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Trump's going to prison where they're going to ream him good.

Donald Trump, the president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, has
been accused of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, including non-
consensual kissing or groping, by at least 25 women since the 1970s.[1][2]
In June 2019, writer E. Jean Carroll alleged in New York magazine that
Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in 1995 or 1996. Two
friends of Carroll stated that Carroll had previously confided in them
about the incident. Trump called the allegation fiction and denied ever
meeting Carroll, despite a photo of them together from 1987 being published
by the magazine.[3][4][5] In November 2022, Carroll filed a suit against
Trump for battery under the Adult Survivors Act. On May 9, 2023, a New York
jury in a civil case found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation
against Carroll, but found him not liable for rape. They awarded Carroll $5
million in damages.[6] In July 2023, Judge Kaplan stated that the jury had
actually found that Trump had raped Carroll according to the common
definition of the word as they had ruled that Trump had forcibly and
nonconsensually penetrated Carroll's vagina with his fingers. New York
state's definition at the time defined rape as solely nonconsensual
penetration of the vagina by a penis.[7] A September 2023 partial summary
judgment again found Trump liable for defaming Carroll. On January 26,
2024, Trump was ordered to pay Carroll an additional $83.3 million in
damages.[8]

Other litigation includes his then-wife Ivana's rape claim during their
1990 divorce (she later recanted);[9] businesswoman Jill Harth's 1997
lawsuit alleging breach of contract and sexual harassment (she settled the
former claim and forfeited the latter); and former Apprentice contestant
Summer Zervos's claim of sexual misconduct followed by a 2017 defamation
lawsuit after Trump accused her of lying[10] (she withdrew her defamation
case in 2021).[11]

The allegations by Ivana Trump and Jill Harth became public before Trump's
presidential candidacy with the rest going public after the 2005 Access
Hollywood tape was leaked during the 2016 presidential campaign in which
Trump was recorded bragging that a celebrity like himself "can do
anything" to women, including "just start kissing them ... I don't even
wait" and "grab 'em by the pussy". Trump denied behaving that way toward
women and apologized for the crude language. Many of his accusers stated
that Trump's denials provoked them into going public. Several former Miss
USA and Miss Teen USA contestants accused Trump of entering the dressing
rooms of beauty pageant contestants while contestants were in various
stages of undress. Trump had already referred to this practice during a
2005 interview on The Howard Stern Show, saying he could "get away with
things like that" because he owned the Miss Universe franchise. In October
2019, the book All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a
Predator[a] contained 43 additional allegations of sexual misconduct
against Trump.[12][13]

Trump has denied all the allegations against him, saying he has been the
victim of media bias, conspiracies, and a political smear campaign.[14][15]
[16][17] In October 2016, Trump publicly vowed to sue all the women who
have made allegations of sexual misconduct against him, as well as The New
York Times for publishing the allegations.[18][19]
Accusations filed in court against Trump
Main articles: Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump, Legal
affairs of Donald Trump as president, and List of lawsuits involving Donald
Trump
Ivana Trump (1989)
Ivana and Donald Trump in 1985

Ivana Trump and Donald Trump married in 1977.[9] Ivana stated in a
deposition taken in 1990, during their divorce proceedings, that Donald had
visited her plastic surgeon following which he had expressed anger and
ripped out hair from her scalp.[9] Donald said the allegation was
"obviously false".[20] The book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald Trump
(1993), by Harry Hurt III, described the alleged attack as a "violent
assault" during which Donald attacked Ivana sexually.[20] According to the
book, Ivana later confided to some of her friends that Donald had raped
her.[20] In a statement given just before the publication of Hurt's book,
and included in the book, Ivana said:

[O]n one occasion during 1989, Mr. Trump and I had marital relations in
which he behaved very differently toward me than he had during our
marriage. As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he
normally exhibited towards me, was absent. I referred to this as a "rape",
but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal
sense.[20]

The Trumps' divorce was granted in December 1990[21] on grounds that
Donald's treatment of Ivana, including his affair with Marla Maples, was
"cruel and inhuman".[22] According to Donald Trump's lawyer, Jay Goldberg,
this was based on Trump's having been seen in public with Marla Maples in
1990.[21] Their settlement[b] had a confidentiality clause preventing Ivana
from discussing the marriage or the divorce.[9][25] In 1992, Trump sued
Ivana for not honoring a gag clause in their divorce agreement by
disclosing facts about him in her best-selling book, and Trump won a gag
order.[26][27][28]

Years later, Ivana said she and Donald "are the best of friends".[9] In a
July 2015 campaign endorsement, Ivana said: "I have recently read some
comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high
tension during my divorce from Donald. The story is totally without
merit."[29]
Jill Harth (1992)

