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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYoga instructor accuses Donald Trump of sexual misconduct
Source: CNBC
That didn't take long.
A day after the final presidential debate of the 2016 campaign, a yoga instructor and lifestyle coach appeared at a news conference to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.
Fighting back tears, 45-year-old Karena Virginia became the 10th woman to accuse the Republican presidential candidate of inappropriate behavior.
She alleged that in 1998, Trump walked up to her at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, grabbed her arm, and then touched her breast, according to NBC News.
"I was in shock. I flinched. 'Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I am?' That's what he said to me," she told reporters at a New York news conference Thursday that was announced by women's rights attorney Gloria Allred during Trump's debate with Hillary Clinton.
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/19/gloria-allred-announces-new-sex-misconduct-accuser-against-donald-trump.html
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Yoga instructor accuses Donald Trump of sexual misconduct (Original Post)
demmiblue
Oct 2016
OP
What's really sad is people, from law enforcement to medical personnel to
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2016
#2
Agreed. The victims are seem as opportunists looking for easy lawsuit money or fame.
guillaumeb
Oct 2016
#3
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Now up to ten victims. Pathetic that a predator can operate this way.
And sad that enablers can look the other way and excuse this behavior.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)2. What's really sad is people, from law enforcement to medical personnel to
friends, family and strangers accuse and judge victims, but forget about the criminal scum that do it.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. Agreed. The victims are seem as opportunists looking for easy lawsuit money or fame.
While the predator denies and re-victimizes by denigrating their looks and calling into question their sexual attractiveness. As if to say they are not "pretty enough" to be victims.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)4. Ugh, yes. So much revictimization.
But thanks to Hilary and the innerwebz, we're already seeing images of women that differ from what we're so used to seeing.
Good! I want more of that. I think it will help re-humanize women, and get women speaking out---and men shaken up.