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American television personality and politician (1944–2023)
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 repeatedly identified in reporting as a former Jerry Springer producer who used the alias “Al Taylor” and who promoted or coordinated at least some of the 2016-era lawsuits and public al...
Multiple sources show there have been civil and criminal-era allegations tying Donald Trump to sexual misconduct, including a 2016 federal lawsuit by an anonymous “Jane Doe” alleging rape when she was...
Available reporting shows multiple news outlets and fact‑checks tying Norm Lubow to efforts that promoted and helped coordinate lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of sexual assault in 2016; those reports ...
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...
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during the 2016 campaign was intermittent, contested and ultimately limited — journalists reported filings and a withdrawn suit but also flagged se...
Journalists and fact‑checkers who chased the “Katie Johnson” files from 2016 through 2019 found a thicket of anonymous court filings, withdrawn suits and credible uncertainty about whether the woman n...
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 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...
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...
The record shows multiple, separate lines of allegation and legal findings about Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct with adults and contested claims about involvement in child sexual abuse; . Recent gov...