Jill Harth alleged that Trump assaulted her several times. Harth has stated
that in December 1992, while dining with Trump and her then-boyfriend
George Houraney, Trump attempted to put his hands between her legs.[9]
Harth and Houraney visited Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in January
1993 for a contract-signing celebration. Trump, according to Harth, offered
her a tour before pulling her into the empty bedroom of his daughter
Ivanka. "I was admiring the decoration, and next thing I know he's pushing
me against a wall and has his hands all over me. He was trying to kiss me.
I was freaking out." Harth says she desperately protested against Trump's
advances and eventually managed to run out of the room. She and her
boyfriend left rather than stay the night, as they had intended.[9] After
she became engaged, Harth alleges, Trump began to stalk her.[20]

Harth filed a lawsuit in 1997 in which she accused Trump of non-consensual
groping of her body, among them her "intimate private parts",[30][31] and
"relentless" sexual harassment.[32] The suit was withdrawn after Houraney
settled with Trump for an undisclosed amount in a lawsuit that claimed
Trump had backed out of a business deal.[9][33] She still claims to have
been sexually assaulted[9] and although he was never violent with her, she
says his actions were "unwanted and aggressive, very sexually aggressive".
[20]

Following the incident, Harth said she received "a couple years of
therapy". In 2015, she contacted Trump's campaign to get a job as a makeup
artist and sell her men's cosmetic product line. She later said, "Yes, I
had moved on but had not forgotten the pain [Trump] brought into my life. I
was older, wiser. Trump was married to Melania and I had hoped he was a
changed man."[34] She worked at one of Trump's rallies as a makeup artist.
Of the experience, she said: "I'm a makeup artist. The guy is a mess, OK?
He really needed my services, and I'm a makeup artist that needs a job. Why
would, if I was on friendly terms, why wouldn't I try to get that job?"[20]

Harth's lawsuit was first published in February 2016 by LawNewz.com.[35]
Her case was first published in May 2016[20] in The New York Times article
"Crossing the Line".[36] Trump characterized her story in the Times as
"false, malicious and libelous" and he "strongly denies the claims".[20]
Harth stood by her charges in a July 2016 interview with The Guardian.[33]
In October 2016, she said that, if sued by Trump, she intends to counter-
sue.[37]
Jane Doe (1994)

A lawsuit filed in California in April 2016 accused Trump and Epstein of
forcibly raping three 12 and 13-year-old girls at underage sex parties at
Epstein's Manhattan residence in 1994.[38] The case was dismissed the
following month. A second version of the lawsuit was filed in New York in
June by a Jane Doe claiming to have been raped by the pair at four 1994
parties when she was 13 years old.[39] It was withdrawn in October as the
plaintiff said she had received death threats.[40] [41][42] A July
investigation by The Guardian said that the lawsuits appeared to be
organized by Norm Lubow, "who has been associated in the past with a range
of disputed claims involving celebrities including OJ Simpson and Kurt
Cobain."[43] Doe said in an interview with The Daily Mail that she along
with others were recruited to the sex parties by Epstein's recruiter, who
corroborates her story, and that Doe identified Trump from his TV show The
Apprentice years after the attacks.[44]
E. Jean Carroll (1996)
Main article: E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

On November 4, 2019, writer E. Jean Carroll filed a lawsuit against Trump,
accusing him of defamation by claiming she lied about him raping her in
1995 or 1996. Carroll had first publicly disclosed the alleged sexual
assault by Trump in June and said Trump's reaction had directly harmed her
career and reputation.[45] Carroll said she was filing this lawsuit on
behalf of each woman who has faced harassment, assault, or belittlement.
[46] Trump stated that her allegation was a promotion strategy for her book
titled What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal, where she discloses
details about the alleged assault. The White House Press Secretary
responded to the lawsuit claiming it was "frivolous" and that the story was
fake, "just like the author".[47]

In September 2020, the Justice Department argued that Trump had acted
"within the scope" of the presidency when he called Carroll a liar, moved
the case from a state court (which had recently denied Trump's motion to
delay the case) to federal court, and sought to take over his defense.
During the discovery phase, Trump could have been required to testify and
to provide a DNA sample. Attorney general Bill Barr cited the Westfall Act
as allowing the Justice Department to defend federal employees against
civil liability for acts conducted in the normal course of their duties.
Barr stated the White House had requested the Justice Department action and
noted that taxpayers would pay any judgment should Carroll win the case.
[48][49][50][51][52] Since government employees largely enjoy immunity from
defamation suits, the Justice Department argued that Trump had spoken in
his official capacity as president.[53] On October 27, federal judge Lewis
Kaplan rejected that argument and allowed the suit to proceed considering
Trump's actions as a private citizen[54]�not an officer of a federal agency
(as the Justice Department claimed) but a constitutional officer.[55] On
November 20, Kaplan ordered Trump's prior private attorneys to resume
representing him in the case.[56] On November 25, the Department of Justice
appealed Judge Kaplan's ruling in the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit.[57]

In June 2021, the Justice Department argued in a court brief that it should
substitute itself as the defendant in the case because Trump had acted as a
federal employee.[58]

