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In reply to the discussion: Epstein Files - What if . . . [View all]Wiz Imp
(6,702 posts)38. Maybe you missed this part:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year
All of Epstein's victims who testified against him publicly have indicated that they never witnessed any wrongdoing by Trump. However, they have indicated that anybody who ever entered Epstein's Island property (which Trump is known to have done) would be able to tell immediately what was going on there. So Trump almost certainly knew what Epstein was doing, and knew it was illegal, but never said anything to authorities. It's probably the same thing with Casablancas. Knowing abuse is taking place and doing nothing about it is a heinous thing as well.
Three decades on, a very different picture of the competition is beginning to emerge. Over the last six months, the Guardian has spoken to several dozen former Look of the Year contestants, as well as industry insiders, and obtained 12 hours of previously unseen, behind-the-scenes footage. The stories we have heard suggest that Casablancas, and some of the men in his orbit, used the contest to engage in sexual relationships with vulnerable young models. Some of these allegations amount to sexual harassment, abuse or exploitation of teenage girls; others are more accurately described as rape.
No such allegations have been levelled against Trump, who at the time was dating Marla Maples, the woman who in 1993 became his second wife. But his close involvement in the contest raises questions for the president. Did he know that Casablancas and others were sleeping with contestants? Why would a man in his 40s, whose main business was real-estate development, want to host a beauty contest for teenage girls?
No such allegations have been levelled against Trump, who at the time was dating Marla Maples, the woman who in 1993 became his second wife. But his close involvement in the contest raises questions for the president. Did he know that Casablancas and others were sleeping with contestants? Why would a man in his 40s, whose main business was real-estate development, want to host a beauty contest for teenage girls?
All of Epstein's victims who testified against him publicly have indicated that they never witnessed any wrongdoing by Trump. However, they have indicated that anybody who ever entered Epstein's Island property (which Trump is known to have done) would be able to tell immediately what was going on there. So Trump almost certainly knew what Epstein was doing, and knew it was illegal, but never said anything to authorities. It's probably the same thing with Casablancas. Knowing abuse is taking place and doing nothing about it is a heinous thing as well.
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Sho nuff, Both rumpy and frakensteen love them some underage girls, all "grabbing" is permitted...
wcmagumba
Jul 23
#2
One of the girls testifying at Maxwell's trial was in one of Trump's Teen USA pageants...
AntiFascist
Jul 23
#7
Yes, Trump was exploiting models, but there has never been an allegation of sex trafficking associated with this.
Wiz Imp
Jul 23
#34
If they were involved in sex trafficking, it almost certainly would have started from the beginning
Wiz Imp
Jul 23
#47
Nobody has ever made that accusation and there is absolutely zero evidence to support it.
Wiz Imp
Jul 23
#48