Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania Trump, wife of Donald Trump after the presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. AP Photo
WASHINGTON鈥擬elania Trump threatened People Magazine and a former staff reporter with legal action late Thursday over 鈥渇alse and completely fictionalized鈥� statements in the writer鈥檚 account of Donald Trump forcing himself on her during a 2005 interview.
The Republican presidential candidate鈥檚 wife denied that she encountered or conversed with writer Natasha Stoynoff in New York, tweeting a letter from her lawyer demanding a 鈥減rominent retraction and apology鈥� of certain statements in the article, and threatening that Melania would otherwise 鈥渃onsider her legal options.鈥�
鈥淭he true facts are these: Mrs. Trump did not encounter Ms. Stoynoff on the street, nor have any conversation with her,鈥� lawyer Charles Harder wrote. 鈥淭he two are not friends and were never friends or even friendly.鈥�
His law firm requested that People and Stoynoff confirm within 24 hours that the demands were being met, saying 鈥渇ailure to do so will require Mrs. Trump to consider her legal options.鈥�
The letter did not dispute Stoynoff鈥檚 allegations that Donald Trump forcibly kissed her during an interview for an article to mark his wedding anniversary with his then-pregnant third wife Melania in 2005.
鈥淚 turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat,鈥� Stoynoff wrote, an account the Republican White House hopeful vehemently denied.
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鈥淭hese vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false,鈥� he told a rally in West Palm Beach Thursday.
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At least six women have accused the New York mogul of making unwanted physical advances in accounts reported by The New York Times, NBC, People Magazine and others, most of them after he asserted during Sunday鈥檚 presidential debate with his democratic rival Hillary Clinton that he had never sexually assaulted a woman.
He said his lawyers were preparing a lawsuit against The New York Times 鈥� which published the accounts of two women who accused him of groping and kissing them 鈥� unless the paper retracts its article.
In her People story, Stoynoff said she asked to be taken off the 鈥淭rump beat,鈥� but later ran into the real estate magnate鈥檚 wife in New York.
鈥淭hat winter, I actually bumped into Melania on Fifth Avenue, in front of Trump Tower as she walked into the building, carrying baby Barron,鈥� Stoynoff said. 鈥溾�楴atasha, why don鈥檛 we see you anymore?鈥� (Melania Trump) asked, giving me a hug. I was quiet and smiled, telling her I鈥檇 missed her, and I squeezed little Barron鈥檚 foot.鈥�
The potential first lady鈥檚 lawyer Charles Harder also represented former wrestler Hulk Hogan in his successful lawsuit against Gawker Media, which resulted in a $140 million jury award against the entertainment website for releasing a sex tape featuring Hogan and a friend鈥檚 wife.