LOS ANGELES—Wicked Pictures contract star Jessica Drake held a press conference Saturday afternoon alongside attorney Gloria Allred to level charges of sexual misconduct against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Drake is the 11th woman to come forward with such allegations, and the third being represented by Allred. Drake's charges—that Trump made inappropriate advances upon her and offered her $10,000 for sex—seem to coincide with ones alleged just days ago in an article on TheSmokingGun.com surrounding her Wicked contract sister Stormy Daniels.
Like with Daniels, who has not commented on the TSG story, Drake said the events in question took place at a 2006 celebrity gold tournament in Lake Tahoe, where she was appearing at a Wicked booth.
At the press conference, Drake said that after meeting Trump in the tournament's celebrity gift room, "he flirted with me and invited me to walk along the golf course with him, which I did." She said she gave him her phone number, and later that night, he invited her to his room. She went with a couple of other women, and "when we entered the room, he grabbed each of us tightly in a hug and kissed each one of us without asking permission. He was wearing pajamas."
Drake went on to assert that after she'd returned to her own room, she received a phone call from somebody on Trump's behalf asking her to come back to Trump's room alone, which she declined to do. Trump then called himself, she said, and she continued to refuse his invitation. After that, a third call came either from Trump or a man on his behalf who offered her $10,000 and the use of Trump's private jet "if only I accepted his invitation."
Drake said that she chose to add her story to those of Trump's recent accusers "in order to lend my voice, my strength and my support to the other women who are coming forward. Collectively, his words and his actions are a huge testament to his character—that of uncontrollable misogyny, entitlement and being a sexual assault apologist. This is not acceptable behavior for anyone, much less a presidential candidate."
She added, "I understand that I may be called a liar or an opportunist, but I will risk that in order to stand in solidarity with women who share similar accounts that span many, many years."
At a rally this morning in Gettysburg, Pa., Variety reported, Trump said of his accusers that they have come forward "to hurt my campaign," and pledged, "all of these liars will be sued."
See a video of Drake's press conference here.
