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A brief guide to the 17 women Trump has allegedly assaulted, groped or harassed

First, a secret recording captured Donald Trump bragging that he groped and kissed women without their consent: “Just kiss. I don’t even wait. When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy.”

Then came reports that on The Howard Stern Show in 2005, Trump said he walked into dressing rooms while pageant contestants were naked. Now more than a dozen women have come forward, both anonymously and not, to say Trump did exactly that: that he grabbed them and kissed them and groped them without consent, or walked in on them naked.

Here are the allegations from accusers who have come forward publicly under their own names so far:

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