Has Katie Johnson filed any formal legal complaints or affidavits and what are their dates?
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Executive summary
Public records show a civil complaint filed under the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” in April 2016 that named Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein; that federal case was dismissed in May 2016 and later abandoned, and reporting and web coverage say supporting affidavits and a later video affidavit have circulated online in 2025, with publication dates reported as July 15, 2025 for a video affidavit [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not provide a single, definitive list of every formal affidavit’s filing dates beyond the initial 2016 complaint and later publicized video affidavit [4] [3].
1. The 2016 lawsuit: formal complaint filed, then dismissed
The foundational legal document was a federal civil complaint filed in April 2016 by a plaintiff using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” that accused Epstein and Trump of sexual assaults occurring in 1994; a federal judge dismissed that complaint in May 2016 for failing to state valid federal claims, and the plaintiff later chose not to amend and effectively ended the lawsuit [1] [2]. Court dockets referenced on CourtListener record the April 2016 filings (including a certification and in forma pauperis documents entered April 27, 2016) and show the matter closed after the dismissal and subsequent filings [4].
2. Affidavits referenced in reporting: present but not fully dated in records
Multiple news and fact-checking pieces and later retrospectives refer to “supporting affidavits” attached to or circulating from the 2016 case and say she and her legal team prepared sworn statements; however, the available sources do not list precise filing dates for these affidavits within the court docket excerpts provided here [5] [6]. CourtListener’s docket image shows complaint-related entries but does not, in the cited excerpts, display explicit affidavit filing dates beyond general filing activity in 2016 [4].
3. A video “affidavit” surfaced in 2025 — date and nature reported
Independent outlets reported a graphic video affidavit of “Katie Johnson” publicly surfacing in mid‑July 2025, with Narativ publishing a piece on July 15, 2025 that characterizes the material as a video affidavit in which the pseudonymous claimant describes assaults and notes she feared coming forward earlier [3]. That report also underscores that these claims have not been proven in court and that the videotaped statement circulated after the original 2016 civil case was dismissed [3] [1].
4. Conflicting accounts and limits of the public record
Some outlets and explainers emphasize the case’s legal dead end — stating the 2016 complaint was dismissed and later abandoned with no settlement and no active litigation through 2024–25 [6] [2]. Other coverage and social posts treat the resurfacing affidavits or video as renewed evidence; those stories often conflate publicly circulated media with formal court filings and rely on the original anonymous complaint as context [5] [7]. Available sources do not confirm whether every affidavit mentioned in media reports was formally filed with a court or was an extrajudicial sworn statement; that distinction is not consistently documented in the materials provided [6] [3].
5. What the court docket excerpts and fact-check pieces do show
Court docket summaries indicate the complaint and administrative filings were entered in April 2016 and that the case was dismissed within weeks [4] [1]. Fact‑check articles and legal explainers repeatedly note the complaint used a pseudonym, was dismissed in May 2016, was later withdrawn or abandoned, and that there has been no public, verifiable settlement or criminal charge tied to these claims as of reporting in 2024–25 [6] [2].
6. What is not found in current reporting and why that matters
Available sources do not provide an itemized, authoritative list of every sworn affidavit, their exact filing dates in court, or a consolidated docket entry enumerating each supporting affidavit; therefore it is not possible from these materials alone to state definitively all affidavit filing dates or whether every purported affidavit was ever filed in court rather than produced separately to media [4] [3]. That gap matters because media circulation of a recorded or published affidavit is not the same as a formal, docketed court filing.
7. Bottom line for readers
There is a verified April 2016 federal complaint filed under the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” and a dismissal in May 2016 [1] [4]. Reporting documents a video affidavit published in July 2025 [3]. Beyond those anchor points, the sources provided either reference “supporting affidavits” without court-file dates or conflate publicized materials with formal filings; a comprehensive court-filed affidavit timeline is not present in these sources [5] [6].