TW: What are the sexual allegations against Donald Trump?
Donald Trump is threatening to sue the New York Times for defamation after it printed claims from two women that he groped or kissed them without consent.
Mr Trump's campaign branded the article "a politically-motivated effort to defeat Mr Trump's candidacy".
The NYT stands by the piece and called it "public service journalism".
Mr Trump is facing an increasing number of sexual misconduct claims - many of which emerged over the past week.
The most recent allegations followed his attempt to play down a now-infamous "sex boasts" recording from 2005 in which he says he is "automatically attracted to beautiful".
"I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything," he says, before adding: "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."
During the presidential debate on Sunday night, Mr Trump was asked if he had ever grabbed anyone's genitals or kissed them without consent.
He replied: "Women have respect for me. And I will tell you: No, I have not."
Below is a round-up of some of the allegations against Mr Trump, and his response to them.
Names: Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks
Claims: Ms Leeds, 74, from Manhattan, says Mr Trump groped her in the early 1980s, when she was sitting beside him in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York.
She told the NYT that around 45 minutes after take-off, Mr Trump lifted the armrest and started groping her. She claims the business mogul grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt.
She called the encounter "an assault", saying: "He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere."
Ms Leeds, then 38, says she left her first-class seat and retreated to the standard class cabin.
Meanwhile Ms Crooks, from Ohio, says Mr Trump kissed her on the cheeks and "directly on the mouth" when she introduced herself outside a lift in 2005. At the time Ms Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at Bayrock Group, a real estate firm based in Trump Tower.
She says of the alleged incident: "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that."
Trump's response: His lawyer sent a letter threatening to sue the NYT and calling the allegations "false and malicious".
"Clearly, The New York Times is willing to provide a platform to anyone wishing to smear Mr Trump's name and reputation," the letter says.
Name: Mindy McGillivray
Claim: Ms McGillivray, 36, from California, says Donald Trump grabbed her backside at his Mar-a-Lago resort 13 years ago.
She told the Palm Beach Post that while she never reported the incident to police, she did tell her companion that day. Photographer Ken Davidoff, who Ms McGillivray was assisting, told the newspaper he recalled her pulling him aside and saying: ''Donald just grabbed my ass."
Ms McGillivray says she was standing next to Mr Trump and his then fiancee Melania when Mr Trump allegedly groped her.
Trump's response: Mr Trump's press secretary, Hope Hicks, said: "There is no truth to this whatsoever. This allegation lacks any merit or veracity."
Name: Natasha Stoynoff
Claim: Former People Magazine writer Natasha Stoynoff, in a piece for the publication, alleges Mr Trump pushed her against a wall and forced his tongue down her throat while she was at the Mar-a-Lago resort in 2005.
Ms Stoynoff claims the incident happened during a break while she was interviewing Mr Trump and his then pregnant wife Melania for a feature on their first year of marriage.
She says she was taken by surprise and that the alleged assault was interrupted when the resort's butler entered the room.
He later told her: "You know we're going to have an affair, don't you?"
She says she chose at the time not to report it because she felt ashamed and blamed herself for the incident.
Trump's response: A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign said: "This has never happened. there is no merit or veracity to this fictional story. Why wasn't this reported at the time? Mr Trump was the biggest star on television and surely this would have been a far bigger scoop for People magazine. She alleges this took place in a public space with people around. This is nothing but politically motivated fictional pile-on."
Name: Cassandra Searles
Claim: Yahoo News reported on a Facebook post by Ms Searles, who participated in the Miss USA pageant, which was owned by Mr Trump from 2002 to 2015.
In June, the 2013 Miss Washington tagged her fellow 2013 competitors on a picture of the women onstage with Mr Trump that was posted to the social network and wrote: "Do y'all remember that one time we had to do our onstage introductions, but this one guy treated us like cattle and made us do it again because we didn't look him in the eyes? Do you also remember when he then proceeded to have us lined up so he could get a closer look at his property?"
She also alleged that the presidential candidate continually grabbed her backside and invited her to his hotel room.
Trump's response: He has not directly responded to Ms Searles' claims.
Name: Jill Harth
Claim: Ms Harth told The Guardian in July that, over the course of their acquaintance, Mr Trump leered at her, made inappropriate comments, groped her and eventually cornered her in a bedroom during a 1993 visit to Mar-a-Lago.
There, Ms Harth alleges "he pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again... I had to physically say: 'What are you doing? Stop it.'"
Ms Harth first spoke about some of her experiences with Mr Trump in a piece by the New York Times looking into his relationship with women.
In 1997, she filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Mr Trump, which she later dropped.
Trump's response: He has denied her claims and called them "meritless".
Name: Temple Taggart, Tasha Dixon, Mariah Billado
Claim: Ms Taggart told the New York Times that as the 21-year-old Miss Utah in 1997, Mr Trump kissed her directly on the mouth without her consent.
Ms Dixon told a CBS station in Los Angeles that when she was an 18-year-old competitor in the Miss USA pageant, that Mr Trump walked backstage without warning while the contestants were changing.
"Our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half naked changing into our bikinis. He just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked," she said.
Ms Billado told Buzzfeed News that Mr Trump walked into the changing rooms of the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant.
"I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, 'Oh my god, there's a man in here," she said.
They are also several other contestants from the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss USA Teen family of pageants - then owned by Mr Trump - that allege similar inappropriate conduct. Some of these claims were made anonymously.
Trump's response: Mr Trump denied Ms Taggart's claim, telling the newspaper he is reluctant to kiss strangers on the lips.
Mr Trump's campaign has not responded directly to the other allegations.
