Melania Trump has spoken out for the first time against accusations of misogyny and sex assault against her husband.

Republican Presidental candidate Donald Trump was recorded making deregotary comments about women in an audio tape from 2005 - and since then a number of women have come forward to allege that he groped or sexually assaulted them.

Melania Trump says she trusts her husband and that the opposition and the media is out to get them:

In an interview with CNN she described the now infamous audio of Trump from 2005 as boy talk:

Melania Trump on "locker room talk": "I know how some men talk and that's how I saw it, yes" https://t.co/IDm7N1ioh5 https://t.co/0UMZBrGmw5

— CNN (@CNN) October 18, 2016

The Republican presidential hopeful faced a further setback to his campaign in recent days as a number of women came forward to allege he had groped or sexually assaulted them 

Melania says she believes her husband when he says it's untrue and she blamed the opposition and the media for the accusations and allegations.

Kim Buckley has this report: