Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose collectively on the Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Seashore, Florida, in 1997.
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Donald Trump typically ate meals on the Florida dwelling 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, in line with 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 little one intercourse trafficking fees, 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.
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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 offer massages to Epstein.
The doc accommodates a transcript of a authorized deposition of Epstein’s housekeeper, Juan Alessi.
“Now, Mr. Trump had a house in Palm Seashore [Florida], right?” a lawyer requested Alessi.
Alessi answered, “Uh-huh.”
The lawyer requested, “So he did not come and keep there, did he?”
“No, by no means,” Alessi answered.
The lawyer then requested, referring to Trump, “He would come for a meal?”
The housekeeper mentioned, “He would come, have dinner. He by no means sat on the desk. He eat with me within the kitchen.”
The lawyer requested, “Did he ever have massages whereas he was there?”
Alessi answered, “No. As a result of he is received his personal spa.”
“Positive,” 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 fees associated to recruiting and grooming girls to be abused by Epstein.
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