A former contestant on the US version of The Apprentice who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault has filed a lawsuit against him.
Summer Zervos is suing the president-elect, who takes office on Friday, for defamation after he dismissed her allegations as false.
In the final weeks in the race for the White House, Ms Zervos was one of a number of women to make claims about the Republican billionaire's behaviour.
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The ex-reality television star said she would drop the legal action if President-elect Trump admitted she told the truth.
Ms Zervos told reporters on Tuesday: "Today I filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for defamation. On November 11, 2016, I called on Mr Trump to retract his statements about me calling me a liar.
"I also called upon him to state that what I said about his behaviour towards me was true.
"More than two months have gone by and he has not issued that retraction.
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"I wanted to give Mr Trump the opportunity to retract his false statements about me and the other women who came forward.
"Since Mr Trump has not issued a retraction as I requested, he has therefore left me with no alternative other than to sue him in order to vindicate my reputation.
"I want Mr Trump to know that I will still be willing to dismiss my case against him immediately for no monetary compensation if he would simply retract his false and defamatory statements about me, and acknowledge that I told the truth about him."
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