Trump dismissed his comments on the tape as “locker room talk,” but it has put his treatment of women under intense focus. Of the 15 women who were interviewed, none accused Trump of saying anything sexually explicit or of making physical contact in the dressing room.Įver since the release last week of a 2005 tape in which Trump boasted about grabbing women “by the pussy” and said he “did try and fuck” a married woman, his campaign has been reeling. Thirty-four declined to talk or could not be reached. Some said they do not believe he could have been there.ĭiscussion of Trump entering the room arose among the women themselves last weekend in a private Facebook group after BuzzFeed News reported that a contestant in an adult pageant said Trump had walked into the changing room when “ we were all naked.” The Facebook group is open only to some former contestants in the 1997 pageant, according to several women who are in it and who described the exchange about Trump to BuzzFeed News.Īltogether, BuzzFeed News attempted to contact 49 of the 51 contestants at that pageant. Eleven of that year’s contestants reached by BuzzFeed News did not recall seeing Trump in the dressing room.
