Former American Model Claims Donald Trump 'Groped' Her in 'Twisted Game' with Jeffrey Epstein

Last Updated:October 24, 2024, 07:53 IST

Stacey Williams, who worked as a professional model in the 1990s, said she was groped by Trump in 1993 as part of a game with late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

A former US model accused ex-President Donald Trump of groping her in 1993. (Photo: Reuters)

Former American model Stacey Williams made a bombshell allegation recently, claiming that she was groped by former US President Donald Trump almost 31 years ago in what she described as a “twisted game” between him and late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

According to a report by The Guardian, Williams worked as a professional model in the 1990s. She said she first met Trump, then a real estate developer, in 1992 at a Christmas party after being introduced to him by Epstein, whom she believed to be a good friend of Trump. Williams said Epstein was interested in her and the two casually dated for a period of a few months.

“It became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends and spent a lot of time together,” she said. A few months later in 1993, Epstein reportedly suggested to Williams during a walk that they stop by to visit Trump. Moments after they arrived at the Trump Tower, Williams alleged that Trump greeted her, pulled her towards him and started groping her.

‘I felt shame and disgust’: Williams

Williams further said Trump put his hands “all over my breasts” as well as her waist and her buttocks. She said she froze because she was “deeply confused” about what was happening. At the same time, she said she believed she saw the two men smiling at each other, according to the report.

After the two left the Trump Tower, Williams said she began to feel Epstein growing angry at her. “Jeffrey and I left and he didn’t look at me or speak to me and I felt this seething rage around me, and when we got down to the sidewalk, he looked at me and just berated me, and said: Why did you do that?” she said on a Zoom call.

Describing the alleged incident as part of a “twisted game”, the former model said, “I felt shame and disgust and as we went our separate ways, I felt this sensation of revisiting it, while the hands were all over me. And I had this horrible pit in my stomach that it was somehow orchestrated. I felt like a piece of meat.” Epstein was later convicted of sex trafficking charges and died by suicide in 2019 in a New York prison cell.

Trump campaign denies allegations

She and Epstein parted ways soon after and Williams said she never had any knowledge about Epstein’s pattern of sexual abuse. Williams said Trump sent her agent a postcard via courier later in 1993, an aerial view of Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach residence and resort, which she shared with The Guardian. In his handwriting, Trump wrote, “Stacey – Your home away from home. Love Donald.”

Williams’ allegations come as less than two weeks remain for the high-stakes US presidential elections in November, where Trump is facing Vice President Kamala Harris. The 56-year-old former model had earlier shared parts of her allegations on social media, but revealed full details about her alleged encounter on a call on Monday organised by a group called Survivors for Kamala.

Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary for Donald Trump’s campaign, provided a statement denying the allegations, which said in part: “These accusations, made by a former activist for Barack Obama and announced on a Harris campaign call two weeks before the election, are unequivocally false. It’s obvious this fake story was contrived by the Harris campaign.”

About two dozen women have accused the former president of sexual misconduct dating back decades. These accusations included claims of Trump kissing them without their consent, reaching under their skirts, and, in the case of some beauty pageant contestants, walking in on them in the changing room.

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