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Trump Groped Me at the U.S. Open, Woman Claims

By  Ben Fractenberg and Michael P. Ventura | October 20, 2016 11:46am 

 Karena Virginia speaks at a press conference where she accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of groping her during the U.S. Open back in 1998.
Karena Virginia speaks at a press conference where she accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of groping her during the U.S. Open back in 1998.
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MIDTOWN — Another woman has come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexually inappropriate contact.

Karena Virginia, a yoga instructor and life coach, accused the Republican presidential candidate of grabbing her breast and arm during the 1998 U.S. Open when she was 27 years old.

She said she was waiting for a car to pick her up at the tennis tournament when Trump walked over with a group of friends and said, "Hey, look at that one. We haven't seen her before. Look at those legs."

He then grabbed her right arm and touched her breast and said, "Don't you know who I am?" she added.

"I was in shock," Virginia said.

The yoga instructor said she told a few friends about he incident and then her husband after she got married. 

Virginia then said she ran into Trump again about five years ago at a business function and that he "looked me up and down a few times." 

She added that she "had come to the realization I was the victim."

She made the accusation at a press conference in Midtown flanked by high-powered attorney Gloria Allred.

Allred, who was a delegate for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention and has represented other women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct, added that Virginia does not intend to sue Trump.

"It's been a difficult decision for her to come forward knowing that she would be attacked by Mr. Trump," Allred said at the press conference, adding the Virginia "finally decided that it was her duty" to come forward.

About a dozen woman have so far accused Trump of groping them. 

Trump's campaign spokeswoman did not respond to an immediate request for comment, but he has dismissed the accusations in the past. 

"These claims are all fabricated. They're pure fiction and outright lies," he said at a recent campaign event in Florida, CNN reported. "These events never ever happened," 

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