Trump ‘had parties so men could chase teen models’
DONALD Trump faced fresh accusations of sexual harassment last night – just days before his first visit to Britain as US President.
Former teenage models claimed Mr Trump pursued them at cocaine-fuelled parties he hosted in the 1980s and 1990s, including grabbing and slapping their bottoms.
It was alleged that at the parties middle-aged men would prey on models as young as 14, while afterwards Mr Trump would brag to friends about having had sex with other women there. There is no evidence to suggest Mr Trump had sex with underage girls.
The allegations were reported on BBC 1 last night during an edition of Panorama called Trump: Is the President A Sex Pest? The White House has not responded to the claims.
Mr Trump has previously denied allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour from more than 20 women, including a former contestant on the US version of reality TV show The Apprentice, which he hosted. He claims their allegations are politically motivated.
Mr Trump and his wife Melania will visit the UK on Thursday. His visit will include tea with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle and talks with Prime Minister Theresa May.
The US president, 72, will spend most of his four-day trip in Scotland, where his mother was born and where he owns two golf courses.
Last night’s Panorama featured interviews with men and women who attended Mr Trump’s parties when he was in his 40s.
Barbara Pilling said she was 17 when she was told by her modelling agency to go to one of them in New York.
‘He said, “How old are you?” and I said 17,’ Ms Pilling said. ‘He goes, “Oh great, so you’re not too old and not too young. That’s just great.” I felt like I was in the
‘I felt like a piece of meat in a market’
presence of a shark getting ready to bite me.
‘I remember one of the waitresses offered him a drink. He didn’t take the drink and he slapped her bottom. She was a blonde. He gave her butt a slap and he was very loud.
‘He was like, don’t worry, that’s not your tip.’
Ms Pilling said other models at the party spoke to her about Mr Trump’s behaviour.
She added: ‘I went to the washroom and a girl was coming out, and I go, have you talked to that Trump guy? She goes, “Yeah, as I was walking by he’s trying to grab my ass.” ’
A man who attended several of the parties, who did not want to be named, told Panorama that wealthy older men went to the events to have sex with young models. ‘There was a lot of cocaine around, there was a lot alcohol,’ he said. ‘There were all older men. It was kind of a feeding frenzy. The girls were there as consumables.’
He said that Trump was notorious for his behaviour with young models at the parties.
‘He would brag about it to his friends and it would get around that he scored, maybe one or two girls at a time, which is what he loved to do,’ he added.
Former model Heather Braden said she saw Mr Trump at a party. She said: ‘There were four men and probably 50 models. I felt like a piece of meat in a market.’