Former model accuses Trump of sexually assaulting her in 1997

In an interview published Thursday in The Guardian, a former model has accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.

Amy Dorris told the publication that in 1997 Trump, then a real estate mogul, stuck his tongue down her throat, touched her all over her body and then gripped her tightly so she could not break away from him. Dorris said this all happened outside of the VIP box at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.

“I was in his grip, and I couldn’t get out of it,” she said, adding: “I don’t know what you call that when you’re sticking your tongue just down someone’s throat. But I pushed it out with my teeth. I was pushing it. And I think I might have hurt his tongue.”

Dorris said she was 24 and Trump was 48 when the incident allegedly happened on Sept. 5, 1997.

Lawyers for Trump vehemently denied the allegations, suggesting they were implausible and politically motivated. The president’s lawyers also suggested that there would have been witnesses at such a public event.

Dorris showed The Guardian six photographs of her with Trump over several days in New York as well as her ticket to the U.S. Open.

She said she spent multiple days in New York with Trump that year with her then-boyfriend, Jason Binn, who was friends with Trump.

Dorris is one of dozens of women who have accused the president of sexual misconduct since the 1970s. Last year, columnist E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her inside her Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. In a tape released from “Access Hollywood” in 2016, the president can be heard bragging about grabbing women’s genitals.

Despite the nearly 25 women who have made such allegations, Trump has categorically denied any wrongdoing with women.

“Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign,” the Republican nominee said during a 2016 rally. “Total fabrication. The events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over.”