Former Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul alleges Donald Trump raped her as White House responds
The White House has hit back at allegations that Donald Trump assaulted former Miss Switzerland star Beatrice Keul in a hotel room in 1993.
A report released by Democratic members of the US House Judiciary Committee this week detailed the former beauty queen's accusations of an alleged assault, which the president's team have strongly denied.
The report examines claims concerning Trump's links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Keul, a former model who says she was 24 at the time of the alleged incident, told congressional staff that she met the Republican leader at a press luncheon connected to a beauty pageant at New York's Plaza Hotel, which he owned at the time.
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According to the report, Trump allegedly offered to help Keul obtain a US visa and secure admission to New York University (NYU).
She also described an encounter with disgraced financier Epstein, who allegedly introduced himself as 'Don’s best friend' and spoke to her about parties at Mar-a-Lago.
The committee report alleges that Trump, Epstein and others exploited the Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant, which was open to young women aged 16 to 22, as a way to target young women and girls they considered 'vulnerable'.
Keul alleged that she was subsequently invited to meet Trump in a hotel suite by one of his representatives.
According to her account, Trump allegedly grabbed her from behind and raped her, leaving her bleeding and bruised and her dress torn.
She further claimed that, following the alleged incident, he repeated his offers to help with her visa and university admission and pressured her to remain silent, telling her: "The show must go on."
The report claims Keul completed the pageant in a 'terrified “daze”' before returning to Switzerland. She reportedly turned down an invitation to compete in another Trump-backed pageant in Hawaii just weeks later.
Her account also alleges that Trump contacted her at her home in Switzerland several months later, once again offering assistance with a US visa and a place at NYU, which she reportedly declined.
The committee also points to similarities between the opportunities Trump allegedly offered Keul and testimony from other women who said Epstein used promises of education and career advancement to draw them into his orbit and exert control over them.
The report presents these accounts as part of its wider examination of the allegations surrounding Epstein and his connections to powerful figures.
These claims are allegations detailed in a report by Democratic committee staff and have not been established in court.
The account has also not been independently verified.
After Tyla approached the White House for comment, Lauren Bis, a spokesperson for Trump's media team, said: "None of these allegations are true."
Bis continued: "This 'report' is nothing more than a desperate attempt by crazed Democrats to distract Americans from the surging Republican momentum driven by President Trump's historic achievements.
"The President kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club at Mar-a-Lago because he was a creep, and he has been fully exonerated of anything related to Epstein."
The response rejects the allegations and characterises the report as politically motivated ahead of the midterm elections next month.
Keul had previously made allegations about an encounter with Trump in November 1993. In an account published in the Daily Mail shortly before the 2024 US presidential election, she alleged that he kissed her, attempted to lift her dress and touched her without her consent.
Then-press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Keul’s accusations were 'false'.
The report also examines allegations made by other women concerning Trump and his alleged connections to Epstein. Its findings reflect the position of Democratic committee staff and do not, in themselves, establish criminal wrongdoing.
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Rhianna Benson