Since the 1970s, 27 women and children have publicly accused Donald Trump of rape, kissing and groping without consent; looking under women's skirts; and walking in on naked teenage pageant contestants.
This post compiles everything known, leaked, and unsealed about Jeffrey Epstein’s network, with a special focus on Donald Trump’s connections, involvement, and reactions.
It's always the ones you suspect most.
TW: everything
TRUMP & EPSTEIN: TIMELINE & DEEP BACKGROUND
late 70s
- Through Roy Cohn, Trump gained access to Manhattan’s drug-fueled disco scene which featured trafficked women and children. He is quoted as saying "I would watch supermodels getting screwed, well-known supermodels getting screwed, on a bench in the middle of the room."
- Trump and Casablanca would cross paths at some point during the mid 70’s through Roy Cohn. Casablancas’ influence on Trump becomes obvious when reading about both men
- John Casablancas, founder of Elite Model Management, prolific child rapist, and trafficker. He later became Ivanka Trump's manager, was a close associate of Trump, and sat on the board of Trump Realty Brazil (2004)
- Jessica Leeds said that in the late 70s when she was a travelling businesswoman she had sat beside Trump, whom she had never met before, in the first-class cabin of a flight to New York. She alleged that about 45 minutes after takeoff Trump lifted the armrest, grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt. Leeds alleged Trump’s “hands were everywhere”, describing them as “like an octopus”.
early 80s
late 80s
- Cathleen, a 15-year-old Swedish model, represented by Casablancas’ Elite Model Management said she met Trump in the mid-1980s at a party: “We had [agency parties] all the time, and [Trump] was there. I had no idea who he was,” she told us. “He came in with two girls from the agency and sat down at the other end to me. One of them was a Polish model. She must have been sixteen, seventeen, definitely no older than eighteen. He was all over her. Kissing her on her lips and neck and touching her.” [emphasis added] Cathleen said there were about four men at the dinner and about six models aged between fifteen and twenty — and that there was nothing unusual in that. “This happened every week,” she said of the dinners with older men. “You just have to show up…”
1989:
1990:
1991:
- Donald Trump judges the 1991 Look of the Year modeling competition organized by Elite Model Management, featuring participants as young at 14-years-old (Watch).
- A 2020 Guardian investigation into Elite's Look of the Year competition uncovered allegations from former contestants and industry insiders that the competition was used by founder John Casablancas and others to engage in sexual relationships with vulnerable young models, some of whom were teenagers.
- Shawna Lee, then a 14-year-old recalls how the contestants were encouraged to parade downstairs, one by one, and dance for Trump, Casablancas and others.
- Another contestant, who was 15 at the time, also remembers being asked to walk for Trump, Casablancas and other men on the boat in September 1992. She says an organiser told her that if she refused, she would be excluded from the competition. “I knew in my gut it wasn’t right,” she recalls. “This wasn’t being judged or part of the competition – it was for their entertainment.”
- A photo of Donald Trump’s hands sliding into 9-year-old Ivanka’s dress. Maybelline Presents 1991 Look of the Year at Plaza Hotel in NY.
- At a yacht party for the contestants, older men were seen grinding on the girls who were as young as 14-years-old.
1992:
- Trump directed Florida businessman George Houraney to organize a “calendar girl” competition at Mar-a-Lago, and after 28 female contestants were procured, revealed that the other guests were just “him and Epstein.”
- “The girls were all decked out, expecting to meet all these VIPs.” But after an hour at the party, Houraney says, there seemed to be only one other guest: Epstein. “I was like, ‘Donald, where are the guys? What’s going on here?’ And he said, ‘Well, this is it.’” Houraney says he realised “this is a Jeff Epstein party, basically”.
- Mr. Houraney’s then-girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, later accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct on the night of the party. In a lawsuit, Ms. Harth said that Mr. Trump took her into a bedroom and forcibly kissed and fondled her, and restrained her from leaving. She also said that a 22-year-old contestant told her that Mr. Trump later that night crawled into her bed uninvited.
- A 16 year old Stacy Wilkes and a former Canadian contestant of the Trump sponsored 1992 “Elite’s Look of the Year” competition recalled: “Every time we changed, it was like Trump would find a reason to come backstage,” Wilkes says. A Canadian contestant from 1992 recalls similar incidents. “He’d come by and say, ‘Hey girls, are we ready?’” she says. “I remember thinking, what have I got myself into?”
