One of the 13 women who alleged Trump assaulted them will seek a legal remedy.


One of the 13 women who accused Donald Trump of sexual abuse will pursue the case through legal channels, according to attorney Gloria Allred. The Daily Beast reports that Allred told the outlet that she will be filing papers against Trump in court today on behalf of her client. She also announced that she will hold a press conference about the case Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT to answer questions about the litigation.

Charges of rape and sexual harassment dating back four decades dogged Trump in the months leading up to the election. Last year, a woman filed a lawsuit against the then-GOP presidential candidate alleging he violently raped her when she was 13 years old. Another woman, Jessica Leeds, said Trump fondled her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt on a flight in the 1980s. “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere,” she told the New York Times in October last year. “It was an assault.