Beatrice Keul: Plaza Hotel, November 1993

Keul, then 24, told committee staff that she met Trump and Epstein at the American Dream Pageant at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan in November 1993. She said Trump offered assistance with a visa and admission to New York University; Epstein separately invited her to a Mar-a-Lago party and offered to cover travel and lodging.

Keul said a Trump representative later escorted her to a hotel suite, where Trump grabbed her from behind and raped her, tearing her dress and causing bleeding and bruising. She said he then repeated the visa and education offers and pressed her to remain silent. She returned to Switzerland, declined another pageant invitation and rejected a later telephone offer from Trump. Footnote 49 identifies the account as based on several weeks of discussions with committee staff and explains that her earlier public description was less detailed. The alleged assault is located at the hotel; the report does not identify a particular suite.

The White House response

White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Spectrum News on October 26 that the allegations were false and characterized the report as politically motivated. She said Trump had removed Epstein from Mar-a-Lago and had been exonerated. The committee’s report disputes Trump’s descriptions of the friendship and expulsion, citing flight records, correspondence and witness accounts. These statements are attributed to their respective speakers.

Related Reports

Sources

  1. Spectrum News: White House response to the report, October 26, 2026
  2. House Judiciary Committee Democrats: original October 26, 2026 staff report (53 PDF pages) — Printed 36–49; PDF page = printed page + 1
  3. House Judiciary Committee Democrats: original October 26, 2026 staff report (53 PDF pages) — Printed 16–19; PDF page = printed page + 1

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