New Trump Accuser Karena Virginia: I Blamed Myself for Trump’s Grope for Years - The Daily Beast

“Another new accuser,” the most depressing three-word combination in the English language of late, is getting more play today, as the 13th woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct has come forward.

Flanked by attorney Gloria Allred in the London Hotel in New York, 45-year-old yoga instructor Karena Virginia fought back tears as she described the fear she felt in coming forward, for herself and her family. In a nod to last night’s presidential debate, she remarked before describing the incident that she’d been told Trump would likely think of her as “another nasty woman.”

Virginia alleges that she was waiting for a car to take her home from the 1998 U.S. Open in Queens when Donald Trump lecherously glared at her and made comments about her appearance to his male companions. Then he allegedly grabbed her right arm and made contact with her right breast.

“I flinched,” Virginia said. “He said: ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ I felt intimidated and powerless. I said yes.”


Virginia, who bears a slight passing resemblance to Trump’s wife Melania, said that the incident left her feeling embarrassed and that she blamed herself for what he did to her. She altered the way she dressed for years afterward, she said, opting for shawls and longer dresses."



New Trump Accuser Karena Virginia: I Blamed Myself for Trump’s Grope for Years - The Daily Beast