Are there other women who accused Donald Trump of similar misconduct in the 1990s?
Executive summary
Two well-documented accusations of misconduct by Donald Trump in the 1990s stand out: E. Jean Carroll’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her in a department‑store dressing room in the mid‑1990s, and several women who describe groping or unwanted touching in the early 1990s, including Jill Harth and Kristin Anderson [1] [2] [3]. Reporting compiled by major outlets and timelines shows multiple other claims tied to the 1990s era — Stacey Williams’ 1993 allegation and various accounts of inappropriate behavior at social events in that decade — though strength of evidence and legal outcomes vary [4] [5] [6].
1. The central 1990s allegation: E. Jean Carroll’s case and its judicial outcome
E. Jean Carroll publicly accused Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996, sued him for defamation after he denied the claim, and a New York court ultimately found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding Carroll damages in related civil cases [1] [7]. Courts have treated Carroll’s allegation as central to the 1990s set of claims: her complaint specifies a mid‑1990s incident and judges allowed some contemporaneous and pattern evidence to be considered at trial [1] [7].
2. Other named women alleging 1990s incidents of groping or assault
Beyond Carroll, several women who allege misconduct by Trump place their experiences in the early‑to‑mid 1990s: Jill Harth, who worked with Trump in the 1990s, accused him of pushing her against a wall, putting his hand up her skirt and trying to kiss her at Mar‑a‑Lago in the early 1990s [2]; Kristin Anderson told The Washington Post that Trump put his hand up her skirt in the early 1990s at the China Club in Manhattan [3] [6]. Stacey Williams has alleged groping at Trump Tower in 1993 while Jeffrey Epstein was present, a claim widely reported in late 2024 [4] [5].
3. Pattern evidence and contemporaneous reports from the decade
Reporting and compiled timelines by outlets such as The Guardian, The Independent, ABC News and business reporting note multiple allegations tied to social events, private properties and late‑night venues across the 1990s, and books that interviewed dozens of women documented “instances” and anecdotes from that era [4] [8] [3] [2]. Journalists and researchers have assembled lists showing that dozens of women have accused Trump of inappropriate behavior across decades, with a cluster of claims emerging from or referencing the 1990s specifically [9] [2].
4. Denials, legal strategy and conflicting accounts
Trump has denied the allegations and described them as fabrications or politically motivated, and his legal team has fought to exclude certain evidence as improper pattern testimony in court [9] [1]. Media coverage shows both statements of denial and instances where juries or judges allowed some 1990s‑dated allegations or related testimony to be considered as part of civil litigation — illustrating a legal and factual contest over what is admissible and persuasive [1] [7].
5. What reporting establishes — and what remains limited
The assembled reporting clearly establishes that multiple women have accused Trump of similar forms of misconduct in the 1990s — with E. Jean Carroll’s mid‑1990s claim resulting in civil liability and other women (Jill Harth, Kristin Anderson, Stacey Williams, among others) making allegations tied to the early‑to‑mid 1990s — but the accounts differ in detail, corroboration and legal resolution [1] [2] [3] [4]. The sources used here do not permit verifying every allegation’s factual truth beyond how it has been reported or adjudicated; where courts have ruled, that outcome is reported, and where allegations remain unlitigated or denied, reporting records the claim and the denial without adjudicating credibility [7] [9].