Carroll filed a second lawsuit against Trump in November 2022 that renewed
her claim of defamation due to additional statements Trump made and
expanded her claim to battery under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law
that allows sexual-assault victims to file civil suits beyond expired
statutes of limitations.[59] The trial for E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J.
Trump began on April 25, 2023, in federal court at the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York.[60][61] On May 9,
after deliberating for less than three hours, a jury of six men and three
women in Manhattan federal court unanimously found Trump liable for
sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her by calling her a liar, rejecting
his denial of the allegations, though they also did not find Trump liable
for rape. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive
damages.[62]

A September 2023 partial summary judgment found Trump liable for defaming
Carroll through his statements he made in 2019. A trial held January 16�26,
2024 awarded an additional $83.3 million in damages to Carroll.[63]
Summer Zervos (2007)

Summer Zervos was a contestant on the fifth season of The Apprentice, which
filmed in 2005 and aired in 2006.[64][c] Subsequently, she contacted Trump
in 2007, about a job after the show's completion, and he invited her to
meet him at The Beverly Hills Hotel. Zervos has said that Trump was
sexually suggestive during their meeting, kissing her open-mouthed, groping
her breasts,[64] and thrusting his genitals on her.[66] She also said that
his behavior was aggressive and not consensual.[65] Zervos was represented
by attorney Gloria Allred,[67] and later by Beth Wilkinson and Moira Penza,
with whom she chose to end the case in 2021.[68]

John Barry, her cousin and a Trump supporter, has said Zervos talked to her
family and friends about Trump, promoting his candidacy and stating how
Trump had helped her out in her life. Barry said that during the
presidential primary campaign, Zervos invited Trump to her restaurant, and
he declined.[67][69] In October 2016, the Trump presidential campaign
released an email by Zervos, sent to Trump's secretary in April 2016, in
which she stated: "I would greatly appreciate reconnecting at this time. He
will know my intentions are genuine." Zervos said she had intended to
confront Trump and give him the "opportunity to clear the air". On April
21, she sent another email to Trump's assistant which she asked to be
forwarded to Trump, in which she stated: "I have been incredibly hurt by
our previous interaction."[69]

On January 17, 2017, Zervos filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump,
arising from his statement that she had lied about the allegations.[70][71]
Marc Kasowitz is defending Trump in the case.[72] Zervos has filed a
subpoena for "all documents concerning any woman who asserted that Donald
J. Trump touched her inappropriately".[73] On March 21, 2018, a New York
Supreme Court judge decided to allow a defamation lawsuit against the
President to go forward.[74][75][76] On June 4, 2018, Manhattan Supreme
Court Justice Jennifer Schecter ruled that Trump must be deposed by January
31, 2019.

As of September 9, 2018, Trump was to provide written answers under oath in
the defamation lawsuit.[77]

On March 14, 2019, a New York appeals court rejected President Trump's
argument that the Constitution makes him immune from state lawsuits,
clearing the way for a defamation suit.[78][79] On November 2, 2019, Trump
agreed to submit to questioning under oath by January 31, 2020.[80]

In January 2020, a New York intermediate appellate court put the defamation
lawsuit on hold, until a New York court of appeals could decide the fate of
the case. The case hold meant that the January 31, 2020, deadline for Trump
to testify was also put on hold.[81]

In February 2021, following Trump's defeat in the 2020 U.S. presidential
election, Zervos refiled the lawsuit, arguing that Trump can no longer make
the legal argument that presidential immunity protects him from litigation,
as he is no longer president. On March 30, 2021, the New York state Court
of Appeals ruled in her favor.[82] Trump was instructed to provide a
deposition by December 23, 2021.[83] On November 12, Zervos withdrew from
the case. Her attorneys said that Trump did not pay her to withdraw and
that she "has secured the right to speak freely about her experience".[68]
Alva Johnson (2016)

On February 25, 2019, Alva Johnson filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging
he had forcibly kissed her at a rally in Florida in August 2016 while she
was working on his 2016 presidential campaign.[84] Johnson said two
people�including Pam Bondi, then the attorney general of Florida�saw the
kiss, but both denied seeing it.[85] According to an interview with Teen
Vogue, Johnson decided to stop working for the Trump campaign after the
media started covering the Access Hollywood tape. She declared sick days
until she could speak to a lawyer.[86] In addition to the "unwanted sexual
attention", the lawsuit also alleges that Johnson was "a victim of race and
gender discrimination through unequal pay".[86][87] In response, White
House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the lawsuit "absurd on
its face".[85]

On June 14, 2019, the trial court dismissed the complaint without prejudice
to allow Johnson to plead a count for battery without any descriptions of
Trump's other alleged acts of sexual battery, and to provide necessary
details regarding claims of discrimination.[88][89][90] On September 4,
2019, Johnson filed a notice that she was not filing an amended complaint,
ending the lawsuit.[88] Johnson decided to drop the lawsuit because she was
"facing a judge who openly questions whether the kiss is worthy of a
federal lawsuit and has determined that Mr. Trump's history of such
behavior is not relevant, and I've endured ongoing threats to my
safety."[91]
The New York Times May 2016 story

In May 2016, The New York Times published the article "Crossing the Line:
How Donald Trump Behaved with Women in Private". For the article, Times
reporters Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey conducted 50 interviews with
women who had known Trump socially, during their professional career, or
while modeling or competing for a beauty pageant title.[36]

Their accounts�many relayed here in their own words�reveal unwelcome
romantic advances, unending commentary on the female form, a shrewd
reliance on ambitious women, and unsettling workplace conduct, according to
the interviews, as well as court records and written recollections. The
interactions occurred in his offices at Trump Tower, at his homes, at
construction sites and backstage at beauty pageants. They appeared to be
fleeting, unimportant moments to him, but they left lasting impressions on
the women who experienced them.

Other women interviewed for the story, a few of whom had worked for Trump,
stated they had not received unwanted advances and "they had never known
Mr. Trump to objectify women or treat them with disrespect." Jill Martin, a
vice president and assistant counsel at the company, said Trump was
supportive of her and her role as a mother. Laura Kirilova Chukanov, a
Bulgarian immigrant and 2009 Miss USA pageant contestant, said Trump helped
her make connections for a documentary she was working on about her home
country.[36]

Rowanne Brewer Lane, Trump's former girlfriend, was quoted at length in the
article and was featured in the opening anecdote. Following the article's
publication, Brewer Lane accused The New York Times of taking her quotes
out of context and said she was "flattered" and not insulted by Trump.
Trump spokesperson Barry Bennett responded to the story by stating: "They
talked to 50 women and managed to put seven or eight in the story. Over
half of them had great things to say. The one that had great things to say,
they twisted it and called her debased which is not how she feels." The New
York Times defended the story and said Brewer Lane was "quoted fairly,
accurately and at length".[92]
Recording controversy and second 2016 presidential debate
Main article: Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape
Billy Bush was recorded having "an extremely lewd conversation about
women" with Trump in 2005.

Two days before the second 2016 presidential debate, the 2005 Access
Hollywood tape was released, which records Trump's having "an extremely
lewd conversation about women" in which he described being able to kiss and
grope women because he was "a star": "You know I'm automatically attracted
to beautiful�I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I
don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do
anything ... grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."[93] Many
attorneys and media commentators have said Trump's statements described
sexual assault.[d]

On October 7, Trump released a video statement in which he stated, "I said
it, I was wrong, and I apologize." He called the development a distraction
and attempted to deflect attention to the Clintons, and in particular
sexual assault scandals involving Bill Clinton. Republican critics called
on him to withdraw from the presidential race.[93]

During the second debate, Anderson Cooper asked Trump if he understood that
he had bragged about sexually assaulting women. Cooper used the Justice
Department's sexual assault definition to include "any type of sexual
contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the
recipient".[103][104] Trump denied having said that he had sexually
assaulted women.[104][105] He claimed the comments were merely "locker room
talk", then, after being asked three times whether he had ever kissed or
groped any person without consent, he said "no I have not".[105] Several of
his subsequent accusers said this was the moment at which they were
motivated to come forward.[106][107][108]
Public allegations since 2016
Jessica Leeds (1980s)

In the early 1980s, Leeds was a businesswoman at a paper company on a
flight from the Midwest, returning to New York. A flight attendant offered
her an empty seat in the first-class cabin next to Trump. Leeds alleged
that about 45 minutes after takeoff, Trump lifted the armrest and began
touching her, grabbing her breasts, and tried to put his hand up her skirt.
"He was like an octopus," she said. "His hands were everywhere. It was an
assault."[106][109] Leeds said she had sent a letter containing her
allegations to the editor of The New York Times.[when?][20][106] Her story
was printed by The New York Times in October 2016, along with the account
from Rachel Crooks.[106]

Trump spokesman Jason Miller responded to the allegation calling it
"fiction". Miller stated the charges were politically motivated "for this
to only become public decades later in the final month of a campaign for
president should say it all." Trump publicly threatened to sue the Times
over the newspaper's publication of the allegation, and demanded a
retraction.[110][111] The Times rejected Trump's retraction demand,[111]
[112] and Trump never followed through on his threat to take legal action
against the company.[113] An alleged witness to the case who claimed he saw
"nothing untoward" upon the flight was former British Conservative county
councillor from Gloucestershire, Anthony Gilberthorpe. Gilberthorpe has
previously made false allegations against politicians.[114]
Kristin Anderson (1990s)

On October 14, 2016, The Washington Post reported an allegation by Kristin
Anderson.[115] Anderson said that Trump groped her beneath her skirt in a
Manhattan nightclub in the early 1990s. An aspiring model at the time of
the alleged incident, Anderson told the story to her friends, and decided
to come forward after reading accounts of other women who had done so.[115]
Anderson believed the alleged assault occurred at the China Club, a
Manhattan nightclub that Newsday referred to as "Donald's Monday-night
nest" due to his alleged habit of picking up women there.[115]
Lisa Boyne (1996)

