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Physically Attacked by Donald Trump – a PEOPLE Writer’s Own Harrowing Story

Physically Attacked by Donald Trump – a PEOPLE Writer’s Own Harrowing Story

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 10:03AM · 1326 views
Physically Attacked by Donald Trump – a PEOPLE Writer’s Own Harrowing Story
By Natasha Stoynoff
Posted on October 12, 2016 at 10:31pm EDT

“Just for the record,” Anderson Cooper asked Donald Trump, during the presidential debate last Sunday, “are you saying … that you did not actually kiss women without (their) consent?”
“I have not,” Trump insisted.

I remember it differently.

In the early 2000s, I was assigned the Trump beat for PEOPLE magazine. For years I reported on all things Donald.

I tracked his hit show The Apprentice, attended his wedding to Melania Knauss and roamed the halls of his lavish Trump Tower abode. Melania was kind and sweet during our many chats, and Donald was as bombastic and entertaining as you would expect. We had a very friendly, professional relationship.

Then, in December 2005, around the time Trump had his now infamous conversation with Billy Bush, I traveled to Mar-a-Lago to interview the couple for a first-wedding-anniversary feature story.

Our photo team shot the Trumps on the lush grounds of their Florida estate, and I interviewed them about how happy their first year of marriage had been. When we took a break for the then-very-pregnant Melania to go upstairs and change wardrobe for more photos, Donald wanted to show me around the mansion.

There was one “tremendous” room in particular, he said, that I just had to see.

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Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 10:43AM

People's website is a piece of ****. After the page reloaded half a dozen times I gave up. But I read enough to see this reporter is a Democrat and a Hillary supporter.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 11:28AM

During the presidential debate, Donald Trump lied about kissing women without their consent. I should know. His actions made me feel bad for a very long time. They still do.

There is nothing wrong with that site Steven. Clean up your computer from all that Crap so you can clearly see this article and you will see more to this report and stop BULL💩ING STEVEN.



Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 11:40AM

This reporter is lying. Timing is everything Ron.

Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 11:43AM

P.S. I haven't updated my iPhone because they got rid of the pistol emoji 🔫

Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 11:45AM

They replaced it with a squirtgun or some such nonsense.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 11:57AM

YOUR WORDS: This reporter is lying. Timing is everything Ron.

How do you know that she is LYING STEVEN, was you there?

YOUR WORDS P.S. I haven't updated my iPhone because they got rid of the pistol emoji 🔫 They replaced it with a squirtgun or some such nonsense.


SO WHAT!!! I see that you will step off a cruise ship in the middle of the night into the dark black sea, when that sea action has nothing to do with the topic. Enjoy, your swim Steven, as this ship steams on course.




Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 12:30PM

I know she's lying Ron because I can read women. Probably she made a pass at him and was rebuffed. That will earn a woman's never ending enmity.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 2:22PM

WHAT!!!!!!!

YOUR WORDS P.S. I haven't updated my iPhone because they got rid of the pistol emoji 🔫 They replaced it with a squirtgun or some such nonsense,

What do this comment of yours and I quote: "I haven't updated my iPhone because they got rid of the pistol emoji 🔫 They replaced it with a squirtgun or some such nonsense." Has to do with this topic Steven?


Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 2:24PM

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Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 2:40PM

HEY STEVEN, are you trying to run from my question of, What do this comment of yours has to do with this topic and I quote: "I haven't updated my iPhone because they got rid of the pistol emoji 🔫 They replaced it with a squirtgun or some such nonsense." Has to do with this topic Steven?


Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 4:46PM

You told me to clean up all that crap on my computer. I told you I wasn't running the latest software version and why.

Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 4:47PM

Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author. She lives in New York City, where she writes books and screenplays, interviews the occasional celebrity, and eats too much chocolate.

Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 4:50PM

Try and focus Ron.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 6:39PM

OK!!! I got it, you are technically challenged on your end and that is why you want to keep changing the subject off Trump and his disregard for women, I got it NOW... WOW!!!


Steve Williams Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 7:29PM

Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author. She lives in New York City, where she writes books and screenplays, interviews the occasional celebrity, and eats too much chocolate.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 8:50PM

SO she may eat to much chocolate. What are you saying Steven? Are you trying to discredit her creditability she gave to people magazine because she eats too much chocolate?

WHY di you bring up that Natasha Stoynoff may eat to much chocolate in the first place?



Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 4:56AM

I brought up the book she wrote about s*xual assault. I don't give a damn how much chocolate she eats, I do care that she made up that story about Trump.

Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 6:45AM

Donald Trump’s former Mar-a-Lago Butler backed up the Republican nominee for president in denying the billionaire groped a reporter from People magazine.

“No, that never happened. Come on, that’s just bull crap,” said Anthony “Tony” Senecal.

Senecal, 85, said he never saw Trump putting the moves on any women at Mar-a-Lago — even when his boss wasn’t married.

“Everybody is just jumping on the train,” he said. “I think you’re going to see even more of it between now and the election. But these incidents never happened.”

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/n...

Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 6:57AM

Melania Trump is demanding a retraction and apology about a portion of the article where Stoynoff recounts running into the former model months later in front of Trump Tower in New York. Stoynoff wrote that Melania Trump asked why the couple no longer saw the author and gave her a hug. By then, Melania Trump had given birth to a boy, Barron, and Stoynoff wrote that she affectionately squeezed the boy's foot.

Trump’s attorney says all of this is false.

“The true facts are these: Mrs. Trump did not encounter Ms. Stoynoff on the street, nor have any conversation with her. The two are not friends and were never friends or even friendly. At the time in question, Mrs. Trump would not have even recognized Ms. Stoynoff if they had encountered one another on the street,” wrote attorney Charles J. Harder.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/tra...

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Friday, October 14th 2016 at 8:56AM

Then why bring up the point of how much chocolate ,Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author eats?

Was you trying to be funny? Well it was not FUNNY!

YOUR WORDS: I do care that she made up that story about Trump.

THEN ask your self this question, "WHY ARE YOU HERE?"

You brought the butler, if you are talking about the butler Anthony Senecal,74, who has worked at the property for nearly 60 years, and for Mr. Trump for nearly 30 of them.

Tell me something Steven, WHAT ELSE IS THAT BUTLER IS GOING TO SAY? Being that Mar-a-Lago is that man's life!

As far as Melania Trump is demanding a retraction and apology about a portion of the article where Stoynoff recounts running into the former model months later in front of Trump Tower in New York, I doubt that will happen.

Did you see Flotus (MICHELLE OBAMA) Michelle Obama Fiery Speech talking about Donald Trump's Comments She says she was shamed http://blackinamerica.com/content/298695/m...




Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Friday, October 14th 2016 at 9:02AM

Then why bring up the point of how much chocolate ,Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author eats?

Was you trying to be funny? Well it was not FUNNY!

YOUR WORDS: I do care that she made up that story about Trump.

THEN ask your self this question, "WHY ARE YOU HERE?"

You brought the butler, if you are talking about the butler Anthony Senecal,74, who has worked at the property for nearly 60 years, and for Mr. Trump for nearly 30 of them.

Tell me something Steven, WHAT ELSE IS THAT BUTLER IS GOING TO SAY? Being that Mar-a-Lago is that man's life!

As far as Melania Trump is demanding a retraction and apology about a portion of the article where Stoynoff recounts running into the former model months later in front of Trump Tower in New York, I doubt that will happen.

Did you see Flotus (MICHELLE OBAMA) Michelle Obama Fiery Speech talking about Donald Trump's Comments She says she was shamed http://blackinamerica.com/content/298695/m...

Her speech brought it all home, she broke through, across party lines.

Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 9:04AM

Read my post Ron. "I" didn't say a thing about chocolate.

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Product Description
From the time Dana Liesegang could walk, she was out looking for adventure, and she never stopped. As a fearless child in the Pacific Northwest, she climbed trees, caught frogs, and held her own with any boy in town. She brought that true-grit, fire-in-her-belly attitude to the Navy . . . and to her recovery from the unthinkable. At the age of 19, she was s*xually assaulted by a fellow sailor and thrown off a cliff, left for dead. She survived—but woke up in a hospital hours later paralyzed from the neck down, with doctors giving no hope for recovery.

They underestimated the spirit and stubbornness of their patient.

In Falling Up: My Wild Ride from Victim to Kick-Ass Victory, Dana recounts her agonizing and sometimes comical struggle from total dependence to doing the “impossible”: walking again. With equal parts humor and rawness, she brings us along on her wild ride, as she navigates her new world, hurtles through rocky relationships, deals with family secrets, and returns to her love of sports and the outdoors. In the process, she learns the importance of forgiveness, discovers the awe-inspiring power of belief and perseverance, and transforms herself from silent victim to outspoken advocate and inspiration for people everywhere.

After all, sometimes an unexpected fall can lead a person to reach for magnificent heights.

About the Author
Dana Liesegang is an expert in spinal cord injury recovery, and a 2014 recipient of the Hero of Forgiveness Award given by the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. When she’s not traveling the world as a motivational speaker, she’s taking university classes and hanging out with friends—and until recently, the love of her life, Jack (her yellow Lab, who’s now in heaven)—in a quaint little town in Colorado. She enjoys every minute of the life she has created in the now.
Please visit: www.danaliesegangbook.com

Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author. She lives in New York City, where she writes books and screenplays, interviews the occasional celebrity, and eats too much chocolate.

https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Up-Victim-K...

Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 2:24PM
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Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 9:07AM

"...and transforms herself from silent victim to outspoken advocate and inspiration for people everywhere."

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Friday, October 14th 2016 at 9:25AM

ARE THESE NOT YOUR WORDS: Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author. She lives in New York City, where she writes books and screenplays, interviews the occasional celebrity, and eats too much chocolate.
Thursday, October 13th 2016 at 7:29PM Steve Williams | delete | block member

Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 9:54AM

They are the publisher's words Ron.

Steve Williams Friday, October 14th 2016 at 9:56AM

You don't seem to know much about females Ron.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Saturday, October 15th 2016 at 9:12AM

(LOL) and you don't know much about Donald J. Trump.

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