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Three separate civil filings by an anonymous plaintiff using the names “Katie Johnson” and later “Jane Doe” accused Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump of raping a 13‑year‑old in the 1990s; the first fed...
Snopes reported in mid‑2024 that when the site spoke with Norm Lubow he admitted he had been using the alias “Al Taylor” and that he had played an active role in filing and promoting the initial Katie...
Tiffany Doe is an alleged, pseudonymous witness in the civil lawsuits tied to the "Katie Johnson"/"Jane Doe" allegations that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted a minor in 1994; she i...
Reporting shows an anonymous plaintiff using the pseudonyms “Katie Johnson” and “Jane Doe” filed multiple civil complaints in 2016 alleging that Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump raped and sexually abu...
Norm Lubow is reported by multiple outlets to be a former producer for The Jerry Springer Show who investigators tied to high-profile, contested lawsuits in 2016 that accused Donald Trump of raping a ...
The allegations known as the “Katie Johnson” claims were propagated to reporters and the public through an aggressive media campaign coordinated by a publicist calling himself “Al Taylor,” who investi...
A series of civil lawsuits alleging that and sexually assaulted a teenage girl who used the pseudonym “” (also reported as “”) were filed in 2016; those suits were repeatedly dismissed or withdrawn an...
Mainstream coverage of the Katie Johnson allegations during the 2016 campaign was intermittent, contested and ultimately limited — journalists reported filings and a withdrawn suit but also flagged se...
’s complaint accusing (and ) of raping a 13‑year‑old was filed in 2016 and later refiled and then withdrawn or dismissed that same year, and there is no active 2024 civil case against Trump under that...
Two strands of reporting intersect in this story: multiple outlets have documented Donald Trump’s social and business ties to Jeffrey Epstein, while a separate set of sensational allegations about Tru...
The Guardian and Jezebel both reported that a shadowy publicist using the name “Al Taylor” played a central role in promoting the anonymous “Katie Johnson” lawsuits and that investigative reporting ti...
Katie Johnson (also filed as “Jane Doe”) brought multiple 2016 civil filings accusing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of rapes and sex-trafficking when she was a minor; the complaints included detail...
Rumors about trace to a mix of specific allegations promoted in 2016 by a former Jerry Springer producer using an alias and to longer-standing associations and remarks that invite speculation; investi...
The verifiable public record includes a civil complaint filed under the name Katie Johnson against Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein on April 26, 2016, and the case was dismissed in May 2016 for ...
traced the allegations back to two civil filings that were dismissed or withdrawn and to an aggressive promotional campaign that reporters say was orchestrated by a small set of operatives and amplifi...
" filed a federal lawsuit in April 2016 accusing and of raping her as a 13‑year‑old at Epstein’s residence in 1994; that filed complaint was dismissed and subsequent filings were withdrawn, and signif...
is the name used by a plaintiff who filed federal civil complaints in 2016 alleging that and sexually assaulted her when she was 13 in 1994; the suits were dismissed or voluntarily withdrawn and never...
Three categories of allegations in public records and reporting claim Donald Trump was involved in sexual abuse of minors: a 2016/2017 civil filing by a plaintiff using the pseudonym “Jane Doe” (often...
Multiple journalistic and fact‑checking inquiries have probed the provenance of the widely circulated “Katie Johnson” video/transcript, finding a mix of primary archival material, promotional activity...
Norm Lubow, a former Jerry Springer producer, has been linked by multiple journalists to a campaign that produced and publicized sensational child-rape claims against Donald Trump in 2016; reporting t...