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Ivana Trump said in a 1990 divorce deposition that she had referred to a 1989 sexual episode with Donald Trump as “rape,” but she later clarified she did not mean the word “rape” in a literal or crimi...
Ivana Trump’s allegation that Donald Trump raped her first surfaced in divorce testimony around 1989–1990 and was later publicized in a 1993 biography; she subsequently clarified that she did not inte...
Ivana Trump’s 1989 divorce deposition included language saying “my husband had raped me,” an account first publicized in Harry Hurt III’s 1993 book and later reported by multiple outlets; she subseque...
Ivana Trump’s most serious allegation against Donald Trump arose in a deposition during their early‑1990s divorce, where she said she felt “violated” and—according to later reporting and books—accused...
Ivana Trump alleged in a 1989 divorce deposition that an incident left her feeling “violated” and that she had used the word “rape”; she later said she did not mean the word “rape” in a literal or cri...
Ivana Trump did say in a 1990 divorce deposition that she “referred to” an act by Donald Trump as “rape,” then later added she did not intend the word in a “literal or criminal sense” and at other tim...
There is no full, publicly accessible copy or verbatim transcript of Ivana Trump’s 1989 sworn deposition available in the reporting provided; contemporary and later accounts quote or summarize portion...
Ivana Trump used several specific phrases in later television interviews when addressing the aftermath of her marriage and the contested episodes of the late 1980s and early 1990s, notably saying “I w...
Ivana Trump used the word “rape” in a sworn divorce deposition describing a 1989 marital incident, then publicly softened that language in a 1993 statement saying she “referred to this as a ‘rape,’ bu...
Reporting based on available documents shows Ivana Trump made an allegation of sexual assault against Donald Trump in a sworn divorce deposition around 1990, describing being “violated,” language late...
Ivana Trump is reported to have described a 1989 sexual incident with Donald Trump in a 1990 sworn divorce deposition that was later sealed and made public in varying forms by journalists and biograph...
Available reporting shows Ivana Trump made statements in a 1990s divorce deposition in which she said her then-husband “raped” her and described a violent episode; she later sought to qualify that wor...
Ivana Trump’s allegation that Donald Trump “raped” her appears in a 1990 divorce deposition and a 1993 book, but she later qualified and disavowed a literal criminal meaning; reporting and fact-checks...
Ivana Trump did give sworn deposition testimony during her 1990 divorce from Donald Trump in which, according to contemporaneous reporting and later books, she described a violent incident she at time...
Ivana Trump’s strongest public allegation that she had been “raped” by Donald Trump appears in a 1990 divorce deposition and was reported in the 1993 book Lost Tycoon; reporting notes she said the inc...
Ivana Trump’s most serious allegation against Donald Trump—an assertion recorded in 1990 divorce proceedings that has been described as a rape claim—was subsequently softened or walked back in public ...
Ivana Trump’s claim that Donald Trump raped her appears in a sworn deposition from their late‑1980s divorce, which has been cited by multiple outlets and books . Beyond that deposition and later media...
Ivana Trump’s allegation that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her appears in her sworn divorce deposition from the late 1980s and was reported in contemporary and later accounts, but public evidence b...
Donald Trump’s alleged response to Ivana Trump’s reported use of the word “rape” is documented in one prominent biography, which quotes him as saying she used the term but “didn’t mean it” in a litera...