(VOVworld) - The furor over sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump escalated Friday, as more women came forward while the Republican nominee rejected the mounting claims as “100 percent made up” – and even asserted New York Times journalists are doing the bidding of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.

 Later Friday, former “The Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos said Trump kissed her and groped her after meeting at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2007 to discuss a potential job. Zervos, accompanied at a Los Angeles press conference by attorney Gloria Allred, said she was later offered a lower-paying job at a Trump golf course.