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Katie Johnson alleged she was sexually assaulted by Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in 1994, when she was 13 years old, in a civil lawsuit that was later dropped.
— the pseudonymous “Jane Doe” who in 2016 accused and of when she was 13 — has given very few public, verifiable statements since the allegation first surfaced; she appeared on camera once using a wig...
Katie Johnson is a name that appears in sworn court filings, a video interview, and related legal documents from 2016 alleging sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, but the identity behind...
The full text of the April 2016 federal complaint filed under the name "" and subsequent complaints filed under the pseudonym "" are part of the public record: the April (Katie Johnson) and attachment...
The core evidence for ’s allegation that and raped her as a 13‑year‑old comes from lawsuits and court filings filed in 2016 that contain detailed, graphic allegations and an asserted corroborating wit...
— a pseudonym used in civil complaints filed in 2016 — accused and of repeatedly raping her when she was 13 at Epstein’s residence and named both men in lawsuits that were later withdrawn or dismissed...
Two high‑profile civil actions alleging sexual assault or sexual misconduct against Donald J. Trump reached jury verdicts and settlements, while several others were dismissed or settled; the most cons...
Multiple civil lawsuits alleging were either dismissed by courts on procedural grounds or voluntarily dropped by plaintiffs — most commonly because the complaints failed to state a valid legal claim i...
Reporting from the establishes that the woman using the pseudonym is a real, identifiable litigant who filed suits and appeared on camera under that name, but the same reporting does not independently...
— the pseudonymous plaintiff who in accused and of holding her as a “sex slave” and raping her as a 13‑year‑old — filed complaints that included anonymous witness statements but produced no publicly v...
traced the allegations back to two civil filings that were dismissed or withdrawn and to an aggressive promotional campaign that reporters say was orchestrated by a small set of operatives and amplifi...
A person using the name "Katie Johnson" filed multiple lawsuits in 2016 accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her as a 13‑year‑old in 1994; those filings were publicly docum...
Independent, authoritative confirmation of the person using the name “Katie Johnson” and her identity has not been established in the available reporting: contemporary coverage shows a resurfaced 2016...
The Katie Johnson matters were not decided on the factual merits of the allegations but were ended by two distinct procedural rulings in 2016: a federal judge in the Central District of California dis...
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...
Multiple news outlets and court records report that a plaintiff using the name “Katie Johnson” filed a federal complaint in 2016 and that related “Jane Doe” allegations surfaced in late 2016; key cont...
The public docket and contemporaneous reporting show a short-lived series of civil filings by a person using the name “Katie Johnson” in 2016 that were filed, dismissed or withdrawn, and not followed ...
The “Katie Johnson” allegation—an accusation that a 13‑year‑old named Katie Johnson was raped by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in 1994—originated in a federal complaint filed in 2016, produced cour...
Multiple journalistic and fact‑checking inquiries have probed the provenance of the widely circulated “Katie Johnson” video/transcript, finding a mix of primary archival material, promotional activity...
Available reporting on the “Katie Johnson” allegations shows renewed circulation and debate about the 2016 lawsuit, broad uncertainty about the plaintiff’s identity and the facts, and criticism that m...