Source - BBC
Also, BBC has put up a live feed of everything unfolding today surrounding these accusations and people's responses here.
Mr Trump's campaign branded the article "a politically-motivated effort to defeat Mr Trump's candidacy".
The NYT stands by the piece and called it "public service journalism".
Mr Trump is facing an increasing number of sexual misconduct claims - many of which emerged over the past week.
The most recent allegations followed his attempt to play down a now-infamous "sex boasts" recording from 2005 in which he says he is "automatically attracted to beautiful".
"I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything," he says, before adding: "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."
During the presidential debate on Sunday night, Mr Trump was asked if he had ever grabbed anyone's genitals or kissed them without consent.
He replied: "Women have respect for me. And I will tell you: No, I have not."
Below is a round-up of some of the allegations against Mr Trump, and his response to them.
Names: Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks
Claims: Ms Leeds, 74, from Manhattan, says Mr Trump groped her in the early 1980s, when she was sitting beside him in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York.
She told the NYT that around 45 minutes after take-off, Mr Trump lifted the armrest and started groping her. She claims the business mogul grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt.
She called the encounter "an assault", saying: "He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere."
Ms Leeds, then 38, says she left her first-class seat and retreated to the standard class cabin.
Meanwhile Ms Crooks, from Ohio, says Mr Trump kissed her on the cheeks and "directly on the mouth" when she introduced herself outside a lift in 2005. At the time Ms Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at Bayrock Group, a real estate firm based in Trump Tower.
She says of the alleged incident: "I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that."
Trump's response: His lawyer sent a letter threatening to sue the NYT and calling the allegations "false and malicious".
"Clearly, The New York Times is willing to provide a platform to anyone wishing to smear Mr Trump's name and reputation," the letter says.
Name: Mindy McGillivray
Claim: Ms McGillivray, 36, from California, says Donald Trump grabbed her backside at his Mar-a-Lago resort 13 years ago.
She told the Palm Beach Post that while she never reported the incident to police, she did tell her companion that day. Photographer Ken Davidoff, who Ms McGillivray was assisting, told the newspaper he recalled her pulling him aside and saying: ''Donald just grabbed my ass."
Ms McGillivray says she was standing next to Mr Trump and his then fiancee Melania when Mr Trump allegedly groped her.
Trump's response: Mr Trump's press secretary, Hope Hicks, said: "There is no truth to this whatsoever. This allegation lacks any merit or veracity."
Name: Natasha Stoynoff
Claim: Former People Magazine writer Natasha Stoynoff, in a piece for the publication, alleges Mr Trump pushed her against a wall and forced his tongue down her throat while she was at the Mar-a-Lago resort in 2005.
Ms Stoynoff claims the incident happened during a break while she was interviewing Mr Trump and his then pregnant wife Melania for a feature on their first year of marriage.
She says she was taken by surprise and that the alleged assault was interrupted when the resort's butler entered the room.
He later told her: "You know we're going to have an affair, don't you?"
She says she chose at the time not to report it because she felt ashamed and blamed herself for the incident.
Trump's response: A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign said: "This has never happened. there is no merit or veracity to this fictional story. Why wasn't this reported at the time? Mr Trump was the biggest star on television and surely this would have been a far bigger scoop for People magazine. She alleges this took place in a public space with people around. This is nothing but politically motivated fictional pile-on."
Name: Cassandra Searles
Claim: Yahoo News reported on a Facebook post by Ms Searles, who participated in the Miss USA pageant, which was owned by Mr Trump from 2002 to 2015.
In June, the 2013 Miss Washington tagged her fellow 2013 competitors on a picture of the women onstage with Mr Trump that was posted to the social network and wrote: "Do y'all remember that one time we had to do our onstage introductions, but this one guy treated us like cattle and made us do it again because we didn't look him in the eyes? Do you also remember when he then proceeded to have us lined up so he could get a closer look at his property?"
She also alleged that the presidential candidate continually grabbed her backside and invited her to his hotel room.
Trump's response: He has not directly responded to Ms Searles' claims.
Name: Jill Harth
Claim: Ms Harth told The Guardian in July that, over the course of their acquaintance, Mr Trump leered at her, made inappropriate comments, groped her and eventually cornered her in a bedroom during a 1993 visit to Mar-a-Lago.
There, Ms Harth alleges "he pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again... I had to physically say: 'What are you doing? Stop it.'"
Ms Harth first spoke about some of her experiences with Mr Trump in a piece by the New York Times looking into his relationship with women.
In 1997, she filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Mr Trump, which she later dropped.
Trump's response: He has denied her claims and called them "meritless".
Name: Temple Taggart, Tasha Dixon, Mariah Billado
Claim: Ms Taggart told the New York Times that as the 21-year-old Miss Utah in 1997, Mr Trump kissed her directly on the mouth without her consent.
Ms Dixon told a CBS station in Los Angeles that when she was an 18-year-old competitor in the Miss USA pageant, that Mr Trump walked backstage without warning while the contestants were changing.
"Our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half naked changing into our bikinis. He just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked," she said.
Ms Billado told Buzzfeed News that Mr Trump walked into the changing rooms of the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant.
"I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, 'Oh my god, there's a man in here," she said.
They are also several other contestants from the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss USA Teen family of pageants - then owned by Mr Trump - that allege similar inappropriate conduct. Some of these claims were made anonymously.
Trump's response: Mr Trump denied Ms Taggart's claim, telling the newspaper he is reluctant to kiss strangers on the lips.
Mr Trump's campaign has not responded directly to the other allegations.
Source - BBC
Also, BBC has put up a live feed of everything unfolding today surrounding these accusations and people's responses here.