On October 13, 2016, The Huffington Post reported an allegation by Lisa
Boyne.[116] Boyne said Sonja Morgan (then Sonja Tremont) invited her to a
dinner with Trump, modeling agent John Casablancas, and five or six models.
Boyne alleged that Trump made the models walk across the table, looked
under their skirts, and described if they were wearing underwear. Morgan
told The Huffington Post that the dinner took place with those
participants, did not recall lewd behaviour by Trump, and said: "But I have
been known to dance on tables." Boyne said she called her roommate Karen
Beatrice that night to inform her about the incident. The Huffington Post
contacted Beatrice, who denied any such call.[116]
Cathy Heller (1997)

On October 15, 2016, The Guardian reported an allegation by Cathy Heller
that she was grabbed and kissed by Donald Trump two decades earlier.[117]
Heller said that, in 1997, she met Trump when she attended a Mother's Day
brunch with her children, her husband, and her husband's parents at his
Mar-a-Lago estate. Her parents-in-law were members of Mar-a-Lago. Heller
was introduced to Trump, who became angry when she avoided a kiss. He then
"grabbed" her and, when he tried to kiss her, she turned her head. Trump
kissed her on the side of the mouth "for a little too long" and then he
left her.[117][118]

Heller's husband and children, who were present during the event, have
corroborated her account. In the summer of 2015, the members of Heller's
mahjong group heard Heller's account of the 1997 incident; this was not
long after Trump announced his candidacy.[119] She decided to go public
after seeing the second presidential debate on October 9, 2016. Heller is a
registered Democrat, and public supporter of Hillary Clinton.[117]

Trump campaign spokesperson Jason Miller said Heller's account is "false"
and "politically motivated".[119]
Temple Taggart McDowell (1997)

In May 2016, The New York Times reported allegations by Temple Taggart
McDowell.[120] McDowell, who was Miss Utah USA in 1997, accused Trump of
unwanted kisses and embraces that left McDowell and one of her chaperones
so uncomfortable, according to McDowell, that she claimed she was
instructed not to be left in a room alone with him again. According to
McDowell, a chaperone had accompanied her to Trump's office.[120] At the
time, McDowell was 21 and was known as Temple Taggart.[20] This incident
occurred in Trump's first year of ownership of the Miss USA contest.[20]

McDowell told her story initially to The New York Times in May 2016[120]
which was published in the "Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved
With Women in Private" article.[36] She had not intended to speak publicly
about the incidents again, but she received numerous calls recently due to
the "Crossing the Line" article and felt, as a mother, that it is important
to share a message about unwanted advances: "You have the right to say no.
You have the right to get out of there. You have the right to leave, and
you have the right to make them feel uncomfortable if they're making you
feel uncomfortable," she said. Trump said he does not know her and denied
McDowell's claims.[120] He also told The New York Times he is "reluctant to
kiss strangers on the lips".[20]

Taggart McDowell said she is a Republican, and not coming out with the
allegation in order to support Hillary Clinton.[121]
Amy Dorris (1997)

Former model Amy Dorris said in September 2020 that she and her boyfriend,
Jason Binn, attended the 1997 U.S. Open with Donald Trump, who Binn had
described as his best friend. She alleges that Trump groped and kissed her
without her consent at the event. The Guardian confirmed that she told her
mother and a friend in New York immediately after the incident and that she
had told her therapist and several other friends about it over the years;
Binn did not reply to The Guardian's request for comment. Trump denied the
allegation via his lawyers.[122] Former top model Caron Bernstein stated
that her husband was the New York friend and that Dorris had told her about
the assault in 2008.[123]
Karena Virginia (1998)

At an October 2016 press conference with attorney Gloria Allred, yoga
instructor and life coach Karena Virginia said that in 1998 Trump grabbed
her arm and touched her breast. Virginia, who was 27 years old at the time,
was waiting for a ride after the US Open in Queens, New York.[124] She said
Trump, whom she had not met previously, approached her with a small group
of other men, while commenting on her legs, then he grabbed her right arm.
Virginia continued, "Then his hand touched the right side of my breast. I
was in shock. I flinched. 'Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I
am?'�that's what he said to me. I felt intimidated and I felt
powerless."[124]

Trump campaign spokesperson Jessica Ditto responded to the allegation with
a statement reading in part, "Discredited political operative Gloria
Allred, in another coordinated, publicity seeking attack with the Clinton
campaign, will stop at nothing to smear Mr. Trump."[125]
Karen Johnson (early 2000s)

In Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy's book All the President's Women:
Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator, Karen Johnson alleged that she
attended a New Year's Eve party at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, where Trump
grabbed her by her genitals, pulled her behind a tapestry, and forcibly
kissed her. Johnson also alleged that days after the incident, Trump
repeatedly called her (without her giving him the phone number), offering
to fly her to meet him, which she rejected. The book states that Johnson
told a friend about the incident years before Trump ran for president.[126]
[127]
Mindy McGillivray (2003)

In an October 2016 article by The Palm Beach Post, Mindy McGillivray stated
that in January 2003, when she was 23 years old, she was groped by Trump at
his Mar-a-Lago estate.[20][108] She said, "All of a sudden I felt a grab, a
little nudge. I think it's [my friend Ken Davidoff's] camera bag, that was
my first instinct. I turn around and there's Donald. He sort of looked away
quickly."[20] Ken Davidoff, a photographer, corroborated McGillivray's
account, saying he remembered her pulling him aside moments after the
alleged incident to say "Donald just grabbed my ass!"[108]

