of Graceland, where one of two planes is named for Lisa Marie.

“Those are for Lisa,” she said.

She said Lisa Marie Presley was one of the last connections to her famous father.

“Everyone is shocked over this. Why? Why did this have to happen?” Sainato said, wiping tears from her eyes as she stood in front of the stone wall that borders the home-turned museum.

“She deserved a long, happy life.”

Heatwave hits southern states as rain pours in North Queensland

Southern parts of the country are about to swelter through a heatwave as temperatures are expected remain well above 30 degrees into next week, while heavy rain hits North Queensland.

Melbourne and Adelaide are expected to have temperatures in the 30s today, Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures dropping on Wednesday.

Meteorologist Dean Narramore said Melbourne and Adelaide saw temperatures in the high 30s yesterday.

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"In Melbourne this morning, it is gloomy almost, doesn't look hot but it will be once the cloud clears later this afternoon," Narramore told Today.

"We're expecting 38 degrees or so around Adelaide and 37 degrees in Melbourne.

Regional areas are expected to hit 40 degrees.

"Once the cloud clears, southern Victoria will get into the high 30s. Then 41 at Swan Hill, Mildura and even hotter in inland parts of South Australia."

A cool change is expected overnight for Adelaide and Melbourne coastal areas but then it will heat up again on Monday and Tuesday.

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Tasmania is also having its own heatwave with Hobart expected to hit 30 degrees today and Tuesday.

Meanwhile in North Queensland, a severe weather warning has been issued for Tully through to Mackay.

About 300mm of rain fell yesterday and another 200mm fell overnight.

"Rain is continuing to fall and forecast to fall over the next 48 hours," Narramore said.

"Flood watches are also issued so we're likely to see flash and riverine flooding become a bigger concern through the weekend into early next week."

Brisbane is expected to hit 27 degrees today.

Sydney will be overcast and will peak at 26 degrees today.

Perth is 32 degrees today and is expected to maintain low 30s throughout the week.

Darwin will be 33 degrees with storms throughout the week.

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Judge lets writer's rape claim proceed against Donald Trump

A columnist can proceed with lawsuits alleging she was raped by former President Donald Trump in a department store a quarter century ago, a federal judge ruled Friday, upholding a temporary New York state law letting adult victims of sexual abuse sue their abusers.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said lawsuits alleging rape and defamation and seeking unspecified damages by writer E. Jean Carroll could proceed to trial because Trump's challenges were without merit.

“The fact that Mr. Trump denies Ms. Carroll’s allegations does not enter into the analysis at this stage of the case,” the Manhattan jurist wrote. “What, if anything, actually occurred must await further proceedings if the complaint withstands the present motion.”

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E Jean Carroll is suing Donald Trump for defamation after he said she made up a rape accusation against him.

Alina Habba, an attorney for Trump, said in a statement: "While we are disappointed with the Court’s decision, we intend to immediately appeal the order and continue to advocate for our client’s constitutionally protected rights.”

In the ruling, Kaplan said the Adult Survivor’s Act was similar to the Child Victims Act, another New York state law that temporarily allowed victims of sexual assaults when they were children to sue their abusers years later.

“Mr. Trump has not offered any meritorious reason to reject the one-year revival period in the ASA as unreasonable when the nearly identical two-year revival period in the Child Victims Act has been accepted as reasonable by all courts to consider it,” Kaplan wrote.

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Donald Trump (far left) speaks to E Jean Carroll (second from left) in 1987. This week the president declared he had never met her.

Lawyers for the former president had asked the judge to toss out the lawsuit after Trump said the encounter at an upscale Manhattan department store never happened.

Trump said Carroll made the claim publicly for the first time in a 2019 book to generate book sales.

Carroll was a longtime Elle magazine columnist. She initially sued Trump for defamation after he mocked her claims that he sexually assaulted her in late 1995 or early 1996 after they had a chance meeting in the department store and she agreed to help him pick out lingerie for a friend.

Trump has repeatedly denied the encounter took place, calling her allegations “a complete con job” and saying “she’s not my type.”

