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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.
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...
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...
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a short-lived series of civil filings by a person using the name “Katie Johnson” in 2016 that were filed, dismissed or withdrawn, and not followed ...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...