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BumRushDaShow

(171,713 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:13 AM Apr 10

Lawyer for Trump Sex Accuser, 13, Demands President Testify Under Oath

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Apr. 9 2026 8:18PM EDT / Published Apr. 9 2026 6:53PM EDT


The lawyer for a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a child is calling on the president to testify under oath.

Lisa Bloom represents the woman who claimed that Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump in 1984, when she was about 13 years old. An FBI report released as part of the Epstein files revealed the woman told interviewers in 2019 that Trump had forced her to perform a sexual act on him.

She claimed Trump then punched her on the side of her head after she allegedly “bit the s--t out of” his penis. Trump has denied the accusations. Bloom, in a statement to the Daily Beast, referenced Melania Trump’s shocking press statement, where she denied having any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes—or any relationship with the disgraced financier.

“While Melania Trump seems primarily concerned about her own reputation today, she does call for congressional hearings. We agree,” said Bloom. “And the man who is mentioned probably more than anyone else in the Epstein files should be subpoenaed to testify: Donald Trump.” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawyer-for-donald-trump-sex-accuser-13-demands-president-testify-under-oath/

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Lawyer for Trump Sex Accuser, 13, Demands President Testify Under Oath (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 10 OP
Can't imagine what good it would do bucolic_frolic Apr 10 #1
Another perjury on shitstain's record dave99 Apr 10 #22
This is the first that I have heard of this person coming forward. everyonematters Apr 10 #2
It is the worst one I have seen yet jfz9580m Apr 10 #24
He will never testify. wnylib Apr 10 #27
Chump never, ever tells the truth, even when he's under oath FakeNoose Apr 10 #3
Dam Whip-poor-will Apr 10 #4
Trump swearing to tell the truth. Fantasy.. twodogsbarking Apr 10 #5
I never had sex with that woman UpInArms Apr 10 #6
AND he was impeached for it too. BumRushDaShow Apr 10 #7
Thank goodness she was adult, even if she wasn't Ilsa Apr 10 #10
No, it was a more nuanced line given to Ken Starr under oath karynnj Apr 10 #14
It became an impeachable offense when it was proven true after he lied under oath about it Polybius Apr 10 #25
Won't happen, not while he's in the White House 70sEraVet Apr 10 #8
He's dying. He will leave soon whether he wants to or not. travelingthrulife Apr 10 #9
He plans to remain, like an Incan 'Sapa' 70sEraVet Apr 10 #12
I was thinking the same thing, King_Klonopin Apr 10 #16
Maybe when he locks himself in, we can cement the Ilsa Apr 10 #11
Better yet, Wednesdays Apr 10 #17
We could probably "Truman Show" him even above Ilsa Apr 10 #18
Then configure the AI to make everything go terribly wrong Wednesdays Apr 10 #20
That works for me!!! Let him stew in his failures. Let the Ilsa Apr 10 #21
Would be nice. We know he won't. bluestarone Apr 10 #13
Even if that ever happened, he'd keep taking the 5th, Bayard Apr 10 #15
I thought EuterpeThelo Apr 10 #19
I think the original suit was as an individual BumRushDaShow Apr 10 #23
Thanks for this! EuterpeThelo Apr 11 #28
Yup! Lisa is Gloria's daughter BumRushDaShow Apr 11 #29
If this is accuurate, then this person and anyone else who was sexually assaulted by this deviant president, needs lostincalifornia Apr 10 #26

everyonematters

(4,233 posts)
2. This is the first that I have heard of this person coming forward.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:32 AM
Apr 10

I believe it was originally reported by someone else in the files anomalously. This could be a big deal.

jfz9580m

(17,709 posts)
24. It is the worst one I have seen yet
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:55 PM
Apr 10

And that is saying something.
I don’t think it is the same as these:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/

I looked up the Epstein survivors recently trying to parse some of my own behaviours out of a hunch I have from personal experience as well as from cursory inspections of analyses by experts who actually care the real way about women’s issues.


It is that women (including me) “act out” more (excessive swearing, alcohol or substance overuse, dysfunctionality, anger and self destructive behaviour) in response to sexual harassment, assault, stalking etc especially when that is coupled (as I have seen) with systems which switch between turning a blind eye or worse retaliating with vile moral policing, malicious scrutiny and attacks on one’s character, sanity or credibility masked as “concern about mental wellness”. The worst is justification of obviously predatory monitoring as “concern about self harm”.

It is so perverse and counter-intuitive. How can policies or strategies that are likelier to make women more depressed, feel more degraded be portrayed and sold as harm prevention? I am pretty sure that is not how experts who truly help women behave.

Those are usually decent people who are gentler and let women come to them more non-intrusively. Unlike the idiots who assume guilt in the screwed over party, actual experts tend to get that it is common for women to be ambivalent a lot and vacillate between wanting to move on and forget about it versus pushback knowing as one does that odds are it is no use.

There is this totally sleazy and malicious systemic rear covering gambit where you are doubly screwed over when abusive practices are used as an excuse to promote/force a cottage industry of surveillance, “testing” etc.

The most insulting part is the canned statements after, by systems like those once the gig is up.

wnylib

(26,380 posts)
27. He will never testify.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:02 PM
Apr 10

HE will stall, file numerous objections all the way to the SC, and they will rule that the president cannot be forced to testify.

FakeNoose

(42,195 posts)
3. Chump never, ever tells the truth, even when he's under oath
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:33 AM
Apr 10

So what penalties can the court threaten him with? He doesn't give a rat's ass.

