Following the release of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s lewd “Hollywood Access” tape, the real estate mogul has been hit with accusation after accusation of “sexual assault,” though the Hilary Clinton campaign, using curious Clintonesque language, has denied being behind the seemingly coordinated accusations.
The profession of the latest of the 11 accusers, Jessica Drake, has raised some eyebrows: She’s an adult film performer and director, boasting a long list of, umm, “works.”
But even more interesting, Drake is seemingly claiming that a hug and a kiss hello is tantamount to sexual assault. No, seriously.
According to Drake, the adult film star met the real estate mogul in 2006, where he asked for her phone number and invited her up to his suite. Drake claims she was “uncomfortable” with voluntarily going to his room alone, so she went with two friends.
“Ten years ago, I was working for Wicked Pictures, an adult film company, at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe,” Drake said. “I was at Wicked’s booth when I met Donald Trump in the celebrity gift room early in the morning before he teed off. He flirted with me and invited me to walk along the golf course with him, which I did. During that time, he asked me for my phone number, which I gave to him. Later that evening, he invited me to his room. I said I didn’t feel right going alone, so two other women came with me.”
“He grabbed each of us tightly, in a hug and kissed each one of us without asking permission,” explained Drake, while at a Saturday news conference in Los Angeles, accompanied by celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.
Hmm. If being greeted by a hug and kiss without being asked “permission” is a form of “sexual assault”—as her claim is being lumped in with other sexual assault accusers—everyone in the world has been “sexually assaulted” on numerous occasions—like at every family holiday party. Claiming that this is sexual assault is a slap in the face to every women who has actually been a victim to sexual wrongdoing.
But there’s more. Drake claims that she and her friends left Trump’s suite about 30-45 minutes after arriving, but later received a phone call from a Trump representative who invited her back to Trump’s room.
After declining, the porn star claims Trump jumped on the phone himself, asking her to accompany him to dinner or a party event. After declining, Trump apparently asked Drake: “What do you want? How much?”
The Manhattan socialite allegedly offered the porn star—who is regularly paid to have sex on camera—$10,000 and the use of his private jet if she accepted his invitation.
Trump has vehemently denied all Drake’s accusations. His campaign put out a statement on Saturday, explaining that Trump “does not remember this person and would have no interest in ever knowing her.”
“This story is totally false and ridiculous. The picture is one of thousands taken out of respect for people asking to have their picture taken with Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump does not know this person, does not remember this person and would have no interest in ever knowing her. This is just another attempt by the Clinton campaign to defame a candidate who just today is number one in three different polls. Anyone who would pay thugs to incite violence at a rally against American citizens, as was released on video, will stop at nothing. Just another example of the Clinton campaign trying to rig the election,” reads the statement.
Drake is boasting a public photo of her and Trump as evidence to support her accusations.
