Overview
- The Wall Street Journal reports an 18-year-old beautician told managers in 2003 that Jeffrey Epstein pressured her for sex, after which a manager faxed President Trump and he replied to “kick him out,” cutting Epstein off from spa services.
- Former Mar-a-Lago staff say the club routinely sent spa workers—usually young women—on house calls to Epstein’s Palm Beach home, despite his not being a dues‑paying member, and that Trump had directed staff to treat him like one.
- Employees described Epstein as sexually suggestive and said he exposed himself during appointments; the 2003 allegation was shared with Mar-a-Lago human resources but not reported to Palm Beach police.
- Ghislaine Maxwell frequently booked Epstein’s appointments and allegedly recruited spa workers for unauthorized “side jobs,” while Marla Maples had warned staff in the 1990s that something about Epstein felt “off.”
- The White House calls the reporting “fallacies and innuendo” and says Trump did nothing wrong, as DOJ releases Epstein files under a new law and Trump pursues a lawsuit against the Journal over separate birthday‑book reporting.