Roy Moore says he doesn't know his latest accuser, whose yearbook he signed

Beverly Young Nelson holds the yearbook she says Roy Moore signed.
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Hours after a woman accused Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 16 years old, the Republican Alabama Senate nominee told reporters Monday night he has never met her and this is a "political maneuver."

"I can tell you without hesitation this is absolutely false," Moore said. "I never did what she said I did. I don't even know the woman. I don't know anything about her." In a press conference Monday afternoon, Beverly Young Nelson said that when she was a 16-year-old waitress at Olde Hickory House in Gadsen, Alabama, Moore, then a district attorney, dined there frequently, and one night he offered to give her a ride home when her shift was over. Nelson said that instead of driving to her house, Moore parked the car and groped her, then threatened her after she fought back. Nelson is the fifth woman to come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct or harassment against Moore.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.