Glen Rock Native Accuses Donald Trump Of Sexual Misconduct

GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Karena Virginia, a borough native, accused Donald Trump Thursday of touching her breast at a U.S. Open tennis game in New York City in 1998.

Virginia and her lawyer, Gloria Allred, a women's rights attorney, held a press conference in New York City. Virginia is from Rumson in Mommouth County, NJ101.5 reported.

Virginia said she was waiting for a car to pick up from the U.S. Open in Queens when she passed Trump, who was standing in a group with other men.

Virginia said she overheard Trump say to the men, 'Hey, look at this one, we haven't seen her before. Look at those legs,'" Virginia said at a press conference. "As though I was an object, rather than a person."

Virginia said she recognized Trump, but had not met him before.

Virginia said then Trump walked up to her, grabbed her arm, and then touched the "right inside" of her breast.

"I was in shock," Virginia said. "I flinched. 'Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I am?' That's what he said to me."

Virginia, a married mother of two, said she saw Trump again about five years ago.

"This time, we were at a business setting and there were many people around. He looked me up and down a few times," Virginia said. "This time, mixed in with the feelings of shame, I felt disgust."

Virginia, a married mother of two children, is a yoga teacher, motivational speaker, and spiritual coach. She writes for The Huffington Post and was featured on "Veria Living" on Bravo TV.

Neither Virginia nor Allred responded to questions Thursday. Virginia's assistant Sarah L. Lombard confirmed she live in Glen Rock and is a graduate of Glen Rock High School.

Virginia's claim is the latest is a series of accusers with similar accounts of being kissed or groped by Trump. She said nobody asked her to come forward with her story.

"In fact, many people advised me not to speak publicly about what Donald Trump did to me out of concern that I would also be attacked by him," she added.

Trump campaign deputy spokeswoman Jessica Ditto released a statement accused Allred, the attorney, of trying to pull a publicity stunt.

"Discredited political operative Gloria Allred, in another coordinate, publicity seeking attack with the Clinton campaign, will stop at nothing to smear Mr. Trump," the statement said. "Give me a break. Voters are tired of these circus-like antics and reject these fictional stories and the clear efforts to benefit Hillary Clinton."

Watch Virginia's full press conference below:

Reporting by Daniel Hubbard and Marc Torrence

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