Former model Stacey Williams has accused former President Donald Trump of groping her at his New York penthouse after having been introduced to him by Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, “News Week” reported.
This revelation emerged during a call on Monday organized by Survivors for Kamala, a group made up of over 200 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence who are advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election. Trump has vehemently denied the allegations.
In a call covered by “The Guardian,” Williams recounted her experience from the early 1990s when she said that Trump, then a prominent real estate mogul, had groped her while he smiled at Epstein, who later criticized her for allowing the incident to happen. “Why did you let him do that?,” Epstein allegedly asked her afterward, a comment that made Williams feel “like a piece of meat.”
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s national press secretary for his 2024 campaign, dismissed Williams’ allegations, labeling them as “unequivocally false” and suggesting they were “politically motivated” by the Harris campaign ahead of the election. Newsweek reached out to Trump’s campaign for further comment.
Williams, now 56 and a native of rural Pennsylvania, detailed her first encounter with Epstein during her modeling career, saying that she was unaware of his abusive actions at the time. She recalled attending a dinner in 1992 where Epstein was present and discussing politics.
She described a subsequent encounter with Epstein at a Christmas party hosted by Trump in December 1992, remarking upon their apparent friendship. “It became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends,” Williams said, adding that Epstein frequently mentioned Trump in their conversations.
The alleged incident occurred a few months later, when Williams accompanied Epstein to Trump Tower. “He pulled me into him and started groping me,” she stated, detailing how Trump touched her inappropriately while maintaining a friendly demeanor with Epstein. Afterward, she felt a shift in Epstein’s energy, which she said turned into “seething rage,” as he berated her for the incident.
Williams described how she felt, wondering why she had allowed Trump to get away with that and also feeling confused about Epstein’s anger. “I felt so humiliated and so sick to my stomach,” she shared, characterizing the experience as a twisted game between the two men.
Not long after the alleged incident, Williams received a postcard from Trump with a personal message, which she described as a “painful reminder” of her experience.
Several women have previously accused Trump of sexual misconduct, which he has denied.
Last year, however, a jury in New York City found him civilly liable for sexual abuse and defamation against columnist E. Jean Carroll and he was subsequently ordered to pay over USD 80 million in damages. Federal District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan said the jury’s finding that Trump forcibly and without consent digitally penetrated Carroll’s vagina made her rape claim “substantially true under common modern parlance,” even if it did not fit the technical definition of rape under New York law.