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Cruz attacks mistress gossip

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Republican Ted Cruz has dismissed as “garbage” a story in a gossip magazine which claimed he was hiding up to five mistresses, and accused rival presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his “henchmen” of concocting the claims.

The National Enquirer splashed the alleged scandal across the front page of its April 4 edition, screaming: “It’s Over For Pervy Ted.”

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The magazine touted “an explosive ‘dirt file’ on the finger-wagging conservative senator” but did not identify or quote any of the alleged mistresses in its online version.

“Let me be clear, this National Enquirer story is garbage. It is complete and utter lies,” Mr Cruz told reporters.

“It is a tabloid smear, and it is a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen.”

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Trump denies involvement in the Cruz stories. Getty

Mr Cruz further denied the claims on his official Facebook page.

“For Donald J Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won’t go,” he posted.

“These smears are completely false, they’re offensive to Heidi and me, they’re offensive to our daughters, and they’re offensive to everyone Donald continues to personally attack.”

His campaign adviser Jason Johnson tweeted links to a report that Mr Trump and Enquirer CEO David Pecker had been friends for years.

Mr Trump denied having anything to do with the story.

“Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about OJ Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz,” he said.

The magazine in 2007 broke the politically and personally damaging story of 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards’s extramarital affair as his wife battled cancer.

Mr Trump and Mr Cruz this week escalated their bitter feud by clashing over their wives.

Mr Trump tweeted he would “spill the beans” about Mr Cruz’s wife Heidi, after a fundraising committee in support of Mr Cruz published an ad featuring a naked image of Mr Trump’s wife Melania.

The Enquirer’s story has exploded in Twitter.

By Thursday afternoon (local time), #CruzSexScandal was a worldwide trending topic.

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