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Katie Johnson is the name (often a pseudonym) used in civil lawsuits filed in 2016 that accused Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping a 13‑year‑old girl at alleged 1994 parties; those filings wer...
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...
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...
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...
Public records show that court filings and docket entries exist for the 2016 “Katie Johnson” civil suits accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, and several outlets report that supporting affidavit...
In 2016 two civil complaints surfaced accusing Donald Trump of raping a 13‑year‑old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein: an initial anonymous California filing (under the name "Katie Johnson") t...
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...
Court records show a civil complaint titled Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump (case no. 5:16‑cv‑00797) was filed in federal court in Riverside, California in late April 2016 and the court docket record...
Multiple public allegations have claimed Donald Trump was involved with sexual activity with underage girls, including a high-profile 2016 civil suit alleging rape of a 13‑year‑old; those specific und...
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 ...
Plaintiff using the pseudonym “Katie Johnson” filed a federal civil complaint in California in April 2016 accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald J. Trump of raping and holding her as a “sex slave” when s...
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...
Three distinct threads in public reporting have tied allegations that an alleged victim was a minor to claims about Donald Trump: contemporaneous 2016 allegations from two men that Trump attended sex ...
Federal and state civil filings have repeatedly surfaced accusing or his associates of , most prominently anonymous lawsuits alleging rape when a plaintiff was 13 that were filed, refiled and ultimate...
Accusations that Donald Trump participated in sex parties with underage girls surfaced publicly in 2016 and have been part of a broader set of sexual-misconduct allegations; however, the reporting ass...
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...
Criminal investigators reviewed allegations that Donald Trump had relations with underage girls—most prominently claims tied to Jeffrey Epstein—but no federal or state criminal charges were brought ag...