E. Jean Carroll Sexual Assault
Grab Them by the P*ssy
Women Speak Out Against Trump

Trump and Sexual Assault

Donald Trump's record regarding women's issues raises significant concerns. He appointed the Supreme Court justices responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade, a decision that has critical implications for women's health and reproductive rights, particularly in conservative states where access to care has been severely restricted. Additionally, Trump was found liable for sexual assault in the E. Jean Carroll case, and numerous women have come forward with allegations of assault or inappropriate behavior against him. Notably, he was recorded in an Access Hollywood interview making disturbing comments about women, stating, "grab them by the pussy" and "when you're rich, they let you do it." While he has claimed to be a protector of women, his actions raise serious questions about his commitment to their safety and well-being. How can we trust someone who has exhibited such abusive behavior to genuinely advocate for and protect women?

Trump has been convicted by a jury of sexual abuse in the E. Jean Carroll case

The E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump case centers on allegations made by journalist E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a department store in the mid-1990s. In 2019, Carroll publicly detailed her claims in a book and subsequently filed a lawsuit against Trump for defamation after he denied the allegations and disparaged her character.

In May 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million in damages. The case was significant not only for the legal implications but also for its broader impact on discussions around sexual assault, accountability, and the treatment of survivors in the public sphere.

Access Hollywood - "Grab them by the P*ssy"

In an Access Hollywood interview, Trump can be heard saying:

  • “I did try and f--- her. She was married,” Trump says. Trump continues: “And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, ‘I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.’” “I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married,” Trump says. “Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.”
  • “Grab ‘em by the pussy”

Here are the stories of most of the women that have accused Trump of sexual inappropriateness

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Alva Johnson

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Alva Johnson, a former campaign staff member, alleged in a 2019 lawsuit that Trump grabbed her hand and kissed her on the side of the mouth without her consent during a rally in 2016.
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Amy Dorris

2

Amy Dorris, a former model, said Trump forcibly kissed and groped her in his private box at the U.S. Open tennis championship in 1997. Dorris told The Guardian in 2020 that Trump “shoved his tongue down my throat” and “his hands were very gropey and all over my butt, my breasts, my back, everything.”
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Bridget Sullivan

3

Bridget Sullivan, another former Miss USA contestant, told BuzzFeed News in 2016 that she met Trump at a party promoting the competition, and he hugged her “a little low on your back” and gave “a squeeze that your creepy uncle would.” In a separate instance in 2000, Sullivan said, Trump walked backstage while many of the contestants were naked or getting dressed.
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Cassandra Searles

4

Cassandra Searles, a former Miss USA contestant, wrote in a 2016 Facebook post that Trump “continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room” when she competed in 2013.
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Cathy Heller

5

Cathy Heller told The Guardian in 2016 that Trump forcibly kissed her when she attended a Mother’s Day brunch at Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s. Heller said she was “angry and shaken” after the former president ignored her handshake, grabbed her and went for the lips and became angry when she tried to turn her head away.
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E. Jean Carroll

6

E. Jean Carroll, a writer, said Trump raped her in 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. Carroll wrote about the incident in her 2019 memoir called “What Do We Need Men For?” In May, Carroll was awarded $5 million after a jury held Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, though not rape.
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Ivana Trump

7

Ivana Trump, Trump’s first wife, accused him in a divorce deposition of raping her in a fit of rage in 1989, when they were married. She later said that she hadn’t meant in a “literal or criminal sense.”
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Jennifer Murphy

8

Jennifer Murphy, A former Apprentice contestant has claimed she was kissed by Donald Trump during a job interview in 2005 – shortly after he married his wife Melania. Jennifer Murphy, a contestant on the fourth season of the hit US reality show, said she had been invited to Mr. Trump’s office for a job interview and he had kissed her on the lips as she was leaving. The 37-year-old told Grazia magazine: “He walked me to the elevator, and I said goodbye. I was thinking ‘oh, he’s going to hug me’, but when he pulled my face in and gave me a smooch.
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Jessica Drake

9

Jessica Drake, an actor in adult films, accused Trump during a 2016 news conference of grabbing her, kissing her without her consent and offering her $10,000 to come to his penthouse hotel room in 2006.
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Jessica Leeds

10

Jessica Leeds told The New York Times in 2016 that, in the late 1970s, Trump, who was a stranger to her, reached his hand up her skirt and grabbed her breasts on a flight to New York.
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Jill Harth

