Former model Stacey Williams has alleged former President Donald Trump groped her at his New York penthouse after Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, introduced her to him. Trump has denied the allegations.
Williams, a model in the 1990s, detailed the allegations during a call on Monday organized by Survivors for Kamala. The group is made up of more than 200 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the upcoming presidential election.
According to The Guardian, which first reported the call, Williams alleged that Trump, then a real estate mogul, groped different parts of her body while smiling at Epstein, who later “berated” her. Williams said Epstein asked her after the alleged incident why she “let [Trump] do that,” which made her feel like “a piece of meat.”
Trump’s national press secretary for his 2024 campaign, Karoline Leavitt, told the British newspaper: “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.”
Newsweek has contacted Trump’s team via email outside of working hours for further comment. It has also contacted Survivors for Kamala via email.
‘Trump and Epstein Good Friends’: Williams
Williams, a native of rural Pennsylvania, described meeting Epstein during her modeling years. She said she had no knowledge of his abuse at the time.
In a video published by The Guardian, Williams said: “In 1992, my agent invited me to a dinner, to a restaurant in the Upper East Side of New York. And there were other models and the usual men, hangers-on, at this dinner. And one of the men who was sitting at this table was Jeffery Epstein.
“And I had never heard of him or anything, but we got to know each other, and we talked a lot about Clinton and Gore. I enjoyed the fact that he was politically engaged and wasn’t infantilizing me and talking to me about that.”
She said: “The next time that I saw Jeffrey was a few months later, in December of ’92, at Donald Trump’s Plaza Hotel Christmas party. And it became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends and spent a lot of time together.
“After that, Jeffery Epstein expressed a lot of interest in me and we started seeing each other. When Jeffrey and I would talk, he mentioned Trump frequently, he was clearly a close friend and they were spending a lot of time together.”
Williams’ Allegations Against Trump
Williams, now 56, alleged that the abuse took place a few months later when she met Trump along with Epstein at the former’s home.
Willaims said: “Late winter/early spring of ’93, I was on a walk with Jeffrey from his brownstone on the Upper East Side down Fifth Avenue when Jeffrey looked at me and said: ‘You know, let’s go stop by and see Trump.’
“And so we went to Trump Tower and went up the elevator and, moments later, Trump was greeting us and he pulled me into him and started groping me.”
Former President Donald Trump at Greensboro Coliseum, Tuesday, October 22, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. Trump has been accused of groping a model in the 1990s which he has denied.
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She said: “He put his hands all over my breasts, my waist, my butt and I froze. And I froze because I was so deeply confused about what was happening—because the hands were moving all over me, yet these two men were like smiling at one another and continuing on, in their conversation.”
“We—Jeffrey and I left and I got into the elevator with him and I felt this like—he didn’t look at me, he didn’t speak to me and I felt this like, seething rage around him,” she said. “His whole energy shifted. And when we got down to the sidewalk, he looked at me and started just berating me.”
“He kept saying ‘why did you let him do that, why did you let him put his hands all over you,'” Williams said. “And he made me feel so disgusting and I remember at that moment, being so utterly confused.”
‘Fought Back Against the Predators in the Industry’
Williams said: “Number one, I thought, ‘Well, yeah, why did I let him do that?’ And then I was confused because, well, ‘But why is Jeffrey mad? Because he’s the one that took me up there.’
“And I was also confused because I was someone who really prided myself as being sort of one of the top models who was problematic—because I fought back against the predators in the industry, I defended fellow models on the streets of Paris when we would be grabbed or harassed. So how did I let that happen?”
She then told the call: “I felt so humiliated and so sick to my stomach and was so upset. And as I absorbed what happened a few minutes later, I felt like that was some sort of sick bet or game between the two of them. That’s—I was rolled in there like a piece of meat for some kind of challenge or twisted game. And I felt horrendous.”
Postcard From Trump
Williams said: “And not long after that, a postcard of Mar-a-Lago was couriered to my agent and there was a personal message on the back from Donald Trump. I still have that postcard and it makes me sick to look at it.
“And, uhm, it takes me back to that feeling of confusion and being frozen and humiliated. And I—that is why I am here tonight. I figured it was time to share this and I am ready to win this election.
“The thought of that monster being back in the White House is my absolute worst nightmare. So thank you very much for including me in this remarkable group of women. Seriously, I’m honored.”
The postcard, seen by The Guardian, reads: “Stacey – Your home away from home. Love Donald”.
Accusations Against Trump
Several women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct in the past. He has denied all the accusations.
Last year, the former president was found liable for sexual battery and defaming one of his accusers, columnist E. Jean Carroll, in a civil case. He was ordered to pay over $80 million in damages.
Other accusers include another former model, Amy Dorris, who told The Guardian in 2020 that Trump groped her in New York, in 1997, and forced his tongue into her mouth outside a bathroom.
Former Miss Finland Ninni Laaksonen, told the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat that when she competed in Miss Universe in 2006, Trump groped her rear after posing for a photo before appearing on Late Show with David Letterman.
Trump has denied these allegations and all the others against him.
