Roy Moore accuser details how he allegedly molested her

The first woman to come forward and claim she had sexual encounters with Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore when she was just 14 and he was 32 sat down for an interview on Today.

In her first television interview Leigh Corfman, 53, detailed her two alleged dates with Moore, who she claims approached her in 1979 outside a courtroom during a child custody hearing between her parents.

Not long after, she claimed that she found herself in her underwear on the floor of his living room, being asked to touch his penis as he stood in his underwear.

Moore’s campaign stated that Corfman’s story was ‘garbage and ‘the very definition of fake news’ after she first spoke to The Washington Post, with the 70-year-old politician claiming he did not even know Corfman.

When asked how she felt about that denial, Corfman said: ‘I wonder how many mes he doesn’t know.’

Speaking out: Leigh Corfman (above on Today) sat down for her first TV interview since accusing Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore, 70, of sexual misconduct

Misconduct: Corfman detailed how Moore (above last week) allegedly removed her clothing and then stripped to his underwear after taking her to his house in 1979

Corfman said soon after meeting Moore outside the court he called to ask her out, but refused to classify their outings as dates, calling herself a ‘ a 14-year-old child,trying to play in an adult’s world.’

‘It wasn’t a date. It was a meet. At 14, I was not dating. At 14, I was not able to make those kind of choices,’ said Corfman.

‘I met him around the corner from my house. My mother did not know. And he took me to his home.’

She then said: ‘After arriving at his home, on the second occasion that I went with him, he basically laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room and proceed to – seduce me, I guess you would say.

‘And during the course of that, he removed my clothing. He left the room and came back in, wearing his white underwear. And he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it. And he tried to get me to touch him, as well. And at that point, I pulled back and said that I was not comfortable.’

Corfman said that the alleged sexual contact between herself and Moore did not progress beyond that, and soon after she asked him to take her home.

Those two dates however have impacted her ever since, which is part of the reason she claims it was so hard to come forward and speak out publicly against the Republican, who is running to fill the seat left vacant by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

‘It took away a lot of the specialness of, you know, interactions with men. It took some trust away. It allowed me to delve into some things that I wouldn’t have otherwise,’ said Corfman, who alluded to her troubled teenage years in her interview with the Post.

‘It took years for me to regain a sense of confidence in myself. And I felt guilty. I felt like I was the one to blame. It was decades before I was able to let that go.’

Child: Moore was the 32-year-old assistant district attorney at the time while Corfman was a 14-year-old high school student (above)

Hitting out: Moore has denied Corfman’s allegations and said earlier this month that he did not even know the woman (Corfman and Savannah Guthrie above)

She also made it clear that she was never silent about what she claims Moore did to her, and that she had been privately sharing the information ever since she first met with the then-assistant district attorney.

‘My family knew. Family friends knew. My friends knew,’ explained Corfman.

‘I spent a lot of time every time he came up, railing against him and what he had done to me when I was 14 years old.’

She also revealed that she almost confronted him back in 2000, but that she decided against that move after speaking with her family.

‘The second time, I actually sat down with my children, who were then junior high and elementary school,’ said the single mother, who has been divorced three times.

‘And I told them an overview and gave them the ability to make the decision. They were afraid that, with all of the social connections, they would be castigated in their groups.’

Two decades later, the Post sought her out and she decided it was time to share her story.

Corfman also dismissed allegations that her decision to come forward was politically or financially motivated during the interview.

‘If anything, this has cost me.I had to take leave from my job. I have no tickets to Tahiti. And my bank account has not flourished,’ said Corfman.

‘If anything, it has gone down because currently, I’m not working.’

She also confirmed her previous statement that she had voted Republican in the last three presidential elections, including last November when she cast her ballot for Donald Trump.

Corfman said she has been able to gain an incredible support system from all this, and has been touched by the number of people opening up to her about their own experiences with Moore and other alleged predators.

At the end of her segment on Today, anchor Savannah Guthrie flashed up a photo of Corfman when she was 14, and asked her what she thought about when she saw the picture.

‘She sure did have a lot of promise ahead of her,’ said Corfman.

‘And she didn’t deserve to have a 32-year-old man prey upon her.’

Stand by your man: Moore’s wife Kayla has said that this is nothing but a witch hunt (above last week)

Moore moore moore: Moore is currently trailing Democrat Doug Jones (above) by 12 points in the race, with voting set to take place on December 12 for the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions

It was revealed over the weekend that President Donald Trump was not campaigning for Moore ahead of the December 12 runoff election because he had ‘discomfort’ with the allegations of sexual misconduct made by nine women.

‘Obviously if he did not believe that the women’s accusations were credible, he would be down campaigning for Roy Moore,’ said White House legislative director Marc Short.

The Republican leaders in both the Senate and House of Representatives have already called for Moore to step down ahead of the election next month, where he is currently trailing Democrat Doug Jones by 12 points.

