Newest Allegation: Donald Trump Accused of Groping Close to Pregnant Melania

Former President Donald Trump allegedly groped a journalist whereas his pregnant spouse Melania was in one other room, in accordance with testimony in his ongoing rape trial.

Natasha Stoynoff testified on Wednesday that she was on project at Mar-a-Lago in 2005 to write down about Trump’s first marriage ceremony anniversary with Melania. Throughout a break within the photoshoot, Stoynoff claims that Trump pushed her towards a wall and kissed her.

‘I’m pondering wow, very nice room and I hear the door shut behind me,’ Stoynoff, tearing up, instructed jurors weighing columnist E Jean Carroll’s rape allegations towards Trump.

‘By the point I rotated he had his palms on my shoulder and was pushing me towards the wall and kissing me. I attempted to push him away.

‘He got here towards me once more and I attempted to shove him once more. He was kissing me. He was towards me, simply holding my shoulder again.

‘I didn’t say any phrases. I used to be in shock. No phrases got here out of my mouth. I keep in mind simply type of mumbling.’

Stoynoff stated a butler entered the room and stated that Melania, who was pregnant with Barron, was performed getting dressed and will proceed with a photoshoot. She claimed that Trump left, however instructed her within the pool space, ‘Oh you recognize we’re going to have an affair’, and stated he would give her the ‘finest intercourse you’ll ever have’. Stoynoff stated Trump additionally provided to take her to a Peter Luger steakhouse.

When Melania entered the room, Trump acted ‘doting’ towards her, stated Stoynoff, including that she continued the interview to one of the best of her skill.

Stoynoff stated she didn’t inform her bosses at Individuals in regards to the encounter as a result of she didn’t wish to create issues although she felt ‘ashamed and humiliated’.

The journalist added that she bumped into Melania exterior Trump Tower in New York after a while had handed and was requested why they didn’t see her once more. Stoynoff stated she made an excuse and didn’t reveal the alleged groping.

Stoynoff testified on the identical day that Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina stated that the ex-president wouldn’t current witnesses within the rape trial. Trump spent this week in Scotland the place he’s opening a brand new golf course, and won’t seem in court docket.

Additionally on Wednesday, the jury was proven a 45-minute video deposition that Trump gave for the case in October.

‘If it did occur, it could have been reported inside minutes,’ stated Trump of Carroll’s claims that he raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room within the mid-Nineteen Nineties.