Jessica Leeds tells E Jean Caroll how Trump ‘groped her on a plane’ and then laughed that ‘she wasn’t pretty enough’ at his rally
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His hands were everywhere.” She added of the alleged incident: “It was an assault.” During her conversation with Carroll, published in The Atlantic on Friday, Leeds shared a similar account, stating in part: “All I remember is all of a sudden, he is on me.” “It’s like he’s got four extra hands,” Leeds added. I grab my purse and storm to the back of the plane.” After Leeds spoke out in October 2016, Trump denied her allegations as well as those made by other women in a statement to The New York Times, telling the newspaper: “None of this ever took place." “I know that if the story gets any attention, the first thing Trump will say is that I’m not pretty enough,” she told Carroll. “I know instinctively that’s what he’s going to say.” Earlier this week, the US Department of Justice asked to take over Trump’s defence in the defamation lawsuit filed by Carroll against the president.