Trump's remarks on women 'unacceptable, offensive': Melania Trump

Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, on 8 October condemned lewd remarks made by Trump about groping women in 2005. She termed the remarks as "unacceptable and offensive.

Melania Trump, however, asked the people of America to accept her husband's apologies.

"The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know," Melania Trump said in a statement.

"He has the heart and mind of a leader. I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world," she added.

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump was forced to apologise after a shocking footage from 2005 surfaced in which he can be seen unabashedly bragging about trying to sleep with a married woman and being able to grope women as well.

According to media reports, Trump is heard talking about women in vulgar terms during an off-camera banter while a segment for "Access Hollywood" was being filmed. The footage has been obtained by The Washington Post.

"This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended," Trump said in a statement released on 7 October.

During the vulgar conversation captured by a microphone which Trump was wearing on his lapel, Trump can be heard talking about how he tried to "f***" an unidentified married woman before bragging that he is "automatically attracted to beautiful (women)."

The conversation came just months after Trump married his third and current wife, Melania.

He also said: "When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything ... Grab them by the p****. You can do anything."

This development comes as a major blow to Trump's attempts to overcome his deficit with female voters with just a month until Election Day.

-With ANI inputs