Roy Moore: Misconduct allegations intended to derail senate bid

Alabama Republican Roy Moore has sought to publicly shore up his continuing US senate bid despite a report that he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl and romantically pursued three other teenagers decades ago.

Mr Moore, speaking to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club in suburban Birmingham, again denied allegations of sexual misconduct as "completely false and untrue", saying they were an intentional attempt to derail his candidacy.