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The lawsuit accusing Trump of raping a 13-year-old girl, explained (www.vox.com)

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Johnson claimed that Trump violently raped her when she was 13 at a 1994 orgy hosted by Jeffrey Epstein — the billionaire who was convicted in 2008 of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution and has been accused of having sex with more than 30 underage girls.

Johnson said Trump had sexual contact with her at four of those parties, including tying her to a bed and violently raping her in a “savage sexual attack.” The lawsuit said Johnson “loudly pleaded” with Trump to stop, but that he responded by “violently striking Plaintiff in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted.”

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[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io -2 points 3 days ago

Why are we posting 8 year old articles to Politics?

[-] EnderWiggin@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

Because the actual records of this case and transcripts from the Epsteine documents were revealed, and it goes into a lot of depth on why this case should be bigger news and given a lot more attention.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Would make more sense to post a new article with that new info imo

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

…does it? I tried googling a bit but couldn’t find anything recent.

EDIT: okay, there’s articles talking about the Epstein documents, but they don’t seem to be explicitly connected to this specific case. Would’ve been better to post that article instead of a 8-year old one.

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