Whip-poor-will

(451 posts)
4. Dam
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:38 AM
Apr 10

Damn dam's breaking

Subpoena FBI tapes starring trump destroy him slowly, very slowly

With trump it will be the biggest bustiest fall from grace ever

UpInArms

(55,271 posts)
6. I never had sex with that woman
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:26 AM
Apr 10

Where have I heard that?

Wasn’t that one line used as an impeachable offense?

Ilsa

(64,514 posts)
10. Thank goodness she was adult, even if she wasn't
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:58 AM
Apr 10

cognitively or neurologically mature.

karynnj

(61,074 posts)
14. No, it was a more nuanced line given to Ken Starr under oath
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:46 AM
Apr 10

Summed up as hinging on the meaning of is.

Polybius

(22,070 posts)
25. It became an impeachable offense when it was proven true after he lied under oath about it
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:23 PM
Apr 10

But lying under oath is a weak thing to impeach a President for, as you can see now.

70sEraVet

(5,591 posts)
8. Won't happen, not while he's in the White House
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:54 AM
Apr 10

That's why he's building a Maralago-style bunker under the White House -- he's planning to NEVER LEAVE!

70sEraVet

(5,591 posts)
12. He plans to remain, like an Incan 'Sapa'
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:08 AM
Apr 10
After his death, his bodied was mummified and remained in his palace. His royal family and all his servants remained in the palace with him, to wait on him, should he need anything. They were not entombed. They lived their life, and went to the marketplace, and ate wonderful food, like always. A new palace was built for the new Sapa Inca. Cities had several palaces, but only one palace housed a living Sapa Inca

incansources.weebly.com/the-sapa-inca.html

King_Klonopin

(1,389 posts)
16. I was thinking the same thing,
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:02 AM
Apr 10

I have to accept the fact that he will be dead before he ever has to face justice for anything illegal/immoral/evil
he has done. I would pray for his health if I knew he would stand trial and be convicted of ANYTHING. But, as it is . . . .

Ilsa

(64,514 posts)
11. Maybe when he locks himself in, we can cement the
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:00 AM
Apr 10

tunnels and hallways shut, cut comms, let him live forever in the bunker with no contact, no access to military.

Wednesdays

(23,027 posts)
17. Better yet,
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:53 AM
Apr 10

Give him screens and controls that appear official. But in reality are fake and AI-driven. Let him think he's in control of the world, while the real world goes on normally without him. Let him live out the rest of his days in a kind of solitary delusion-driven prison.

Ilsa

(64,514 posts)
18. We could probably "Truman Show" him even above
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:15 PM
Apr 10

ground. But, I don't like that he'd feel so great about having outsmarted the world. I think he deserves to feel some panic. God knows, the world has had plenty of panic already.

Wednesdays

(23,027 posts)
20. Then configure the AI to make everything go terribly wrong
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:59 PM
Apr 10

He'd be panicking in his little bubble, while the world goes on as normal.

Ilsa

(64,514 posts)
21. That works for me!!! Let him stew in his failures. Let the
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:16 PM
Apr 10

AI media rip him to shreds!

bluestarone

(22,411 posts)
13. Would be nice. We know he won't.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:31 AM
Apr 10

But man i would love to watch public hearing wit the accuser and her lawyer BOTH ask the questions. God, she would know the right questions to ask.

Bayard

(30,139 posts)
15. Even if that ever happened, he'd keep taking the 5th,
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:01 AM
Apr 10

Too bad that little girl didn't bite his pecker off. I hope she prevails in her lawsuit.

EuterpeThelo

(427 posts)
19. I thought
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:23 PM
Apr 10

the lawsuit was dropped in 2016 just minutes before she was going to hold a press conference due to the death threats she'd received, so I don't think this is an active suit anymore. Though I certainly understand her very legitimate fear, I wish there was some way she could still pursue it.

BumRushDaShow

(171,713 posts)
23. I think the original suit was as an individual
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:32 PM
Apr 10

Now there appears to be class action suits and/or multiple victims represented by different lawyers.

Here is something about this lawyer -

Lisa Bloom on the fight for Epstein’s victims: ‘So many powerful men were enablers’

By Amelia Gentleman
Mon 2 Feb 2026 00.00 EST
Last modified on Mon 2 Feb 2026 10.59 EST

(snip)

Bloom, the California-based lawyer who has specialised in representing victims of sexual misconduct cases for 40 years, is acting for 11 of Epstein’s victims. In December, she launched new proceedings against the FBI on behalf of eight of her clients, which argue that the organisation failed to investigate credible reports of Epstein’s sexual misconduct involving minors going back as far as 1996. Had the FBI acted with due diligence, the complaint argues, hundreds more women could have been protected from abuse.

(snip)


So she may be part of this group represented by this lawyer now.

EuterpeThelo

(427 posts)
28. Thanks for this!
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:32 AM
Apr 11

I didn't know about the class action. Lisa Bloom is a bad ass. Isn't she Gloria Allred's daughter, IIRC?

BumRushDaShow

(171,713 posts)
29. Yup! Lisa is Gloria's daughter
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:06 AM
Apr 11

carrying on the tradition!

(ETA - various groups of survivors have had a bunch of different cases going including a couple that were settled with banks that provided Epstein the money to keep up the "lifestyle", e.g., there was one just settled with Bank of America last month - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143633530)

lostincalifornia

(5,490 posts)
26. If this is accuurate, then this person and anyone else who was sexually assaulted by this deviant president, needs
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:36 PM
Apr 10

to come forward.

If there are witnesses to this they also need to come forward.


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