Lewinsky hits back at Clinton

Monica Lewinsky has told of her feelings of betrayal at the version of their affair given by Bill Clinton in his new autobiography.

The former White House intern attacked Mr Clinton's "lies" over the affair, exposed in 1998, seven months after he first denied the relationship. He was impeached but was acquitted.

In his book My Life, Mr Clinton writes of the affair: "I did something for the worst possible reason - just because I could. I think that's just about the most morally indefensible reason that anybody could have for doing anything."

But tonight Ms Lewinsky says in an ITV News interview: "I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character, which not only affected me but my family, my friends and my future.

"[It makes] me so angry when I think about how adamant I was early on in the investigation that, no, the responsibility was equal and it was two people.

"I just think ... 'Can't you just step up and correct the things that you did that were wrong?' How hard is that?"

Ms Lewinsky, now 30 and working as a handbag designer in New York, added: "It has been so difficult because of so many of the lies he has told about me."

6.30pm tonight and at 11pm on ITV1.