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The allegation that Donald Trump raped a 13‑year‑old identified in court papers as “Katie Johnson” originates from a 2016 civil lawsuit that accused Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping an underage gir...
A woman proceeding under the pseudonym "Jane Doe" filed a federal civil complaint accusing Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein of raping and sexually abusing her when she was 13 at private parties ...
Court filings in multiple suits by a plaintiff using the pseudonyms “Katie Johnson”/“Jane Doe” included an affidavit from an anonymous witness identified as “Tiffany Doe,” who, according to those fili...
Coverage since 2016 shows the “Katie Johnson” lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped a 13‑year‑old in 1994 was filed, dismissed and periodically resurfaced; recent reporting in 2...
’s legal team publicly rejected / allegations that included an affidavit from a pseudonymous witness “,” with —then-executive vice president and general counsel of —calling the claims “completely friv...
An anonymous plaintiff using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” filed civil complaints in 2016 accusing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping her when she was 13 in 1994; those filings were dismissed ...
Jane Doe’s 2016 federal lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of raping her as a 13‑year‑old was voluntarily dismissed by her lawyers on Nov. 4, 2016; reporting and court documents show the dismissal was with...
Major fact‑checkers and mainstream news organizations have treated the "Katie Johnson" allegations as unproven and problematic: reporting traces the claims to court filings and media pushes that were ...
Katie Johnson’s filings are a series of pro se, pseudonymous federal complaints alleging sexual assault against Donald Trump (and linked in reporting to other complaints), but public docket entries an...
Major outlets reported the Tiffany Doe declarations as part of a 2016 civil complaint alleging that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped a 13‑year‑old; the affidavit says Tiffany Doe witnessed multi...
Donald Trump and his lawyers consistently denied the pageant-related sexual-misconduct accusations, framing them as false or politically motivated; multiple former Miss USA/Miss Teen USA contestants p...
Primary contemporaneous public materials tied to the Katie Johnson (Jane Doe) allegations are a dismissed 2016 court filing and contemporaneous media interviews and coverage; the lawsuit was filed in ...
A 2016 federal civil suit filed anonymously as “Jane Doe” accused Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping a 13‑year‑old; that case was voluntarily dismissed before proceeding to trial (see court...
Courts have handled multiple claims alleging Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct — including suits asserting abuse of minors — through a mix of civil depositions, refilings, and appellate actions rather ...
Available reporting shows that Katie Johnson (a pseudonym used in 2016 filings) made allegations tying Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein to sex abuse; the civil suits were dismissed or withdrawn and Jo...
Tiffany Doe is a pseudonymous witness who filed a sworn declaration in support of a 2016 federal complaint by “Jane Doe” alleging that Jane (who said she was 13 in 1994) was sexually abused at Jeffrey...
Katie Johnson (also identified in court papers as “Jane Doe” or “Katie Johnson”) filed a 2016 civil complaint alleging she was sexually assaulted as a minor at gatherings linked to Jeffrey Epstein and...
Available sources show that the Katie Johnson (Jane Doe) civil complaint alleging that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped her in 1994 was filed in 2016 and later dropped; mainstream summaries say ...
Available reporting shows an anonymous plaintiff using the names "Katie Johnson" and "Jane Doe" filed civil complaints in 2016 accusing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping a 13‑year‑old in 1994...
No primary evidence in the provided records shows that Alina Habba or other Trump attorneys issued statements about Katie Johnson in 2024. Contemporary coverage in the dataset references earlier denia...