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A woman’s $100 million lawsuit in California federal court accusing Donald Trump of raping her three times when she was a teenager has been dismissed by a federal judge.
Katie Johnson claimed in court documents that the New York billionaire forced her to “engage in various perverted and depraved sex acts by threatening physical harm to (Johnson) and her family.”
The case, filed in April, was thrown out by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Stevenson in May, according to court documents. Stevenson ruled that Johnson “failed to state a civil rights claim” in her lawsuit.
UPDATE: The lawsuit has been refiled in Manhattan federal court, this time with by an attorney for the accuer. Read about the new lawsuit here.
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Trump strenuously denied the claims.
“The allegations are not only categorically false, but disgusting at the highest level and clearly framed to solicit media attention or, perhaps, are simply politically motivated,” Trump told the tabloid website Radar Online, the first publication to report on the lawsuit. “There is absolutely no merit to these allegations. Period.”
Jeffrey Epstein, a former banker and convicted sex offender, is also named in the lawsuit, which was filed April 26 in the Central District of California. She claims the sexual assaults occurred at a home owned by Epstein, who hosted “sex parties” attended by Trump. Johnson additionally claims a former employee of Epstein, named as Tiffany Doe, was a witness and can confirm her claims.
Johnson claims she and other juveniles were used by Trump as “sex slaves” and that the sexual assaults occurred from June to September 2004 when she was 13. She said she was enticed by a potential modeling career and cash. She graphically describes the sexual assaults in the civil complaint, which you can read in full below:
Johnson filed the lawsuit pro se, meaning she is representing herself. No attorney is listed in the court documents. The phone number she lists in the filing is disconnected. It was previously listed as a cell phone number for a California dentist, who could not be reached.
Her listed address is a house in Twentynine Palms, California, that has been foreclosed and is vacant, neighbors told Radar Online. Court documents show that mail sent by the court to Johnson was returned to the sender.
Johnson says in another document that “in 2008 I worked as a free-lance model and earned an average of $200-$300 a month.” No other information about Johnson could be found.
In that document, which you can read below, Johnson claims she is unemployed and has $276 in cash on hand:
Epstein, a disgraced investment banker, has previously been accused of running a “sexual abuse ring” involving underage girls provided to high-powered clients, including businessmen and politicians, according to The Guardian. Epstein was a friend of President Bill Clinton, whose wife, Hillary Clinton, is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, a topic often mentioned by conservatives:
He was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution and was sentenced to 13 months in prison.
Trump also has connections to Epstein, according to Buzzfeed.
Trump is not the first Republican presidential candidate to become the topic of tabloid fodder during this election season. The National Enquirer reported that a private investigator is looking into claims Texas Senator Ted Cruz has affairs with five women.
The story spawned #CruzSexScandal, which trended on Twitter for an entire weekend.
Cruz denied the allegations:
The Enquirer story did not name names, and only ran pixelated photos, but rumors quickly spread on social media that the photos included a former staffer for his now-running mate Carly Fiorina, a former member of his own staff and a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign.
