Trump accused of tying up, assaulting, and raping minor children in Epstein's trafficking ring
On July 1st, Circuit Judge Luis Delgado in Florida ordered 16-year-old documents unsealed and made available to the public. These documents describe Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring in which rape and payoffs were commonplace. The documents involve transcripts from the state's prosecution against Epstein in 2006. The documents, generated by a Grand Jury hearing, would not have been available to the public save for a recent law in Florida granting judges permission to make such documents available.
Public consciousness of Epstein's crimes began following a 2018 investigation of his activity by the Miami Herald. Herald reporter Julie Brown spoke with more than 60 women who were abused by Esptein.
One such victim, who identified herself only as JJ Doe, spoke out in 2020 about being brought to Epstein's mansion in Palm Beach in 2003 while she was 14 years old. The accuser alleged Epstein had paid her 200 dollars for a massage that ended in rape. The unsealing of these documents has brought new attention to Epstein's sex parties involving the rape of minor children.
One such child, when grown into adulthood, filed a civil lawsuit regarding in a case called Katie Johnson v. Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. This document was produced in April of that year, three months after Trump had been sworn in as president. Johnson filed for relief due to “Sexual Abuse Under Threat of Harm,” and “Conspiracy to Deprive Civil Rights.” The case took place in California, which was Johnson's home state.
The complaint alleges Trump and Epstein made her engage in “various depraved and sexual acts,” with “extreme malice.” They denied her civil rights by making her a sex slave, “with extreme malice.”
Johnson alleges she was raped repeatedly during a four month time span between June and September 1994 when she was 13 years old. These acts took place at sex parties between Epstein and Trump. One such party saw a 12 year old, identified as Maria Doe, being forced to engage in a lesbian sex act with Johnson for the pleasure of Donald Trump.
During the last sexual encounter between Johnson and Trump, Johnson alleges that Trump tied her to a bed, raped her, and refused to wear a condom. While Johnson worried about what she would do if she got pregnant at the age of 13, Trump threw money at her, stating, “get a fucking abortion.”
A third minor is identified in this document: Jane Doe, age 13. Johnson and the third minor met while giving massages of a sexual nature to Epstein and Trump, during which Johnson was requested to disrobe completely.
An argument occurred between Epstein and Trump over who would take Johnson's virginity. When Trump raped her first, Epstein became so enraged over this that he raped and sodomized Johnson.
Finally, after all this occurred, she was warned never to speak about what had occurred lest she risk “certain death for herself and...family.”
Johnson's case had one material witness: Tiffany Doe, a woman who worked for ten years to help plan and organized Epstein's underage sex parties. She had agreed to provide testimony verifying Johnson's allegations and claims. Her job, in addition to planning the events, was to bear witness to Trump's sexual assaults and report them to Epstein later. When she broke her silence, she was subject to what she described as “terroristic threats” from Epstein and Trump.
Johnson's case was dismissed by the court in May 2016. She filed a second time in a different jurisdiction, and then withdrew the case on her own. No settlement was provided, nor has a jury been allowed to weigh the allegations provided as to their truth or falsity.
An investigation by the media outlet Business Insider revealed that, among the various John Does listed in Epstein's records- some 200 of them- Trump could be identified as “J. Doe 174.” Trump's identity was revealed from among redacted documents, along with several others, by US District Judge Loretta Preska in January 2024.
Trump's name came up in depositions from Johnna Sjoberg, as part of a civil suit against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's partner, in 2016. Sjoberg's complaint also alleges former President Bill Clinton visited Epstein four times during 2002 and 2003.