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Donald Trump is being sued for defamation for calling E Jean Carroll a liar after she accused him of rape.

“No pictures? No surveillance? No video? No reports? No sales attendants around??” Trump said in one of various statements and interviews. “People should pay dearly for such false accusations.”

Carroll sued Trump with the rape claim in November, when the Adult Survivor's Act took effect.

Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll who is not related to the judge, said in an email: “We are pleased though not surprised that Judge Kaplan denied Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss and upheld the constitutionality of New York’s Adult Survivors Act. We look forward to trial in April. ”

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All the women accusing Trump of sexual assault

Jessica Leeds

When it allegedly happened: Around 1980

Where it allegedly happened: On a plane

What she said: Jessica Leeds, a 74-year-old Manhattan resident, told The New York Times that Trump inappropriately touched her "like an octopus" during a flight from Connecticut to New York. According to Leeds, a flight attendant upgraded her to first-class, escorting her to an open seat next to Trump. Once they were airborne, Trump raised the seat divider, grabbed her chest, and attempted to move one of his hands up her skirt, she said.

What Trump said: Trump told a the Times reporter asking about the incident that "none of this ever took place" before calling her a "disgusting human being." One of his attorneys Tuesday morning demanded an immediate retraction and an apology from the paper. High-ranking sources in the Trump campaign tell CNN's Brian Stelter and Dylan Byers the campaign has started drafting a lawsuit.

Mindy McGillivray

When it allegedly happened: 2003

Where it allegedly happened: The Mar-a-Lago Club

What she said: Mindy McGillivray, a 36-year-old Palm Springs, Florida, resident, told the Palm Beach Post that Trump groped her 13 years ago when she was assisting a photographer hired to work a concert at the club. "This was a pretty good nudge. More of a grab,'' she said. "It was pretty close to the center of my butt. I was startled. I jumped.''

What Trump said: Like with the New York Times, Trump campaign sources have told CNN's Brian Stelter and Dylan Byers the campaign is drafting a lawsuit against the Florida newspaper.

Rachel Crooks

When it allegedly happened: 2006

Where it allegedly happened: Outside a Trump Tower elevator

What she said: Eleven years ago, Bayrock Group receptionist Rachel Crooks greeted Trump outside a elevator in the building where they both worked. She said she attempted to be cordial to one of her company's business partners. But after saying hello and shaking hands, she claims Trump kissed her on her cheeks and then on the mouth. "It was so inappropriate," she told the New York Times. "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that."

What Trump said: Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, called The New York Times article "fiction". "For the New York Times to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against Mr. Trump on a topic like this is dangerous," Miller said in a statement, which reacted to both claims. "To reach back decades in an attempt to smear Mr. Trump trivialises sexual assault, and it sets a new low for where the media is willing to go in its efforts to determine this election."

Natasha Stoynoff

When it allegedly happened: 2005

Where it allegedly happened: The Mar-a-Lago Club

What she said: During an assignment to cover Trump's one-year wedding anniversary to his wife, Melania, People magazine writer Natasha Stoynoff claims the now-presidential candidate pushed her against a wall, started "forcing his tongue" down her throat, and physically attacked her during a tour of the place. "Now, I'm a tall, strapping girl who grew up wrestling two giant brothers. I even once sparred with Mike Tyson. It takes a lot to push me. But Trump is much bigger — a looming figure — and he was fast, taking me by surprise and throwing me off balance," she wrote.

What Trump said: Trump's campaign, which has not responded to CNN's request for comment, told People that the incident never happened. "There is no merit or veracity to this fabricated story," a spokeswoman said.

Anonymous

When it allegedly happened: 2010

Where it allegedly happened: Trump Tower

What she said: According to CNN's Erin Burnett, Trump suggested her friend, who was with him in a Trump Tower boardroom, take some Tic Tacs. Then he leaned in to kiss her on the lips, which caught her off guard. "I was really freaked out," the woman later told Burnett. After that, Trump invited her into his office alone. He told the woman she was "special" and proceeded to give her his cell phone number. "I ran the hell out of there," the friend told Burnett.

