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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...
A woman identified as “Jane Doe” filed a 2016 federal lawsuit accusing Donald J. Trump of raping her when she was 13 and naming Jeffrey Epstein; she voluntarily dismissed that suit in November 2016 bu...
Journalists and court records identify a small, fragmented set of contemporaneous witnesses and records connected to the Katie Johnson / “Jane Doe” filings: the lawsuit itself and media interviews by ...
’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...
There is no credible, documented evidence that paid off “minor victims” in the way viral posts have claimed; multiple fact-checks and news investigations found no court records or verifiable settlemen...
A series of lawsuits by an anonymous plaintiff using the names “Katie Johnson” and “Jane Doe” accused Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping a 13‑year‑old at Epstein’s Manhattan residence in 19...
Multiple law firms and individual attorneys litigated civil claims against Jeffrey Epstein and his estate; notable plaintiff-side lawyers include Bradley Edwards, Gloria Allred, Sigrid McCawley, David...
Lisa Bloom acted as a public-facing attorney and organizer for the plaintiff who used the pseudonyms “Katie Johnson”/“Jane Doe” in 2016, scheduling a press conference and saying the woman had received...
Lisa Bloom served as the high‑profile attorney and media organizer for the woman using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson,” publicly saying Johnson received threats and was too frightened to appear at a pla...
Katie Johnson first went public with her allegations in 2016 by filing a federal complaint under the pseudonym “Jane Doe” on April 26, 2016, in the Central District of California; that filing is the e...
Coverage of “Katie Johnson” centers on a 2016 anonymous civil suit accusing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping a 13‑year‑old in 1994; that lawsuit was filed, refiled, and then withdrawn in lat...
Available reporting shows Lisa Bloom publicly announced she was representing the woman using the names “Katie Johnson” / “Jane Doe,” arranged a press conference at her law office and said the plaintif...
Available reporting shows Lisa Bloom was publicly involved with the Katie Johnson/Jane Doe matter in 2016 — she organized a planned press conference, said the accuser received threats, and later “disa...
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...
Katie Johnson’s allegations against Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were filed and later dropped; court records and contemporary reporting show before the cases were dismissed. Reporting over time re...
Katie Johnson is the pseudonymous plaintiff who in 2016 alleged she was raped by Donald Trump at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein; the complaint names an anonymous corroborating witness called “Tiffa...
Lisa Bloom publicly associated herself with the anonymous “Katie Johnson” / “Jane Doe” matter in 2016: she scheduled a Los Angeles press conference to introduce the plaintiff, said the woman had recei...
News organizations primarily relied on court filings, lawyers’ public statements, and the filings’ attached affidavits when reporting on the pseudonymous / complaints filed in 2016, while repeatedly s...
— a name used in multiple 2016 lawsuits and media accounts — alleged that participated in when she was a 13‑year‑old recruited to ’s residence, accusing both men of raping and coercing her into sex an...
News coverage and at least one public court docket have referenced sworn statements connected to the person using the pseudonym "Katie Johnson": a Sacramento News & Review piece reports she "swore und...