Were any spa employees at Mar-a-Lago minors or underage during their employment?

1. Trump’s claim and how outlets reported it

President Trump told reporters he fell out with Epstein after Epstein “stole” young women who worked at Mar‑a‑Lago’s spa and said one of them was Virginia Giuffre; he repeatedly described the people taken as “young women” and spa workers ^{[3] [4]}. Major news organizations — including The New York Times, BBC, The Guardian and NPR — reported his remarks and quoted his line that Giuffre “had no complaints about us,” while also noting he offered little documentary evidence to verify which employees he meant ^{[1] [3] [2] [5]}.

2. What Giuffre has said in prior reporting and legal filings

Virginia Giuffre has long alleged she was recruited at Mar‑a‑Lago in 2000 and in earlier litigation and testimony said Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her there when she was 16 and employed as a spa attendant; those allegations and court documents were widely publicized after unsealing in 2019 ^{[1] [6]}. Coverage reiterates that Giuffre said she was 16 when recruited from Mar‑a‑Lago and subsequently subjected to abuse in Epstein’s network ^{[1] [7]}.

3. Journalists and outlets flag uncertainty about other employees

Reporting stresses uncertainty beyond Giuffre’s allegation: The New York Times specifically said “it is unclear what other employees Mr. Trump may be referring to,” and that “there are no known records” of Epstein recruiting others from Mar‑a‑Lago ^[1]. Several outlets repeated that the White House did not provide documentation when asked, leaving the scope of Trump’s claim — whether it refers to multiple underage hires or to adult spa staff — unresolved in current reports ^{[1] [8]}.

4. Timing and timelines that complicate age questions

Giuffre’s account places her recruitment at Mar‑a‑Lago in the summer of 2000, when she said she was 16 ^{[1] [7]}. Coverage notes that Trump’s statements do not fix when Epstein allegedly “stole” employees, nor do they connect the timeline of Trump’s falling out with Epstein to specific years; that ambiguity complicates efforts to verify whether any employees were minors at the time of alleged recruitment beyond Giuffre’s documented claim ^{[2] [5]}.

5. Competing narratives and how outlets framed motive/impulse

Different outlets emphasized contrasting angles: some framed Trump’s explanation as an attempt to distance himself from Epstein by blaming him for poaching staff ^{[4] [9]}, while opinion and commentary sources mocked the claims as revisionist or deflective in light of Epstein’s known abuses ^[10]. News coverage uniformly notes Trump’s line that he banned Epstein for being “a creep,” and that his latest account adds the personnel‑poaching explanation but lacks documentary corroboration ^{[3] [8]}.

6. What the available reporting does — and does not — establish

Available reporting establishes that: (a) Giuffre has alleged she was recruited at Mar‑a‑Lago at age 16 ^[1]; (b) Trump has said Epstein “stole” spa workers including Giuffre and described them as “young women” ^{[3] [4]}; and (c) news outlets note no public records or direct evidence have been produced to support broader claims about other specific underage hires from Mar‑a‑Lago ^[1]. Available sources do not mention definitive employer records or corroborating witness statements that show other spa employees at Mar‑a‑Lago were minors during their employment, beyond the documented allegations surrounding Giuffre ^[1].

7. Bottom line for readers

Reporting shows one high‑profile allegation that a Mar‑a‑Lago spa attendant, Virginia Giuffre, was recruited at age 16 — a claim included in court filings and widely reported ^[1]. Beyond that, Trump’s broader assertion that Epstein “stole” multiple young or underage spa workers lacks corroborating public records or named additional minors in current news coverage, and major outlets explicitly describe the scope of his claim as unclear ^{[1] [8]}.