Donald Trump Accused Of Raping “Jane Doe”

Donald J. Trump is full of surprises. The latest – a shock to every American – is the alleged rape case against the presumptive Republican nominee. An anonymous accuser, going by “Jane Doe”, claims that Trump raped her and held her as a “sex slave” of sorts in 1994 with the help of Jeffry Epstein, his friend who has since been convicted as a child predator.

Donald Trump has denied “Doe’s” lawsuit, which was initially filed this past April. The file was discarded based upon a technicality, but it resurfaced just weeks ago.

“Jane Doe” had some very chilling statements against the prominent Republican politician. She claimed that twenty-two years ago, she was drawn to Epstein’s parties by the promises of powerful networking and the opportunities that could come from her attendance. She said:

“The parties were held at a New York City residence that was being used by Defendant Jeffrey Epstein. Each of the parties had other minor females and a number of guests of Mr. Epstein, including Defendant Donald Trump at four of the parties I attended. I understood that both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein knew I was 13 years old … Defendant Trump had sexual contact with me at four different parties in the summer of 1994. On the fourth and final sexual encounter with Defendant Trump, Defendant Trump tied me to a bed, exposed himself to me, and then proceeded to forcibly rape me. During the course of this savage sexual attack, I loudly pleaded with Defendant Trump to stop but he did not. Defendant Trump responded to my pleas by violently striking me in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted … Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened me that, were I ever to reveal any of the details of Defendant Trump’s sexual and physical abuse of me, my family and I would be physically harmed if not killed.”

Also in her statement, “Jane Doe” claimed that she was not the only victim of these sorts of attacks. She asserted that another young woman, “Tiffany”, was also raped in a similar manner. Though these are only allegations, they are extremely serious and deserve intense investigation. Based upon Trump’s history as a man who objectifies women, and as the subject of multiple other sexual assault and harassment charges.

As Lisa Bloom, the legal analyst at the Huffington Post, claimed:

“If the Bill Cosby case has taught us anything, it is to not disregard rape cases against famous men. Serious journalists have publicly apologized for turning a blind eye to the Cosby accusers for over a decade, notwithstanding the large number of women who had come forward with credible claims. And now history is repeating itself.”

There is no way that these claims against Donald J Trump should or can be ignored. His history of being wildly offensive to women simply through the way he speaks to and about him could easily translate to more physically violent tendencies. With the fate of the entire United States laying before him, as the potential 45^th President of the United States, one hopes that the voice of “Jane Doe” will not go unheard.

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