- NBC footage from that same year shows the two men partying together at the Palm Beach resort with cheerleaders for the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins, laughing, chatting, and, in the case of Trump, pawing at women.
1993:
1993–1997:
1994:
- Katie Johnson filed a lawsuit alleging Trump raped her at age 13 at Epstein’s NYC property.
- Trump appeared on the show (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, 1994), and proceeded to talk sexualise his 1-year-old daughter. “Well, I think she’s got a lot of Marla, she’s a really beautiful baby, -- She’s got Marla’s legs. We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet, but time will tell,” Trump added, gesturing at his chest to indicate breasts.
- Introducing 14-year-old Doe, Epstein's first known victim, to Donald J. Trump, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, referring to Doe, 'This is a good one, right?' Trump smiled and nodded in agreement. They both chuckled and Doe felt uncomfortable, but, at the time, was too young to understand why.
1995:
1996:
1997:
- Mariah Billado, Miss Teen Vermont 1997 told BuzzFeed, “I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here.'” Three other teenage contestants from the same year confirmed the story.
- Billado told BuzzFeed she mentioned the incident to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, who shrugged it off, saying, “Yeah, he does that.”
- Trump and Epstein are spotted at a Victoria’s Secret “Angels” party in Manhattan (left photo) and also photographed together at Mar-a-Lago (right photo).
- A 1997 New Yorker profile of Trump notes that the article’s author shared a ride to Palm Beach on Trump’s private jet with Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as a teenage Eric Trump.
1999:
For a comprehensive breakdown and context to these early years, please see "We All Knew About the Trafficking"-The Untold Story of Trump Model Management (Part 1)
late 90s
- Jeffrey Epstein showed off photos of Donald Trump with “topless young women” sitting in his lap, the author Michael Wolff alleged. Epstein had about half a dozen pictures which showed Trump by the pool with multiple young women, Wolff claimed on his podcast They were taken in the “late 90s” at Epstein’s Palm Beach home, where he victimized dozens of underage girls along with his procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Even without Epstein, it was pretty much known that Trump would ensnare vulnerable underage models via his model agency constructions, would invite them to parties at the Plaza Hotel, where they would be given drugs and he would then fuck some of them. I quote:
- The girls were as young as 15, he says, and “over their heads, they had no idea, and they ended up in situations. There were always dramas because the men threw money and drugs at them to keep them enticed. It’s based on power and dominating girls who can’t push back and can be discarded. There’s always someone to pick them back up. Nobody wants to call home and say ‘Help me.’”
- Trump would “go from room to room,” said the photographer, who added that “I was there to party myself. It was guys with younger girls, sex, a lot of sex, a lot of cocaine, top-shelf liquor” but no smoking. Trump didn’t approve of cigarettes.
- Those men at these parties often knew each other. “It’s a small community,” the photographer says. “They exchanged information, facilitated each other. Trump was in and out. He’d wander off with a couple girls. I saw him. He was getting laid like crazy. Trump was at the heart of it. He loved the attention and in private, he was a total fucking beast.” [12]
2000:
- Virginia Giuffre testified she was recruited at age 16 while working at Mar-a-Lago as a locker room attendant. Maxwell approached her while she was reading a massage book and offered her a job as Epstein’s traveling masseuse. This led to trafficking.
- Trump later banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after another girl was allegedly assaulted.
- Trump also wrote a letter of recommendation for Giuffre’s father.
- Trump, his future wife Melania, Epstein and Maxwell were all photographed together at the club in 2000
2001:
2002:
- In a interview with New York Magazine, Donald Trump said the following about 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."
2003:
Trump allegedly authored a birthday letter to Epstein in the shape of a naked woman, with this dialogue:
Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything.
Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.
Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.
Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret
Trump’s signature appeared over the pubic area.
2004:
2005:
- In a 2005 interview with Howard Stern, Trump boasted: 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. …You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. “Is everybody okay?” And you see these incredible-looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.
2006:
2008:
- Epstein plea deal approved by Alex Acosta, Trump’s future Labor Secretary.
- The deal was widely condemned as over-generous: Epstein received federal immunity, only served 13 months in county jail with work-release, and victims weren’t notified, violating the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. Miami Herald investigation confirmed misconduct.
