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“I loved him,” Moore said in French. “He was very, very romantic with me and it was a consensual relationship. I have cried a lot about this. It’s horrible to see just how ready or prepared a person can be to tell lies. I don’t know why he’s done this.”

Kirkland has denied that they were in a relationship and accused Moore of abusing her power as an MP to pursue an inappropriate relationship with him, though Moore says she has proof to back up her version of the story.

Moore, who appeared visibly weary during the news conference, said Kirkland’s allegations have “had a terrible impact on my family, on my friends, on my health as well. It’s been a very, very tough week.”

Among the difficulties, Moore said, were some “very, very evil messages” from unidentified people, though she added that she had also received “nice messages” from various people who supported her.

Asked specifically about the impact on her husband, Moore said: “It’s very tough for him, I think. It’s very tough to see people say this type of thing about his wife and not be able to react.

“What I need after this press conference is to just spend time with my family, with my husband, with my children. I need to stop crying and just live my life with them.”

Moore and Kirkland met on June 5, 2013, when Kirkland, who was injured in a Taliban ambush in 2008, testified at a parliamentary committee about the treatment of injured soldiers.