Earlier this week, President Donald Trump came under fire for his cruel mockery of Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony.

During a campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday 2 October, Trump attempted to imitate Ford to a crowd – and, in doing so, heavily insinuated that her allegations against his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, were false.

“How did you get home?” Trump said, referencing a question Ford was asked by the committee. “I don’t remember. How did you get there? ‘I don’t remember.’ Where is the place? ‘I don’t remember.’ How many years ago was it? ‘I don’t know.’ What neighbourhood was it? ‘I don’t know.’ Where’s the house? ‘I don’t know.’”

Continuing to mimic her, Trump added: “But I had one beer - that’s the only thing I remember.”

Now, in a powerful open letter, Teri Hatcher has addressed the president’s behaviour.

“Mr. President Donald Trump, I’d like to take this opportunity to weigh in on the process of recalling a sexual assault,” she wrote, before sharing her own harrowing story of childhood abuse on her Instagram.

Teri Hatcher informs Donald Trump that she was sexually assaulted in the back of a car