2014-2016:
2015:
- Gawker publishes the contents of Epstein's address book, redacting personal contact information. Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump's brother are included — as are 14 numbers associated with Trump himself, including numbers for Melania and Mar-a-Lago, and personal staff, suggesting a deeper level of familiarity.
2016:
- Trump Model Management was exposed for hiring teen models on tourist visas, forcing them into unpaid labor, and housing them in overcrowded conditions. Some were allegedly offered to Trump. The agency allegedly encouraged young models, some as young as 14, to lie about their ages to secure work. Former models reported feeling pressured into situations with older clients, including at events attended by Trump.
- Trump asked an unnamed person with whom columnist Richard Cohen was familiar, about his then-13-year-old kid “Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife?”
- Trump, then 59, bragging about how he got a rise out of grabbing young married women “by the pussy”.
2017:
2018:
- Mark Epstein said that his brother told him, ““‘If I [Jeffrey] said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the [2016] election.’”
- This was corroborated in a 2024 deposition by an Epstein associate, who claimed Jeffrey had compromising material on Trump involving “young women”.
2019:
2020:
- Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with conspiring to help Epstein abuse minors. The timeframe of the Maxwell allegations span 1994 to 1997.
- Fox News airs a photo of Epstein and Maxwell in which Trump has been edited out.
2021:
- Ghislaine Maxwell was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from Nov 2021 to Dec 2021, when a jury found her guilty on five of six counts—including sex‑trafficking minors—and she was later sentenced on 28 June 2022 to 20 years in federal prison, a $750 000 fine, and five years of supervised release.
2022:
2023
- A former Elite model files suit claiming Casablancas raped her at 15 and forced an abortion; Elite settles, then declares bankruptcy in 2003.
- On May 9, 2023, a civil jury unanimously found Donald Trump guilty of sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. During a 2022 deposition for the case Trump said, “[Carroll] indicated that she loved it, OK?”; and earlier was apparently unable to differentiate his wife at the time, Marla Maples, from that of Carroll in a photo of the three of them together in the 1990s. The jury awarded Carroll over $83 million in damages.
- A 2023 investigation by Senator Wyden into Jeffrey Epstein's finances revealed that several high-profile Trump donors, including Leon Black and Peter Thiel, had significant financial ties to Epstein. This suggests an indirect financial network where the worlds of Trump's major political backers and Epstein's finances were closely linked.
2024:
2025:
- Apr 25:
- Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, who was recruited in Mar-a-lago dies by suicide
- Feb 7:
- Feb. 21:
- Feb 28:
- June 5:
- Musk tweeted: “Time to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” “Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.”
- July 7:
- MAGA world erupts over DOJ memo that no client list or blackmail evidence existed and the investigation was being closed.
- Prior to this, It’s standard DOJ protocol to avoid compromising witnesses, active leads, or uncharged co-conspirators. Releasing files mid-investigation could tank prosecutions. Hence, the lack of action from the Democrats doesn't mean much here. (DOJ is also supposed to be independent)
- An Epstein death-cell video was released with three minutes missing and metadata showing the tape was edited and saved multiple times
- July 8:
- In a Cabinet meeting, with reporters present, Trump interrupted a question on the topic, saying: “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been talked about for years. You're asking — we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable.”
- July 12:
- The president took to Truth Social and, in an extraordinarily lengthy post, defended Bondi amid continued calls for her resignation from his base. “What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals?’” “We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and 'selfish people' are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump protested.
- July 15:
- Trump says Bondi should release ‘whatever she thinks is credible’. He added, “And in terms of the credibility of the different things that they've seen, and I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey, they were made up by Obama, they were made up by the Biden administration -- and you know, we and we went through years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, with all of the different things that we had to go through,” Trump said.
- GOP blocks House vote aimed at releasing Epstein case documents.
- Congress voted to deny the amendment to release of the Epstein files.
- July 16:
- July 17:
- July 18:
- Jul 19:
- Jul 20
- Researchers just caught a swarm of ~400 AI-driven MAGA sock-puppets on X. For a year they’ve lurked in reply threads, spamming praise for Trump, RFK Jr. & Karoline Leavitt to juice the echo chamber. Then the Epstein-files fiasco hit—and the bots glitched, arguing with each other about Pam Bondi. That split blew the whole op wide open, proving it’s all cheap AI astroturf.
- Jul 21
- Jul 22
There really seems to be an endless amount of dirt on this sleazebag. Some more overviews here as this post would end up as a book otherwise.
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