What Trump said: The Trump campaign has not responded to CNN's request for comment.

Temple Taggart

When it allegedly happened: 1997

Where it allegedly happened: Shreveport, Louisiana and later at Trump Tower

What she said: The former Miss Utah claims Trump gave her a non-consensual embrace and kissed her on the lips during a rehearsal for the Miss USA Pageant. The beauty contestant was 21 at the time, and Taggart says the behavior was repeated later during a meeting at Trump Tower.

"I felt awkward, and I just remember in my mind going, 'what does he think this is,'" she told CNN's Burnett. "Like, I'm thinking he's married. This is awkward for me. He's much older. This is not at all what I came here for. So, to me, it was like I hope he knows that I'm here for business. I'm not here for anything other than business."

What Trump said: "I don't even know who she is," Trump told NBC News. "She claims this took place in a public area. I never kissed her. I emphatically deny this ridiculous claim."

Kristin Anderson

When it allegedly happened: Early 1990s

Where it allegedly happened: A Manhattan nightclub

What she said: Today Anderson is a photographer, but back then she was an aspiring model. She told the Washington Post she was sitting on a couch and talking to friends when, as the Washington Post describes it, "his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh, and touched her vagina through her underwear." She didn't know Trump, but says she recognized him instantly when she pulled away. CNN has not independently confirmed the claim.

What Trump said: "It is illogical and nonsensical to think Donald Trump was alone in a nightclub in Manhattan and that the alleged incident and recognition of Mr. Trump went unnoticed by both the woman involved and anyone else in this 'crowded' venue,'" said Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks, who said it was a "political attack designed to take down Mr. Trump."

Summer Zervos

Summer Zervos with her lawyer Gloria Allred in 2016. (AAP)

When it allegedly happened: 2007

Where it allegedly happened: The Beverly Hills Hotel

What she said: A former Apprentice contestant, Zervos said Trump first kissed her during a meeting in New York, but she was still interested in getting a job at The Trump Organization. She met Trump for dinner in Los Angeles and says that she was escorted into a room next to where he was getting dressed. Zervos claims he later kissed her "very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast." Zervos said she still had dinner with Trump and later called him to inquire about getting a job. She made the allegations during a press conference with the attorney Gloria Allred. CNN has not independently verified this claim.

What Trump said: "I vaguely remember Ms. Zervos as one of the many contestants on The Apprentice over the years," Trump said in a statement. "To be clear, I never met her at a hotel or greeted her inappropriately a decade ago. That is not who I am as a person, and it is not how I've conducted my life. In fact, Ms. Zervos continued to contact me for help, emailing my office on April 14th of this year asking that I visit her restaurant in California."

Cathy Heller

When it allegedly happened: 1997

Where it allegedly happened: Trump's Mar-A-Lago Club

What she said: Heller, now 63, says she met Trump at Mar-a-Lago almost 20 years ago during a Mother's Day brunch, she told The Guardian newspaper. Heller said she had been introduced to Trump by her mother-in-law. She says Trump "took my hand, and grabbed me, and went for the lips," without her consent. She said Trump held her in place and kissed her. The Guardian reported that it spoke to a friend who Heller told about the incident and a relative who witnessed part of it. CNN has not been able to independently confirm Heller's claims.

What Trump said: Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump's campaign, said in a statement there was "no way" Heller's account is true. "The media has gone too far in making this false accusation," Miller said in a statement. "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. The reality is this: for the media to wheel out a politically motivated Democratic activist with a legal dispute against this same resort owned by Mr. Trump does a disservice to the public, and anyone covering this story should be embarrassed for elevating this bogus claim."

Jill Harth

When it allegedly happened: 1992-1993

Where it allegedly happened: A Manhattan nightclub and later at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Club

What she said: Harth and her then-boyfriend, George Houraney, entered into a business venture with Donald Trump which included holding an event at one of the real estate magnate's Atlantic City casinos. Donald Trump made unwanted sexual advances towards her, including groping her under her skirt on two different occasions in 1992 and 1993 during their initial meetings, according to Harth's lawyer, Lisa Bloom.

