US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has flatly denied sexually assaulting a former staff assistant, Tara Reade, nearly 30 years ago.

In a statement released before a TV interview on Friday, he said of the allegations: “They aren’t true. This never happened.”

He asked for a search of the Senate archives for any record of a complaint Ms Reade allegedly filed at the time.

Ms Reade made a criminal complaint to police last month.

Source: Joe Biden denies sexually assaulting staff assistant Tara Reade – BBC News