11

Jill Harth, who worked with Trump in the 1990s, accused him of “attempted rape” in a 1997 complaint. She said that in 1993, Trump tried to kiss her in his daughter’s bedroom at his Mar-a-Lago resort, pushing her against a wall and putting his hand up her dress. She dropped the suit a few weeks after filing it, she said as part of a settlement with Trump in a separate breach of contract case, according to the Associated Press.
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Juliet Huddy

12

Juliet Huddy, a former Fox News anchor, said on the “Mornin!!! With Bill Schulz” podcast in 2017 that Trump kissed her unexpectedly and without her consent in Trump Tower in the mid-2000s. Huddy said she “didn’t feel threatened” at the time but later realized she would’ve said no more clearly.
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Karena Virginia

13

Karena Virginia, a yoga instructor and life coach, told The Washington Post in 2016 that Trump groped her, unexpectedly wrapping his arm around her and touching her breast, in 1998 while she waited for a car outside the U.S. Open.
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Kristin Anderson

14

Kristin Anderson, a photographer and former model, told The Washington Post in 2016 that Trump sat next to her at a nightclub in the early 1990s and reached under her skirt. Anderson said the incident lasted about 30 seconds, but she and her friends were “very grossed out and weirded out.”
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Melinda McGillivray

15

Melinda McGillivray told the Palm Beach Post in 2016 that Trump grabbed her butt without her consent in 2003 when they were backstage at a Ray Charles concert at Mar-a-Lago.
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Natasha Stoynoff

16

Natasha Stoynoff, a former reporter for People magazine, wrote in 2016 that Trump sexually assaulted her in 2005 while she was visiting Mar-a-Lago to work on a story about his first year of marriage with Melania. When they were alone, Stoynoff said, Trump closed the door and pushed her against the wall before “forcing his tongue down my throat.”
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Ninni Laaksonen

17

Ninni Laaksonen, a model and former Miss Finland, in 2016 told Ilta-Sanomat, a Finnish newspaper, that Trump squeezed her butt in 2006 when they were backstage at the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
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Rachel Crooks

18

Rachel Crooks, a former receptionist at Trump Tower, told The New York Times in 2016 that Trump kissed her “directly on the mouth” without consent when she first met him in 2005.
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Samantha Holvey

19

Samantha Holvey, a former Miss USA contestant, told CNN in 2016 that when she competed in 2006, Trump personally inspected each contestant, looking at them from head to toe like “sexual objects,” which made her feel “the dirtiest I felt in my entire life.”
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Summer Zervos

20

Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” told reporters at a 2016 news conference that Trump sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions in 2007. The first was when she met him and he kissed her on the lips. Later that year, Zervos said Trump grabbed her shoulder, kissed her “aggressively,” placed his hand on her breast and thrust himself on her before she was able to pull away and leave the room.
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Tasha Dixon

21

Tasha Dixon, a former Miss USA contestant, told CBS in 2016 that, in 2001, Trump walked into where she and other contestants were changing. Dixon said she thought Trump “owned the pageant for the reasons to utilize his power to get around beautiful women.”
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Teen USA Contestants

22

Five former Miss Teen USA contestants told BuzzFeed News in 2016 that in 1997, Trump, the owner of the pageant at the time, unexpectedly walked into the contestants’ dressing room while they were changing, which they found inappropriate. Mariah Billado said she rushed to put on her dress and remembered him saying, “Don’t worry ladies, I’ve seen it all before.”
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Temple Taggart

23

Temple Taggart, former Miss Utah, told The New York Times in 2016 that Trump “kissed me directly on the lips” when he met her at the 1997 Miss USA pageant and again when she met with him in Manhattan after he offered to help with her modeling career. Taggart described the incident as “inappropriate” and said her first thought after he kissed her was, “Oh my God, gross.”
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Victoria Hughes & Mariah Billado

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Victoria Hughes and Mariah Billado said that it was “the most inappropriate time to meet us all for the first time. The youngest girl was 15, and I was the eldest at 19.” The other three women described a similar situation to BuzzFeed anonymously; however, 11 others said they did not recall seeing Trump in the dressing room at all.

In an April 2005 interview on The Howard Stern Show, when asked about Miss USA and Miss Universe, Trump said he would go backstage before beauty pageant shows, the only man in the room while the women were “standing there with no clothes.” As the owner, “I sort of get away with things like that,” he added. He was not asked about Miss Teen USA in this interview.