Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump as they pose collectively at the Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997.
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Donald Trump typically ate meals at the Florida house of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, however the former president by no means acquired massages from ladies there, a housekeeper for Epstein as soon as testified, in accordance with court records unsealed Friday.
The testimony was one among a number of occasions Trump’s identify has appeared in court paperwork that since Wednesday have been made public in New York.
None of the paperwork counsel wrongdoing by Trump, who had been friends for years with Epstein earlier than 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 ladies at his residences in Florida, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands, different court docket data and testimony have beforehand proven.
Multiple ladies have mentioned Epstein sexually abused and exploited them.
The doc unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal court docket was filed in reference to a since-settled lawsuit filed by Epstein sufferer Virginia Giuffre towards Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who procured younger ladies to provide massages to Epstein.
The doc accommodates 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 legal professional 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 ladies to be abused by Epstein.
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