A second White House staffer who abruptly resigned this week after allegations of past domestic abuse has denied the claims, asserting he was the victim of the abuse.

"I want to be as unequivocal as possible: I have never committed violence of any kind against any woman in my entire life," former White House speechwriter David Sorensen said in a lengthy statement.

"My accuser can produce no authentic evidence, no legal record, and no witness to support her baseless and malicious claims of domestic violence on my part," he said.

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Sorensen's resignation Friday came as The Washington Post said it was reporting on abuse claims from his ex-wife, Jessica Corbett.

The Post said that Corbett contacted the newspaper last week, before allegations of past domestic abuse surfaced against White House staff secretary Rob Porter, who resigned on Wednesday after images of one of his ex-wives with a bruised face became public.

Corbett said that during her marriage Sorensen ran a car over her foot, threw her against a wall and grabbed her hair while they were on a boat off the coast of Maine, among other alleged incidents.

Sorensen asserted in his statement that he was the victim of "repeated physical violence during our marriage, not her."

"The brazen and shameless way in which she has accused me of the very thing of which she is guilty and of which I am a victim has unfortunately come as no surprise to me, my family, friends, colleagues, and other mutual friends and acquaintances," he said.

"I would like to thank everyone who knows both me and my accuser well for their virtually unanimous confidence in my innocence."

"Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new," Trump tweeted. "There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?"