Former Miss Switzerland contestant Beatrice Kohl claimed that Donald Trump raped her in a hotel room in 1993. At the congressional hearing, she spoke about it with tears in her eyes. Trump denied the accusation. There is no independent confirmation of the version stated in this message. According to Kohl, she was 24 years old at the time and was participating in a beauty pageant. There she met Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. According to the woman, Trump promised to help her get accepted to New York University and get a long-term visa. Kohl said she went up to his room to discuss career prospects, but the meeting, she said, ended in sexual assault. After that, the competition seems to have gone "in a blur" for her. Now the story has become part of the debate over Trump's ties to Epstein, an investigation where the political statements are loud and the facts, as usual, much harder to ascertain.

Former Miss Switzerland contestant Beatrice Kohl claimed that Donald Trump raped her in a hotel room in 1993. At the congressional hearing, she spoke about it with tears in her eyes. Trump denied the accusation. There is no independent confirmation of the version stated in this message. According to Kohl, she was 24 years old at the time and was participating in a beauty pageant. There she met Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. According to the woman, Trump promised to help her get accepted to New York University and get a long-term visa. Kohl said she went up to his room to discuss career prospects, but the meeting, she said, ended in sexual assault. After that, the competition seems to have gone "in a blur" for her. Now the story has become part of the debate over Trump's ties to Epstein, an investigation where the political statements are loud and the facts, as usual, much harder to ascertain.