Monica Lewinsky, in a statement released today, countered the Presidents firm denial:

I have had enough. This whole experience has left a bitter taste in my mouth, and I cant stomach any more. I feel as if I am getting the shaft, that this ugly matter has come to a head and blown up in my face. This may be aload to handle, but when things get hard, that is when I am at my best. I have faced hard things in the past, and I know what is coming. I will meet this challenge the only way I know how: head on. I have licked bigger things than this before, and I will again. No one will ever be able to say that Monica Lewinsky isnt a finisher, that she quit before the job was done. I will work non-stop and fight this, blow by blow, until I am wiped clean of this dirty affair. I will not be stained by it. Thank you.

Monica Lewinsky