Minutes before a new accuser came forward with allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, his campaign issued a statement describing it as a "witch hunt."

Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred announced Monday morning that a new accuser would come forward in New York. The announcement is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CST.

The new accuser, Beverly Young Nelson, is the fifth woman to accuse more of having a sexual or romantic encounter with them when they were teens. Nelson said she thought would try to "rape me" as he fondled her breasts while they were in a car together. Moore, Nelson said, had offered to give her a ride home from the restaurant where she worked in Gadsden.

Nelson said she was 16 years old at the time.

The Moore campaign issued its response at 1:28 p.m. in an emailed statement to reporters.

"Gloria Allred is a sensationalist leading a witch hunt, and she is only around to create a spectacle," said the statement, attributed to Moore campaign chair Bill Armistead. "Allred was the attorney who claims credit for giving us Roe v. Wade which has resulted in the murder of tens of millions of unborn babies."

The Moore campaign also issued a denial to allegations published Thursday in The Washington Post via a statement to Breitbart News prior to The Post story's publishing.

The rest of Moore's statement from Armistead:

"We've said this before and we'll say it again: Judge Moore is an innocent man and has never had any sexual misconduct with anyone. This is a witch hunt against a man who has had an impeccable career for over 30 years and has always been known as a man of high character. Let it be understood: the truth will come forward, we will pursue all legal options against these false claims and Judge Moore will be vindicated."

As the press conference in New York was ongoing, the Moore campaign sent a fundraising email to supporters. The subject line of the email: "well-coordinated hit job."

"Friend, sometimes I grow tired and weary from the strain of moving directly from slugging it out with the GOP establishment to fighting off the powerful Obama-Clinton Machine's constant stream of nasty and vicious attacks," the fundraising email said in part.

"But our nation is at a crossroads right now -- both spiritually and politically.

"Our children and grandchildren's futures are on the line.

"So rest assured --

I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight

!

Will you stand and fight with me by chipping in a donation to my campaign's Victory Fund?"

Updated today, Nov. 13, 2017, at 2:26 p.m. with information about Moore's fundraising email.