The New York Times interviewed over 30 of Jeffrey Epstein’s former employees, victims, and associates. They dug through long-forgotten court cases and lawsuits.
The result is one of the most revealing looks into Trump’s sex crimes and friendship with Epstein that we’ve read in years.
We’ve condensed the massive story into a timeline of the events uncovered.
January 1993 | 2 Victims: Two dozen young women were flown to Mar-a-Lago for a private party with Donald Trump and two business partners. They were hoping for a chance to compete in a beauty pageant Trump and the partners were bringing to Atlantic City.
Despite having no involvement in the pageant, Jeffrey Epstein was also there.
According to a lawsuit filed four years later, Trump groped one of the girls under the table. Later that night, he “cornered” her in a bedroom usually reserved for Ivanka and “forcibly kissed, fondled and restrained” her.
Some time after he left her room, another potential contestant, 22 years old, awoke to Trump sneaking into her bed and groping her body. She was later present for a party at Jeffrey Epstein’s house that Trump attended. It’s unclear if she was a guest of Epstein’s or Trump’s.
November 1993 | 1-2 Victims: The winners from that January night were flown to NYC and Atlantic City for a week of events to promote the pageant.
That week, Trump instructed the contestant he assaulted in Ivanka’s room to help him have sex with a 17-year-old European contestant. The lawsuit doesn’t give more details.
At a Trump Plaza event later that week, a contestant from Switzerland named Béatrice Keul was approached by Epstein.
He told her that “Don likes you very much” and offered her free flights and hotel stays if she would join them (Epstein and Trump) for upcoming parties at Mar-a-Lago.
When she refused, he told her about his wealth and the famous friends he could introduce her to, attempting to hook her with vague promises of fame and fortune. She felt “hunted.”
Shortly after, one of Trump’s employees directed her to meet the boss in a suite upstairs.
Keul entered the room and, within a couple minutes, Trump started groping and kissing her. When he tried to lift up her dress, she screamed and pushed him off of her.
That’s the version she shares publicly. Keul said she’s never gone public with what else happened in that room because she’s received anonymous threats, but friends confirmed to the Times that they’ve known Keul’s story for decades.
Nearly every victim who spoke to the Times for this story expressed fear that they would be targeted by Trump or his supporters if they weren’t granted anonymity.
Late 1994: Ford Models instructed 14-year-old Tina Davis to “dress sexy” for a party at Mar-a-Lago. Tina and eight or nine “really young” girls boarded a bus to meet Trump. Tina’s mother, Sandra, came along.
When they arrived, a waiter handed Tina a glass of champagne. Sandra took it from her immediately, but the waiters kept coming. Middle-aged men did, too, until Sandra intervened.
During a trip to the bathroom, Tina and her mom crossed paths with Marla Maples, Trump’s then-wife.
Sandra told the Times that Marla took her hands and said “Whatever you do, do not let her (Tina) around any of these men, and especially my husband. Protect her.”
This is the same year that one Epstein victim alleges she was raped by Trump when she was 14 years old.
1998: Modeling agency Next Management, which had a well-documented relationship with Epstein, paid 24-year-old model Zoë Brock to attend one of Trump’s parties.
Brock and around 20 other models arrived by bus at Mar-a-Lago. They were each given a red-and-white striped wristband before entering the party, where they were met with men in tuxedos.
The wristbands were worn only by the models, advertising them as “meat,” Brock said. At one point, they were instructed to line up to meet Donald Trump, possibly so he could choose his target for the night.
Like Tina Davis years earlier, Brock was offered a glass of champagne. Upon finishing it, she felt sick and was certain the drink had been spiked.
The Late 1990s: A 17-year-old model and Epstein trafficking victim attended a party at Mar-a-Lago. She would attend at least five more parties there, always reporting back to Epstein about the events that unfolded if he didn’t attend himself.
She provided the Times with a photo of her and Trump at one of the parties to corroborate her story.
Fall 2000: Ghislaine Maxwell recruited a young woman she met at New York Fashion Week. She introduced her to Epstein, portraying the monster as someone who could get her a job modeling for Victoria’s Secret.
Epstein and Maxwell coerced her into sex, then told her they filmed it. If she didn’t attend parties at Epstein’s house — parties where men would select women to rape — then they would publish the tape.
Afraid of her parents and pastor finding out what happened, the victim attended four parties at Epstein’s. Donald Trump was at one of them.
She showed the Times an old, handwritten address book where she kept contacts back then. It included Trump’s name and two numbers he gave her that night.
In addition to these stories, the New York Times piece details the level of communication between Trump and Epstein beyond what we’ve known before.
Trump was present at many of Epstein’s parties, despite Trump previously claiming he’d never been to Epstein’s house. Jeffrey’s brother Mark Epstein says Trump was there “all the time,” regardless of there being a party.
Assistants revealed that Trump and Epstein talked on the phone at least three times a week throughout the mid-to-late 1990s, sharing stories of their sexual exploits and describing their partners’ bodies to each other.
In one call, the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had, and whether there was enough for Mr. Epstein to floss his teeth with.
TrumpFile.org (reposted with permission)