Moore is getting plenty of support however, especially from his wife Kayla.

‘We knew something was coming, just did not know what next. This is the same Gloria Allred that did the very exact same thing to Trump during his campaign,’ wrote Kayla in a letter last week after Moore’s fifth accuser came forward in a press conference with the noted attorney.

‘Going on two months now they’ve been on a witchhunt here in Etowah County and our state advertising people to step forward with accusations and we are gathering evidence of money being paid to people who would come forward. Which is part of why we are filing suit!’

Kayla then said: ‘Washington establishment and Democrat Party will stop at nothing to stop our campaign.’

She closed out by telling her followers: ‘Prayers appreciated….’

This came after Kayla posted a letter from 50 pastors showing their support for Moore over the weekend without noting that it was obtained in August, leading two of the individuals who signed to come forward and demand that their names be removed.

ROY MOORE’S ACCUSERS:

On November 9, The Washington Post printed interviews with four women who claimed that Moore had acted improperly with them in the 1970s, when he was in his thirties and they were teenagers.

Four days later another woman, Beverly Young Nelson, came forward to accuse Moore of sexually assaulting her just after she turned 16. Two more women spoke to AL.com and another two to the Post on Wednesday.

Moore has denied all claims, saying that he only recognized two of the women named in the initial Washington Post piece, and neither of the women accused him of molestation or assault.

The age of consent is 16 in Alabama.

Leigh Corfman

Corfman told The Washington Post she was 14 when Moore, then a 32-year-old district attorney, asked for her phone number.

She says he picked her up a days later, drove her to his home in the woods, and kissed her.

He picked her up again another, she said, again took her to a secluded location, and stripped both of them down to their underwear.

She says he then touched her over her bra and underpants, and made her touch his penis through his own underwear.

Two of her childhood friends said she told them at the time, and her mom says her daughter told her around 10 years later, when he became a judge.

Corfman said that she is a long-time Republican voter, and voted for Donald Trump at the presidential elections.

Wendy Miller

Miller told the Post that she first met Moore when she was 14, and that he asked her for a date when she was 16, but her mother forbade it.

Moore has denied any encounter with Corfman, Nelson or Miller.

Debbie Wesson Gibson

Gibson said she went on dates with Moore when she was 17, but they did not involve anything other than kissing, according to The Post.

Moore confirmed to Sean Hannity that he dated Gibson.

Gloria Thacker Deason

Deason was an 18-year-old cheerleader when Moore took her on dates and plied her with wine, she told the Post. The legal drinking age in Alabama is 19. She said she did not have sexual contact with Moore.

Moore also confirmed to Hannity that he dated Deason, but said he never gave her alcohol.

Beverly Young Nelson

Nelson alleged in a statement to The New York Times that Moore sexually assaulted her in either December 1977 or January 1978, when she was 16; her birthday was the previous November.

She said Moore, who had previously flirted with her – as many customers had also done – offered to give her a lift home, as her boyfriend was late.

She claims he then drove to the rear of the restaurant, in a ‘dark and deserted’ area, and began to grope her breasts and tried to force her head down to his crotch.

Frightened and tearful, she says she fought back until he gave up, at which point he told her: ‘You are a child. I am the district attorney of Etiwah County. If you tell anyone about this, no one will believe you.’

She says he either pushed her out or she fell out of the car, and that she was lying on the ground as he drove away.

Tina Johnson

Johnson from Moore’s hometown of Gadsden, Alabama, said the Senate candidate groped her behind during a visit to his law office in 1991.

She claims that in 1991, when she was 28 years old, she was at Moore’s Third Street law office in Gadsden with her mother when Moore started commenting on her looks.

Moore had been hired by Johnson’s mother for a custody matter.

As Johnson was walking out of the office, Moore grabbed her buttocks, she claimed.

Kelly Harrison Thorp

Thorp claimed that Moore asked to date her in 1982, when she was just 17, and he was in his mid-30s.

She said Moore told her he went out ‘with girls your age all the time’.

Gena Richardson

Richardson said that Moore asked her out when she was a high school senior working at Sears.

She declined to give him her phone number, so Moore decided to call her school.

‘I said “Hello?”‘ Richardson told The Washington Post . ‘And the male on the other line said, “Gena, this is Roy Moore.’ I was like, ‘What?!’ He said, ‘What are you doing?’ I said, ‘I’m in trig class.’

Moore asked her out again on the call, and later returned to Sears and asked her out a third time.

Richardson finally said yes, and their date ended with Moore giving what she says was an unwanted, ‘forceful’ kiss that left her scared.

Becky Gray

Gray said she rejected Moore’s advances when she was 22 years old and working in the men’s section of Pizitz, a regional department store.

‘I’d always say no, I’m dating someone, no, I’m in a relationship,’ says Gray, now 62, said. ‘I thought he was old at that time. Anyone over 22 was just old.’

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