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TORONTO — Patrick Brown has stepped up his campaign to defend himself against sexual misconduct allegations, challenging his accusers to take their complaints to police and lashing out at CTV News as the broadcaster reported one of the women quoted in its original story has now changed a key detail in her account.

In a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday, the former leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives accused CTV News of defamation for broadcasting the allegations from two women that date back to when he was a federal MP.

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The accusations, which prompted Brown’s resignation last month, have not been verified by The Canadian Press.

In late January, CTV reported that one woman, who is now 29, claimed she was still in high school and under the legal drinking age when Brown allegedly asked her to perform oral sex on him.

Another woman said she was a university student working in Brown’s constituency office when he sexually assaulted her at his home, CTV reported.