Difference between revisions of "Mindy McGillivray"

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• Mindy McGillivray came forward to recount a time she had been unwillingly groped by Trump after Trump denied during a Presidential debate that he had ever groped women in the manner he was filmed boasting of. “For more than 10 years, it was something Mindy McGillivray said she shared only with a close circle of family and friends. That changed Sunday night. Donald Trump was asked during the presidential debate about when he bragged that he kissed women without their consent and grabbed their genitals -- remarks captured on audio that surfaced this past week. Trump apologized for the remarks and dismissed them as ‘locker room talk.’ But the debate moderator, CNN's Anderson Cooper, asked Trump to clarify: ‘Have you ever done those things?’ ‘No, I have not,’ Trump replied. Watching at home in Palm Springs, Fla., McGillivray said she rose from her couch and yelled at the TV screen: ‘You liar!’” (Palm Beach Post, October 13, 2016)
• McGillivray reported that she had been groped by Trump at a Ray Charles concert at Mar-a-Lago in 2003, claiming he grabbed her from behind “pretty close to the center of my butt.” “McGillivray, 36, said she was groped by Trump at Mar-a-Lago 13 years ago. She said she never reported it to authorities. […]After the show, Davidoff and McGillivray were standing in a pavilion behind the main house in the middle of a group of people. To their left was Regis Philbin and his wife, Joy, according to Davidoff. To McGillivray's immediate right was Trump and his fiancée, Melania. ‘Ray already performed. He's ready to leave. He's saying his goodbyes to everyone,’ McGillivray recalled. ‘All of a sudden I felt a grab, a little nudge. I think it's Ken's camera bag, that was my first instinct. I turn around and there's Donald. He sort of looked away quickly. I quickly turned back, facing Ray Charles, and I'm stunned.’ […] Asked about the possibility that what she felt was Trump or someone accidentally bumping into her, McGillivray said no. ‘This was a pretty good nudge. More of a grab,’ she said. ‘It was pretty close to the center of my butt. I was startled. I jumped.’” (Palm Beach Post, October 13, 2016)
• Immediately after Trump groped her, McGillivray complained to photographer Ken Davidoff, who verified she had told him about the groping at the time and that he had never disbelieved her. “Her companion that day, photographer Ken Davidoff, vividly remembers when McGillivray pulled him aside moments after the alleged incident and told him, ‘Donald just grabbed my ass!’ […] Davidoff said he did not witness the alleged groping but he said he has never had any reason to doubt McGillivray.” (Palm Beach Post, October 13, 2016)