Who Is Kathy Shelton and Why Does She Matter?

Kathy Shelton's name was brought up many times prior to Sunday night's second presidential debate, and here's why: in 1975, Shelton was a 12-year-old girl who had just accused factory worker Thomas Alfred Taylor of rape. Taylor was 41 and was being represented in court by Hillary Clinton (then, Hillary Rodham), who was a young law professor representing defendants who could not afford a lawyer. Although Clinton tried to get off of the case, she represented her client, and the charges against Taylor were changed from first-degree rape to "Unlawful Fondling of a Child Under the Age of Fourteen." Clinton has touched on this in the past, but it wasn't until Donald Trump brought Shelton into the news surrounding the presidential debate that she became a subject of the 2016 election.

Before the debate, Trump held a press conference with now 54-year-old Kathy Shelton, alongside three women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault in the past. After the shocking video of Donald Trump surfaced on Oct. 7, it appears he is trying to fire back and test Clinton.

Watch the video below.