The tenth victim of Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has publicly come forward with her lawyer, Gloria Allred, to expose the alleged assault during the 1998 US Open.
Karena Virginia appeared with Allred and disclosed that while waiting outside for a car to pick her up from the US Open, Trump grabbed her arm and breast after making inappropriate comments to a group of men. Virginia stated:
“As I was waiting, Donald Trump approached me. I knew who he was. But I’d never met him. He was with a few other men. I was quite surprised when I overheard him talking to the other men about me. Hey, look at this one, he said. We haven’t seen her before. Look at those legs. As though I was an object rather than a person.”
Virginia then went on to describe the assault allegations and the aftermath that Trump caused when he, “reached his right arm and grabbed my right arm. Then his hand touched the right inside of my breast.”
“I was in shock. I flinched. ‘Don’t you know who I am? Don’t you know who I am?’ That’s what he said to me. I felt intimidated, and I felt powerless. When my car pulled up, and I got in, after I closed the door, my shock turned to shame.”
Just like Trump’s comments to Billy Bush concerning the ability to do anything to a woman when you are famous, his first comments to Virginia ask her to come to terms with the fact that his fame gives him the allowance to sexually assault her.
Karena Virginia would see Trump later in life in a business setting where she claims he looked her up and down several times. Virginia is currently a yoga instructor and life coach in the tri-state area and felt shamed for many years, growing braver as other women began to come forward with their allegations. Gloria Allred commented on the situation by stating:
“Her allegations demonstrate how Mr. Trump selects his victims at random.”
Virginia joins the ranks of nine other women who have publicly come forward to speak about their horrifying run-ins with the serial abuser that is running for President. The Republican party has had a range of responses from buckling down in his defense to tucking tail and running in the other direction. Trump, of course, continues to vehemently deny all accusations and has been heard mocking the women and calling them “terrible liars.”
Trump’s defense has been all over the board from making fun of the way these women looked to denying all allegations and of course blaming the Democratic party for orchestrating the events, real or not. Even his daughter, Ivana Trump, has spoken out about the disgust of her father’s words and actions but still believes that the media is attacking her family without cause.
Sadly, the number of women who haven’t come forward about their sexual assaults by Trump most likely outweigh the number that have.
Featured Image Via Vimeo/Karena Virginia
