Trump Rape Allegation Detailed in New House Epstein Report

A former Miss Switzerland contestant has accused President Donald Trump of raping her inside his New York hotel in 1993, alleging that he left her bleeding and bruised before pressuring her to remain silent, according to a House Judiciary Democrats' report released Monday, October 26, 2026.

Beatrice Keul, who was 24 at the time, provided a detailed account of the alleged assault to congressional staff investigating Trump's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The 53-page report examines evidence involving 11 women, five of whom have directly accused Trump of rape or sexual assault in Epstein's company or presence. Democrats are calling for an independent special counsel to investigate the allegations.

Keul was attending the American Dream Pageant in November 1993 when she met Trump at a luncheon at Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, which he owned at the time. She said Trump offered to arrange her admission to New York University and promised that modeling agent Paolo Zampolli would help secure a U.S. visa.

Epstein approached her during the same event, introduced himself as Trump's best friend, and invited her to a party at Mar-a-Lago, offering to cover her travel and accommodations. Keul said Trump watched their conversation from across the room.

Later that day, Keul was invited upstairs for a private meeting with Trump. She alleges that he grabbed her from behind upon entering the suite and forcibly raped her, tearing her dress and causing injuries to multiple parts of her body.

Keul described the assault as "brutal." She said Trump subsequently pressured her to keep quiet, repeated his offers of assistance, and told her, "The show must go on."

According to her account, pageant organizers had taken her passport upon arrival, preventing her from leaving the competition immediately after the alleged assault. She eventually returned to Switzerland and declined an invitation to another Trump-sponsored pageant in Hawaii. Months later, Trump allegedly contacted her again and renewed his earlier promises.

Keul previously alleged that she had resisted an attempted rape by Trump. Her interviews with Democratic committee staff presented a different account, alleging that the rape occurred.

Photographs included in the congressional report show Keul and Trump together at the 1993 event. Staff also reviewed accounts from other pageant participants describing Trump's interactions with young models. The photographs establish their presence together but do not independently corroborate the alleged assault.

The White House denied the allegations. Spokeswoman Lauren Bis dismissed the report as a politically motivated attack and maintained that Trump had been "fully exonerated of anything related to Epstein." Trump has repeatedly denied involvement in Epstein's crimes and has not been criminally charged over Keul's accusation.

Other accounts examined by Democratic staff include allegations from former model Stacey Williams, who accused Trump of groping her at Trump Tower while Epstein stood nearby, and Jill Harth, who alleged in a 1997 lawsuit that Trump forcibly kissed and fondled her at Mar-a-Lago during a gathering attended by Epstein.

Investigators also examined Zampolli's connections to aspiring models and Epstein during the 1990s. FBI records cited in the report describe young women connected to Zampolli's modeling agency who were subsequently sexually assaulted by Epstein. Democratic staff alleges that Trump and Zampolli may have participated in Epstein's network of sexual exploitation.

Separate allegations concern Attorney General Todd Blanche's July 2025 prison interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for helping Epstein sexually abuse and traffic underage girls.

During the interview, Blanche, then deputy attorney general, allegedly interrupted Maxwell at least three times when discussion turned to a woman who had implicated Trump. The woman, identified as Jane, previously told investigators that Epstein introduced her to Trump at Mar-a-Lago when she was 14.

Committee Democrats allege that Blanche's interventions may have constituted witness tampering or obstruction of a congressional proceeding, particularly because Maxwell was scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee less than two weeks later.

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the House Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, called for an independent special counsel to investigate possible Epstein accomplices and allegations that the Justice Department withheld evidence or interfered with investigations.

Raskin also demanded greater congressional access to Epstein records and federal cooperation with state and foreign prosecutors investigating Epstein's associates. Appointment of a special counsel would require action by the Justice Department, which has not announced such an investigation in response to the report.