Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose collectively on the Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Seaside, Florida, in 1997.
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Donald Trump typically ate meals on the Florida residence of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, however the former president by no means obtained massages from girls there, a housekeeper for Epstein as soon as testified, based on courtroom information unsealed Friday.
The testimony was one in every of a number of instances Trump’s identify has appeared in courtroom paperwork that since Wednesday have been made public in New York.
Not one of the paperwork counsel wrongdoing by Trump, who had been buddies for years with Epstein earlier than that they had a falling out within the 2000s.
Epstein, who died in 2019 by suicide in jail after being arrested on youngster intercourse trafficking prices, had an obsession with receiving a number of massages every day from younger girls at his residences in Florida, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands, different courtroom information and testimony have beforehand proven.
A number of girls have mentioned Epstein sexually abused and exploited them.
The doc unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal courtroom was filed in reference to a since-settled lawsuit filed by Epstein sufferer Virginia Giuffre towards Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who procured younger girls to provide massages to Epstein.
The doc incorporates a transcript of a authorized deposition of Epstein’s housekeeper, Juan Alessi.
“Now, Mr. Trump had a home in Palm Beach [Florida], correct?” a lawyer requested Alessi.
Alessi answered, “Uh-huh.”
The lawyer requested, “So he didn’t come and stay there, did he?”
“No, never,” Alessi answered.
The lawyer then requested, referring to Trump, “He would come for a meal?”
The housekeeper mentioned, “He would come, have dinner. He never sat at the table. He eat with me in the kitchen.”
The lawyer requested, “Did he ever have massages while he was there?”
Alessi answered, “No. Because he’s got his own spa.”
“Sure,” the lawyer mentioned.
CNBC has requested touch upon Alessi’s interview from a lawyer for Trump.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal jail sentence on prices associated to recruiting and grooming girls to be abused by Epstein.
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