Who are the women who publicly accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct involving minors and what are the timelines of their allegations?

1. Snapshot: How many women and the rough timeline

News outlets and aggregations place the total number of women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct at more than two dozen; Axios reported roughly 27 accusers in October 2024 and The Guardian and other outlets have maintained timelines covering allegations from the early 1980s through the 2010s ^{[1] [4]}. PBS’s 2019 recap similarly spans allegations from the early 1980s to 2013, showing this is a multidecade set of claims rather than isolated recent complaints ^[5].

2. The most legally consequential case: E. Jean Carroll

Writer E. Jean Carroll publicly alleged in 2019 that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid‑1990s; a New York jury in May 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her and ordered $5 million in damages, a verdict later upheld on appeal and the subject of continued appeals into 2025 ^{[2] [3] [6]}. Carroll’s allegations are anchored to an alleged encounter in the 1990s and are the clearest example in the record of a civil verdict tied to an asserted incident from that decade ^{[2] [3]}.

3. Allegations tied to parties and social circles, including Epstein connections

Several accusers describe incidents linked to social events or to circles that included Jeffrey Epstein. Stacey Williams alleged groping in 1993 while Epstein was present, an allegation reported in 2024 coverage that placed the incident in the early 1990s ^{[1] [4]}. Jill Harth’s 1997 lawsuit described alleged incidents at a Mar‑a‑Lago “calendar girl” party in the early 1990s and was widely reported to concern events from that period ^[7]. Reporting over multiple years notes that accounts from women such as Karen Johnson and others were assembled in investigative books and profiles covering alleged incidents from the 1980s and 1990s ^{[8] [4]}.

4. Pageant contestants, models and multiple short incident reports

Several women who worked in pageants or modeling have said Trump behaved inappropriately; media summaries and timelines recount multiple women accusing him of walking in on contestants, unwanted groping, or kissing at different times from the 1980s through the 2000s ^{[5] [4]}. Coverage has not produced criminal charges tied to most of these individual media-era allegations, and Trump has denied the accusations; compilations in outlets such as The Guardian, PBS and The Independent collected many of those accounts for context ^{[4] [5] [9]}.

5. Legal outcomes and distinctions: civil verdicts vs. criminal charges

Available reporting highlights a clear distinction: while many women have made public accusations, the E. Jean Carroll civil case is the main instance that produced a jury finding of liability for sexual abuse and defamation ^{[3] [2]}. Reporting and databases note Trump has not been criminally charged for sexual misconduct in those decades‑old incidents covered here; PBS and other timelines underline that most allegations remain civil or publicly reported claims rather than criminal convictions ^{[5] [1]}.

6. Disputes, denials and political context

Trump and his representatives have consistently denied these allegations and called them politically motivated; White House spokespeople historically dismissed the wider set of claims as false, and Trump personally has disputed individual accusers’ accounts ^{[10] [4]}. Journalistic accounts emphasize that the accusations have become a political issue — resurfacing around campaigns, legal filings and releases of related documents, which shapes how and when new accusations attract attention ^{[10] [11]}.

7. Limits of the available sources and what they do not say

The provided sources compile many named allegations and place incidents mainly between the early 1980s and mid‑1990s through the 2010s, but they do not produce a single exhaustive, source‑verified list tying every accuser to a specific date or legal filing in every case; some alleged suits were withdrawn or dismissed and some women declined further public participation ^{[12] [1]}. Available sources do not mention criminal convictions tied to those decades‑old sexual‑misconduct allegations beyond the civil findings in Carroll’s case ^{[3] [2]}.

8. What to watch next and why context matters

Further transparency around archival materials tied to Jeffrey Epstein and released documents — and the progress of appeals in civil cases such as Carroll’s — are the likely next milestones for reporting; major outlets have already tied renewed document releases to new public scrutiny of past allegations ^{[13] [11]}. Readers should weigh the difference between public allegations, civil judgments and criminal charges, and consider that prosecutions, verdicts and appeals proceed on different standards and timelines, as the Carroll case and other reporting illustrate ^{[2] [3]}.