Update at 9:01 p.m.: Paula Cobia, a spokesperson for Tina Johnson -- one of the defendants named in Roy Moore's lawsuit on Monday -- posted a statement on Johnson's behalf on Facebook on Monday night.

"Ms. Johnson stands by and reaffirms the truthfulness of every statement she has made about the sexual assault she suffered from the hands of Mr. Moore," Cobia posted on Facebook. "He has lost any power of intimidation he once held."

She also described Moore's accusations in the lawsuit of a political conspiracy as "frivolous."

Click here to see the full post of Cobia's comments.

Update at 4:39 p.m.: An attorney for Roy Moore said at a press conference Monday afternoon in Gadsden that the former U.S. Senate candidate has filed a lawsuit in Etowah County Circuit Court for political conspiracy, among other counts.

The defendants include four women who have made accusations against Moore: Leigh Corfman, Debbie Wesson Gibson, Beverly Young Nelson and Tina Johnson.

Moore also spoke extensively at the press conference, his first public comments since Dec. 12 when he lost the special Senate election to Doug Jones.

He said he had no intentions at this time to run for public office and reiterated his denials of the women's claims of unwanted romantic and sexual advances by him.

"I never knew them," Moore said at the press conference. "There is no truth to (the allegations)."

The counts of the lawsuit: Negligence, wantonness, defamation, negligent infliction for emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress, outrage, civil conspiracy.

Richard Hagedorn, along with the four women, is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

The lawsuit said that only three women have accused Moore of "improper conduct." Those women are Corfman, Nelson and Johnson.

Corfman's attorney, Neil Roman, issued a statement to AL.com on Monday afternoon. Roman is representing Corfman in the defamation lawsuit she filed in January against Moore.

"These latest claims by the Moore camp have no more merit than those he has made before," Roman said in the statement. "Leigh Corfman stands by the accuracy of every one of her statements about Mr. Moore's sexual abuse of her when she was a 14-year-old high school freshman and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. Ms. Corfman is no longer a teenager and is not going to let Mr. Moore victimize her again."

Corfman was the most prolific accuser, saying when she was 14 and Moore was 32, he undressed her and touched her over her underwear while also encouraging her to touch him over his underwear. Nelson alleged that Moore attempted to sexually assault her in his vehicle and eventually pushed her from the vehicle. Johnson alleged that Moore grabbed her buttocks as she was leaving his law office.

"Those accusations involved events that supposedly occurred from 26 to 40 years ago," the lawsuit said. "Yet they all coincidentally surfaced for the first time within a seven-day period, a mere 32 days before the December 12 general election."

The lawsuit maintains Wesson made comments on social media that indicated her political leanings as a Democrat and expressed support for Doug Jones, who defeated Moore in the U.S. Senate special election. Wesson told The Washington Post in the Nov. 9, 2017, that first reported the allegations that she dated Moore as a teenager and that their relationship never advanced beyond kissing.

Hagedorn met with "an agent" of The Post in October 2017 -- almost a month before the newspaper first published the allegations. Hagedorn's brother, David, is a columnist for The Post, according to the lawsuit. Richard Hagedorn criticized Moore on social media for opposing gay marriage, the lawsuit said, and that David Hagedorn has a same-sex partner to whom he is married.

The encounter Corfman said he had with Moore was the headline on the story and the lead of the story, according to the lawsuit.

"Corfman's actions were rewarded financially and were attended with such notoriety as to encourage her conduct," the lawsuit said.

Regarding Hagedorn, the lawsuit said, "Hagedorn not only conveyed false and malicious information to the WAPO but escorted its reporters for several days in Etowah County and attended meetings with other individuals, including Corfman and Wesson to further the false and malicious attacks on the character and reputation of Judge Moore."

The day The Post story was published, Hagedorn posted on social media that Corfman was a "fried of 40 years."

Hagedorn also expressed support for Nelson after she held a press conference making her allegations on Nov. 14, according to the lawsuit.

The defendants in the case "have committed libel and slander against Judge Moore by making statements which were false, malicious, and made with intentional

or reckless disregard of the truth and with the intent that those statements be published to others including through state and national media. Those statements caused harm to the reputation and character of Judge Moore and also to his wife Kayla, lowered their standing in the community, and discouraged members of the community from associating with them.

"By making such statements to the public media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore and also his wife Kayla, to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in general and special damages. Judge Moore suffered economic harm both in the U.S. Senate campaign and in time expended refuting the false allegations."

Update 3:13 p.m.: Moore's attorney is filing complaint in Etowah County against handful of people alleging political conspiracy. Among those are Leigh Corfman and Tina Johnson, another accuser.

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Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has called a press conference for Monday afternoon in what will be his first public appearance since election night.

The purpose of the press conference is "regarding false allegations made against him during the campaign for United States Senate," according to the announcement.

The press conference will be in Gadsden and Moore will be accompanied by his attorneys.

Moore filing complaint in Etowah County against handful of people alleging political conspiracy. Among those are Leigh Corfman and Tina Johnson, another accuser. — Paul Gattis (@paul_gattis) April 30, 2018

Judge Roy Moore press conference at Etowah County Commission chambers in Gadsden, Alabama Monday April 30, 2018. Posted by al.com on Monday, April 30, 2018

Be sure to follow @Paul_Gattis for updates from Roy Moore's press conference: https://t.co/qA2mTms5gP — AL.com (@aldotcom) April 30, 2018

Moore's campaign for the Senate was marred by accusations made by several women against Moore of unwanted romantic and sexual advances. The women said they were in their teens and Moore was in his 30s during their encounters.

Moore, the Republican nominee in the Senate race, has repeatedly denied the allegations, both from the campaign stump before the election and in court documents.

The most serious accusation came from Leigh Corfman, who said when she was 14, Moore - then a 32-year-old assistant district attorney -- took her to his home in rural Etowah County, removed her clothing and touched her over her underwear. Corfman also said Moore guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.

Corfman filed a defamation lawsuit against Moore in January and Moore filed a counter lawsuit against Corfman in April.

The allegations first were published by The Washington Post on Nov. 9, 2017 - 33 days before the general election against Democrat Doug Jones. More accusations emerged in the following days, though none were as serious as those raised by Corfman.

Jones defeated Moore by receiving 2 percent more of the vote. Jones' margin of victory was 21,914 votes. That total was eclipsed by the number of write-in votes in the election - 22,852.

Among those who cast write-in votes were U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, who said he could not support Moore after the allegations were made and said he would write in a Republican instead.