NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The speaker of Tennessee's Senate has joined the call for a lawmaker to resign after three women accused him of sexual misconduct as their high school basketball coach decades ago.

Speaker Randy McNally called for Republican Rep. David Byrd to step down Wednesday. House Speaker Beth Harwell has also asked for his resignation.

In a WSMV-TV report Tuesday, two women alleged Byrd inappropriately touched them. The third said Byrd tried to.

One woman said she recorded a call to Byrd last month. In the call aired on WSMV-TV, Byrd apologized but didn't detail his actions, and denied anything happened with other students.

A spokesman says Byrd plans to fight most allegations and has no intention of resigning.

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