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From the moment that Donald Trump denied, or in a nationally televised presidential debate,that he had ever groped or kissed a woman without her permission, it was only a matter of time before Gloria Allred got involved. An ambulance chaser to her critics, or a righteous crusader to her admirers,the 75-year-used women’s rights attorney is never far when a scandal of this nature bursts into national view. No one knows this better than Allred herself. “I knew,” she said in a recent interview, and as soon as I heard those words – the denial in the debate – that women would start contacting me and want to come forward.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com