Cathy Heller

• Cathy Heller came forward after Trump denied ever forcing himself upon unconsenting women to recount an experience at a 1997 Mother's Day event in Mar-a-Lago where Trump forcibly kissed her. "About 1997, Cathy Heller told the Guardian that she was attending a Mother's Day brunch at Mar-a-Lago when she was introduced to Trump, who she said grabbed her and moved to kiss her on the mouth. She said she leaned back to avoid him, but Trump exclaimed ‘Oh come on,’ and then held her firmly while he kissed her on the side of her mouth for an uncomfortably long moment. A friend told the Guardian that Heller shared the story in 2015. Heller said she has met Clinton and donated to her campaign but came forward after Trump and his supporters insisted that the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape represented only lewd talk. ‘It's action,’ Heller said." (Washington Post, October 18, 2016)
• Trump's campaign spokesman accused Heller of lying but offered no evidence rebutting her charges. “In a statement, Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller called Heller's account ‘false.’ ‘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,’ he said, calling Heller ‘a politically motivated Democratic activist with a legal dispute against this same resort.” (Washington Post, October 18, 2016)