Trump Says He ‘Never Met’ Author Who Has Accused Him of Sexual Assault

President Donald Trump said Friday that he "never met" a New York advice columnist and author who claims that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a high-end New York department store in the 1990s.

In a statement, Trump said "there is zero evidence" to support longtime Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll's account of a chance meeting with Trump at Bergdorf Goodman that she says ended with assault.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he "never met" a New York advice columnist and author who claims that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a high-end New York department store in the 1990s. In a statement, Trump said "there is zero evidence" to support longtime Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll's account of a chance meeting with Trump at Bergdorf Goodman that she says ended with assault.