--- title: Donald Trump: People Reporter Says Women 'Cannot Be Silent' description: The former People magazine writer who accused Donald Trump of forcing himself on her said she did so because women "cannot be silent" canonical: https://time.com/4534897/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-assault-people-reporter/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-18T15:10:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:27.695Z article:section: Politics og:title: ‘We Cannot Be Silent’: Former People Reporter Who Accused Trump of Assault Speaks Out og:description: "I didn’t tell my story for politics, I told it for women" og:url: https://time.com/4534897/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-assault-people-reporter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530476d4442b70f6/6988aa71fb4eac310288f841/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Bangor, Maine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ‘We Cannot Be Silent’: Former People Reporter Who Accused Trump of Assault Speaks Out twitter:description: "I didn’t tell my story for politics, I told it for women" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530476d4442b70f6/6988aa71fb4eac310288f841/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former _People_ Reporter Who Accused Donald Trump of Assault: 'We Cannot Be Silent Anymore' > Sponsored content. 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Sarah Rice/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 18, 2016 3:10 PM UTC The former _People_ magazine writer who [accused Donald Trump](http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-attacked-people-writer/) of forcing himself on her at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2005 said in a [new interview](http://people.com/politics/natasha-stoynoff-breaks-her-silence-since-donald-trump-controversy/) that she shared her story because women “cannot be silent anymore.” “Women are talking about this, and they need to,” Natasha Stoynoff, 51, said in an [interview with _People_](http://people.com/politics/natasha-stoynoff-breaks-her-silence-since-donald-trump-controversy/), published on Tuesday. “We cannot be silent anymore. I didn’t tell my story for politics, I told it for women.” In a [personal essay](http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-attacked-people-writer/) last week, Stoynoff said she remembered Trump “pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat” during a 2005 interview at his Mar-a-Lago estate, in Palm Beach, Fla. Stoynoff is one of [several women](http://time.com/4529049/women-allege-donald-trump-touched-inappropriate/) in the past week [who accused Trump](http://time.com/4530242/donald-trump-sexual-allegations/) of inappropriately touching or kissing them without consent. Trump has dismissed all the accusations as “outright lies.” “It’s possible he just doesn’t remember it,” Stoynoff told _People_. “It was over 10 years ago and I assume I am one of many, many women.” At rallies last week, Trump [attacked the credibility and appearance](http://time.com/4531872/donald-trump-sexual-assault-accusers-attack/) of some of his accusers. “Take a look, you take a look. Look at her, look at her words. You tell me, what you think. I don’t think so — I don’t think so,” Trump [said about Stoynoff](http://time.com/4530588/donald-trump-sexual-allegations-transcripts/) on Thursday. In a [speech on Friday](http://time.com/4532181/donald-trump-north-carolina-accusers-speech-transcript/), Trump encouraged supporters to look her up on Facebook. “Check our her Facebook page, you’ll understand,” he said. “I was obviously good-looking enough for him at the time to force-kiss me and insist that we were going to have an affair,” Stoynoff told _People_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4534897/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-assault-people-reporter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4534897/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-assault-people-reporter/"},"headline":"Former People Reporter Who Accused Donald Trump of Assault: 'We Cannot Be Silent Anymore'","datePublished":"2016-10-18T15:10:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:27.695Z","description":"\"I didn’t tell my story for politics, I told it for women\"","url":"https://time.com/4534897/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-assault-people-reporter/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530476d4442b70f6/6988aa71fb4eac310288f841/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt530476d4442b70f6/6988aa71fb4eac310288f841/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Bangor, Maine","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Bangor, Maine","creditText":"Sarah Rice/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4534897/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-assault-people-reporter/","name":"Former People Reporter Who Accused Donald Trump of Assault: 'We Cannot Be Silent Anymore'"}}]}] ```