McGillivray said she "chose to stay quiet"[105] and never reported the
incident to authorities. She had shared details of the incident only with
close family and friends until she heard Trump deny such behavior during
the second presidential debate on October 9, 2016.[108] Hope Hicks, Trump's
press secretary, said McGillivray's allegations lacked "any merit or
veracity" and were untruthful.[105]

Ken Davidoff's brother, Darryl Davidoff, said he was also present at the
time at Mar-a-Lago and that in his opinion McGillivray is lying.[128][129]
According to Darryl: "I do not believe it really happened. Nobody saw it
happen and she just wanted to be in the limelight."[128][e]
Rachel Crooks (2005)

In 2005, Rachel Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at Bayrock Group, a
real estate investment and development company in Trump Tower in Manhattan.
She says she encountered Trump in an elevator in the building one morning
and turned to introduce herself. They shook hands, but Trump would not let
go. Instead, he began kissing her cheeks, then directly on the mouth.[106]
[109] "It was so inappropriate," Crooks recalled in an interview. "I was so
upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that."[109]
Her story was printed by The New York Times in October 2016, along with
that of Jessica Leeds.[106] Trump has disputed Crooks' claims,[20] writing
on Twitter, "Who would do this in a public space with live security cameras
running?"[130] Crooks is a public supporter and donor to Hillary Clinton's
presidential campaign.[109]
Natasha Stoynoff (2005)

Canadian author and journalist Natasha Stoynoff, who wrote for People
magazine and, previously, the Toronto Star and Toronto Sun, went to Trump's
Florida estate in December 2005 to interview him and his wife, Melania.
While there, Trump gave Stoynoff a tour of the Mar-a-Lago estate. She says
that during this tour, he pushed her against a wall and forced his tongue
into her mouth.[20][105]

Stoynoff described the alleged episode, "We walked into that room alone,
and Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds he
was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat ... I
was stunned. And I was grateful when Trump's longtime butler burst into the
room a minute later, as I tried to unpin myself."[107] Stoynoff composed
herself and conducted the interview,[20] after which she said Trump
repeatedly told her, "We're going to have an affair, I'm telling you."[105]
[107] Melania was also interviewed for that article.[107]

Trump sent out a tweet on October 13, 2016, in which he said it had not
happened and wondered why she had not mentioned the event in her People
article of 2005.[20] Stoynoff responded that she had become angry when
Trump denied assaulting women during the presidential debate and was
triggered by the release of the Access Hollywood recording in early
October. Until that point, she said, she had conflicting emotions common
among victims of assault, combined with embarrassment and confusion. J.D.
Heyman, People's deputy editor, said: "It was disorienting for her. She
felt a great deal of worry and distress about it. Then she felt
angry."[131]

That same day, Melania's lawyer demanded an apology from People magazine,
stating that Melania did not say some or all of what was quoted in the
People article by Stoynoff published on October 12, 2016; Melania
specifically denied Stoynoff's claim that she'd run into her on Fifth
Avenue following the article's publication.[132] In an interview with
Anderson Cooper that aired October 17 on CNN, Melania again denied having
crossed paths with Stoynoff on Fifth Avenue, as stated in Stoynoff's
article. The following day, People published the account of Liza Herz. Herz
said she witnessed the sidewalk encounter between Stoynoff and Melania
Trump; Herz' account corroborated that of Stoynoff.[133]

On October 18, People produced six corroborating witnesses who said
Stoynoff had recounted the incident to them around the time it occurred.
[133] The six witnesses were: "two editors from People, Mary Green and Liz
McNeil; a professor of journalism, Paul McLaughlin; a co-worker; and two
personal friends of Ms. Stoynoff".[134]

Trump's former butler at Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Anthony Senecal, was
asked about the 2005 incident in which Stoynoff alleged that the butler had
"burst in" on Trump while she was pinned down by him; Senecal denied it
ever happened, stating that as a butler "I don't burst in. I knock, then I
go in, usually after someone says 'come in'," further alleging "And when I
went in, there was nothing strange about where she was standing."[135][136]
According to Senecal, the alleged incident took place in an old massage
room with windows all around which made it unsuitable to grope anyone since
there was no privacy.[135]
Juliet Huddy (2005 or 2006)

In early December 2017, the reporter Juliet Huddy said Trump kissed her on
the lips while they were on an elevator in Trump Tower with Trump's
security guard in 2005 or 2006. Regarding this incident, Huddy said "I was
surprised that he went for the lips. But I didn't feel threatened ...
Whatever, everything was fine. It was a weird moment. He never tried
anything after that, and I was never alone with him."[137][138]
Jessica Drake (2006)