What Trump said: Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said in a statement to CNN: "Mr. Trump denies each and every statement made by Ms. Harth. These 24 year old allegations lack any merit or veracity, as evidenced by her repeated requests for employment, attempts to seek out Mr. Trump, and her support of Mr. Trump's candidacy."  The Trump campaign has shared emails from Harth in which she thanks Trump and offers up her support for his presidential run.

Jessica Drake

When it allegedly happened: 2006

Where it allegedly happened: In a hotel suite at a charity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada

What she said: Drake, an adult film performer and director, said he invited her to his suite and she brought two other women because she did not feel comfortable attending alone. She said he hugged and kissed each of them without permission. Drake said she left after 30-45 minutes but later received a phone call from Trump, who asked her to return and go out to dinner or attend a party with him. When she declined, he offered her $10,000 and use of his private jet if she accepted. At a news conference on October 22, Drake's lawyer displayed a photo of Trump and Drake together.

What Trump said: The Trump campaign issued a statement that said in part: "This story is totally false and ridiculous. The picture is one of thousands taken out of respect for people asking to have their picture taken with Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump does not know this person, does not remember this person and would have no interest in ever knowing her. This is just another attempt by the Clinton campaign to defame a candidate who just today is number one in three different polls."

Karena Virginia

When it allegedly happened: 1998

Where it allegedly happened: Outside the US Open

What she said: While waiting for car service outside the US Open, Virginia said, Trump "walked up to me and reached his right arm and grabbed my right arm. Then his hand touched the right inside of my breast. I was in shock. I flinched. 'Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I am?' That is what he said to me."

What Trump said: The White House has dismissed the validity of the claim, calling Virginia's lawyer, Gloria Allred a "discredited political operative," according to The New York Times.

Ninni Laaksonen

When it allegedly happened: 2006

Where it allegedly happened: At an event outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City

What she said: Laaksonen, the former Miss Finland, accused Trump of grabbing her butt before an appearance on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman."

"Before the show we were photographed outside the building," Laaksonen told The Telegraph, a British newspaper. "Trump stood right next to me and suddenly he squeezed my butt. He really grabbed my butt."

What Trump said: Trump has not spoken out specifically about Laaksonen but he has called all sexual misconduct allegations "totally false" and threatened to sue women accusing him of any improper sexual behavior.

Alva Johnson

When it allegedly happened: August 2016

Where it allegedly happened: A Trump campaign RV in Florida

What she said: Lawyers for Johnson, a former Trump campaign worker, say Trump came into the RV and provided some motivational words. When Secret Service alerted the presidential candidate he was due for his next rally, he allegedly grasped her hand and praised her efforts, tightening his grip and leaning toward her. "Ms. Johnson suddenly realized that Defendant Trump was trying to kiss her on the mouth, and attempted to avoid this by turning her head to the right. Defendant Trump kissed her anyway, and the kiss landed on the corner of her mouth," a lawsuit, which was dismissed in June 2019, according to the Tampa Bay Times, states.

What Trump said: Trump's lawyers urged for the case to be dismissed. While it was dismissed, the judge in the case said Johnson's lawyers could file an amended complaint.

E. Jean Carroll

When it allegedly happened: 1995 or 1996

Where it allegedly happened: The Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City

What she said: In excerpts in her new book, Carroll claims that she encountered Trump at the department store where she says he attacked her in one of the dressing rooms after pressing her to try on lingerie and pulling her toward the dressing room. She alleged he "unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I'm not certain — inside me." She says she fought against Trump.

What Trump said: Trump accused Carroll of sharing her account to boost book sales, comparing her to women who he says "falsely accused" Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault during his contentious confirmation hearings. He also implied that Democrats could be involved in Carroll's "false accusations" but did not offer any details as to how, and Carroll on Monday denied any political affiliation or motivation.

Additionally, the President said in a statement released that he "never met this person," though the article published that same day includes a photo of Trump and Carroll talking in a group. After seeing the photo, Trump maintained that he doesn't know who she is.