Former Miss Switzerland, Beatrice Keul, alleges that President Donald Trump raped her at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in November 1993. The new report has been released by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee investigating Trump's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation.
The report details Keul's story for the first time and alleges that Trump, Epstein and others used Donald J. Trump's "American Dream" pageant, a pageant for young women ages 16 to 22, as a "hunting ground" to prey on vulnerable young women and girls.
Trump has not been charged with any crime in connection with Keul's allegations. In a statement to People, White House spokeswoman Lauren Biss denied the allegations and reiterated the administration's position regarding the president's ties to Epstein.
“None of these allegations are true. “This ‘report’ is nothing more than a desperate attempt by crazy Democrats to distract Americans from the growing Republican momentum fueled by President Trump’s historic achievements. The President kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club because he was an idiot, and he has been completely cleared of anything related to Epstein,” she said.
According to the report, Keul was 24 years old and working as a model and financial services professional when she was recruited by Jill Harth to participate in the beauty pageant in November 1993 in Atlantic City and New York.
During a lunch at the Plaza Hotel, then owned by Trump, he allegedly approached Keul and promised to help her get a visa and admission to New York University, according to her account in an interview with committee staff cited in the report. Epstein allegedly approached Keul shortly afterward and made similar promises, including an invitation to attend a party at Mar-a-Lago.
Later that day, a Trump representative allegedly invited Keul upstairs to meet with him. According to the report, Keul believed the meeting could help her advance her career and education. After entering a suite, Trump allegedly grabbed her from behind and raped her, tearing her dress and causing her to bleed and bruise multiple times. Keul described the alleged attack as "brutal."
After the alleged attack, Trump reiterated his promises to help Keul with a visa and admission to NYU and made her promise to remain silent.
Keul finished the pageant in a state of terror and returned to Switzerland, refusing to participate in another Trump-sponsored beauty pageant in Hawaii a few weeks later, the report claims. A few months after the alleged attack, Trump called her in Switzerland and again offered to help her get a visa and admission to NYU, but she declined.
The House Judiciary Democrats' report cites other accounts they say support their allegations, including a 1997 sexual assault lawsuit filed by Harth against Trump. The report also draws comparisons between the alleged promises Trump made to Keul and accounts from women who told the committee that Epstein used promises of education and career opportunities to recruit and control victims.
The White House denial comes amid previous allegations of sexual abuse against Trump, including those made by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping her in a New York City department store in the 1990s.
Carroll detailed her allegations publicly for the first time in her 2019 book, “What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal.” She alleged that Trump pushed her against the wall of a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, held her down, and raped her. Trump denied her allegations, saying in an interview that she was “not his type” and that he had never met her, despite photos of the couple together. ©LAPSI.al