On October 22, 2016, Jessica Drake and attorney Gloria Allred held a news
conference in which Drake accused Trump of having sexually assaulted her by
grabbing tightly in a hug and kissed her and two acquaintances nearly ten
years prior. Drake, an adult film actress and sex education advocate, said
she met Trump at her company's booth during a charity golf tournament at
Lake Tahoe in 2006. Drake claims she was invited to meet with Trump, who
was married at the time, at his hotel suite; she was "uncomfortable going
alone" and brought two friends. Describing the meeting with Trump, Drake
recounted that "He grabbed each of us tightly, in a hug and kissed each one
of us without asking permission."[139] Drake said she and her friends left
the suite after 30�45 minutes. Shortly thereafter, Drake claims she
received phone calls from Trump or his associate, requesting that she join
him in his suite for $10,000, and offering to fly her on his jet back to
Los Angeles. She said she declined his offers.[139]

During the news conference, Drake said, "I am not looking for monetary
compensation. I do not need additional fame ... I understand that I may be
called a liar or an opportunist but I will risk that in order to stand in
solidarity with women who share similar accounts."[139][140] During the
news conference, Gloria Allred held up a picture showing Trump and Drake
standing together at the time.[139]

In response to Drake's allegations, the Trump campaign stated that her
story is "false and ridiculous", that "[t]he picture is one of thousands
taken out of respect for people asking to have their picture taken with Mr.
Trump" but Trump did not know Drake and "would have no interest in ever
knowing her", and that the story was "just another attempt by the Clinton
campaign to defame a candidate".[141] Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the
significance of the accusation because of Drake's line of work, saying,
"Oh, I'm sure she's never been grabbed before."[142][143]
Ninni Laaksonen (2006)

On October 27, 2016, a local Finnish tabloid, Ilta-Sanomat, reported an
allegation by Ninni Laaksonen, Miss Finland 2006.[144] Laaksonen appeared
with Trump on the Late Show with David Letterman on July 26, 2006.[145]
Laaksonen claims that before they went on the air, Trump grabbed her
buttocks. As Laaksonen describes the interaction: "He really grabbed my
butt. I don't think anybody saw it but I flinched and thought: "What is
happening?"[145] Someone later told Laaksonen that Trump liked her because
she looked like his wife, Melania, when she was younger.[146][147][148]

Laaksonen revealed her account to a local Finnish tabloid, Ilta-Sanomat,
which had contacted her regarding the level of professionalism involved in
Donald Trump's handling of his employees within the Miss Universe pageant.
The story was published on October 27, 2016.[144]
Cassandra Searles (2013)

In October 2016, Rolling Stone and NPR reported Trump fondled Cassandra
Searles, Miss Washington USA of 2013, without her consent during the Miss
USA pageant of that year.[20][149] In June 2016, Searles wrote that Trump
invited her to his hotel room.[20] Yahoo! News published an article in June
2016[20] stating that Searles had made Facebook postings that accused Trump
of making unwanted advances. She said he was "continually" groping her
buttocks and had asked her to go "to his hotel room".[20][149][150] Searles
also asserted that Trump had "treated us like cattle".[150] Trump and his
campaign have not specifically responded to Searles' allegations.[20]
Allegations of underage sex parties

On October 25, 2016, allegations were made by two men stating that Trump
had attended and partaken in sex parties filled with underage minor females
as young as 15 years old who were induced with promises of career
advancement.[151] Illegal drugs were also alleged to have been provided to
the minors.[152]

One man was identified as model and actor Andy Lucchesi, while the other
was identified as a fashion photographer who spoke on condition of
anonymity. Both men claim to have been acquaintances of Trump during that
decade, which one described as his "Trump days".[151]

Lucchesi, for his part, claimed that he saw Trump engage in sexual activity
with the girls but did not witness him taking illicit drugs. In regards to
the age of the girls, Lucchesi said he himself never specifically asked
about their ages, only remarking of the attendees "a lot of girls, [aged]
14, look 24."[153]
Pageant dressing room visits

Trump owned the Miss Universe franchise, which includes Miss USA and Miss
Teen USA, from 1996 to 2015.[120][149] In a Howard Stern interview in 2005,
he said he made a practice of walking into the contestants' dressing rooms
unannounced while the women were undressed:

I'll go backstage before a show, and everyone's getting dressed and
ready and everything else. ...You know, no men are anywhere. And I'm
allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant. And therefore I'm
inspecting it. ... Is everyone OK? You know, they're standing there with no
clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women. And so I sort of get
away with things like that. But no, I've been very good.[149][154]

In that interview, Trump declined to say whether he had slept with any
contestants, saying, "It could be a conflict of interest". Stern then
imitated a foreign contestant ("Mr. Trump, in my country, we say hello with
vagina"), and Trump jokingly responded, "Well, you could also say, as the
owner of the pageant, it's your obligation to do that."[155][149]
Miss Teen USA contestants (1997)

Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA, is one of five women to mention such
a dressing room visit incident in 1997.[156] Billado said of the visit: "I
remember putting on my dress really quick, because I was like, 'Oh my god,
there's a man in here.' Trump, she recalled, said something like, 'Don't
worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.'"[20] Billado recalled talking to
Ivanka, Trump's daughter, who responded "Yeah, he does that."[20] Victoria
Hughes, Miss New Mexico Teen USA, also said Trump did conduct a dressing
room visit, and that the youngest contestant there was 15.[156] The
dressing room had 51 contestants, each with their own stations. Eleven
girls said they did not see Trump enter the dressing room, though some said
it was possible that he had entered while they were somewhere else, or that
they didn't notice.[109][149][157]

Trump's campaign stated the allegations of his entering the dressing room
"have no merit and have already been disproven by many other individuals
who were present".[158]
Bridget Sullivan (2000)

In 2000, Bridget Sullivan was Miss New Hampshire USA. As she prepared for a
television broadcast, Trump allegedly walked into the dressing room. She
told BuzzFeed he was coming to wish the contestants good luck, but they
"were all naked". Some contestants that night do not remember his entering
while the ladies prepared and other contestants mentioned that they had no
negative experiences with Trump. A spokesman for Trump said Sullivan's
claims were "totally false".[20]
Tasha Dixon (2001)

Tasha Dixon, Miss Arizona USA 2001, told a CBS affiliate in Los Angeles
that in 2001, "[Trump] just came strolling right in. There was no second to
put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless,
other girls were naked." She said that having been walked in on when the
women had little or no clothes put them in a "very physically vulnerable
position, and then to have the pressure of the people that work for him
telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him ..."
Another contestant, Miss California USA 2009 Carrie Prejean Boller, told
the same CBS affiliate it was wrong to paint Trump that way.[159] Trump's
response, provided through spokeswoman Jessica Ditto, is that: "These
accusations have no merit and have already been disproven by many other
individuals who were present," and Ditto adds that she believes there is a
political motivation behind the accusation.[20]
Unnamed contestants (2001)

An unnamed Miss USA contestant said that in 2001 Trump walked into her
dressing room unannounced while she and another contestant were undressed.
She told The Guardian Trump "just barged right in, didn't say anything,
stood there and stared at us. ... He didn't walk in and say, 'Oh, I'm so
sorry, I was looking for someone.' He walked in, he stood and he stared. He
was doing it because he knew that he could." Another contestant told The
Guardian the contestant had spoken to others of this event at the time.[20]
Samantha Holvey (2006)

On October 14, 2016, Samantha Carol Holvey, Miss North Carolina USA 2006,
related that "Trump's conduct was 'creepy' around the women participating
but he never made an advance toward her." She also said that before pageant
events, Trump had "moved into areas where she and other contestants were
getting ready", and that she had "never been around men that were like
that".[160]

More than a year after Trump was elected president, and after many high-
profile men, such as Harvey Weinstein, had lost their jobs because of
sexual harassment allegations, Holvey wrote: "You can't work in Hollywood
if you're a sexual predator, but you can become the commander-in-chief?"
She then related how Trump made her feel very uncomfortable at the 2006
Miss USA pageant: "He eyed me like a piece of meat. I was shocked and
disgusted. I have never felt so objectified. I left the meet-and-greet
hoping that this would be my one and only encounter with him." She also
described how he had come backstage unannounced, with Melania Trump: "I was
shocked�again�by this violation of our personal space. What was he doing,
coming backstage when we were still getting dressed?"[161]
Other incidents

In 1992, Trump appeared on NBC News' show A Closer Look, hosted by Faith
Daniels. During the show, Daniels said Trump (divorced at the time) agreed
to make an appearance because: "You kissed me on the lips in front of the
paparazzi, and I said, 'That'll cost you. I'm booking you on the show.'"
Trump replied that the kiss was "so open and nice", and that he thought
Daniels' husband "had his back turned at the time". Trump had invited NBC
News to film a party he threw for himself and Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-
Lago, where they joined various NFL cheerleaders; the kiss incident
occurred there. NBC News revealed footage of the party in July 2019,
showing Trump, Epstein and the cheerleaders. At one point during the video,
Trump grabbed a woman around her waist, pulled her against his body, and
patted her buttocks. At another point, Trump appears to tell Epstein: "Look
at her, back there ... She's hot."[162][163][164]

In a 1998 interview with Chris Matthews, two years before his 2000
presidential campaign, Trump said that his history with women could prove
to be an issue in the event of a future presidential campaign, saying "Can
you imagine how controversial I'd be?...You think about (Bill Clinton) with
the women. How about me with the women? Can you imagine?"[165]

A 2002 article in New York magazine quoted Trump talking about Jeffrey
Epstein: "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of
fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I
do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey
enjoys his social life."[166] In 2008 Epstein pleaded guilty to charges
involving child prostitution. In 2019 he was charged with child sex
trafficking; he died in his cell before facing trial.[167]

CNN posted a video in 2016 describing various sexually suggestive comments
that Trump has made publicly about his daughter Ivanka.[168]

Trump's top strategist, Steve Bannon, said that Trump lawyer "Marc Kasowitz
'took care' of 100 women during the [2016] presidential campaign".[169]

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