US President Donald Trump has again denied allegations he sexually assaulted a columnist in the 1990s, saying “she’s not my type”.
Trump said E. Jean Carroll was “totally lying” about the alleged attack in a New York department store.
Carroll, 75, made the allegations in the New York magazine last Friday.
In follow-up interviews with CNN and MSNBC, the Elle columnist said she would consider pressing charges against Trump.
Carroll is the 16th woman to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct. Trump has denied all allegations against him.
She says the attack allegedly happened at a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan in late 1995 or early 1996, when the pair bumped into each other while shopping.
The former Apprentice star and real estate magnate allegedly asked her for advice when buying lingerie for another woman and jokingly asked her to model it for him.
In the changing rooms, she said Trump lunged at her, pinned her against a wall and forced himself on her.
Speaking to The Hill from the White House on Monday, Trump staunchly dismissed the allegations due to appear in Ms Carroll’s forthcoming book, What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal.
He denied even knowing Carroll despite being pictured with her in New York magazine alongside details of her allegations.
BBC
