The former SI swimsuit model who accused Donald Trump of groping her after they were introduced by Jeffrey Epstein has come forward with creepy new details in her first television interview.
Stacey Williams said she met Trump at a Christmas Party in 1992 after being introduced to him through Epstein, who she casually dated, and had briefly met Trump once at a taping of Saturday Night Live.
‘The second he was in front of me, he pulled me into him, and his hands were just on me and didn’t come off,’ Williams said, as Trump and Epstein allegedly were ‘looking at each other and smiling.’
‘And then the hands started moving, and they were on the, you know, on the side of my breasts, on my hips, back down to my butt, back up, sort of then, you know – they were just on me the whole time. And I froze. I couldn’t understand what was going on.’
She described the entire alleged incident as ‘an out of body experience’ where she tried to ‘smile and go through the motions’ instead of get away from Trump.
Stacey Williams said she met Trump at a Christmas Party in 1992 after being introduced to him through Epstein, who she casually dated, and had briefly met Trump once at a taping of Saturday Night Live
The former SI swimsuit model who accused Donald Trump of groping her after they were introduced by Jeffrey Epstein has given her first television interview
‘I don’t know if I spoke, I don’t know if I answered questions, I don’t know. It was one of the strangest moments of my life.’
CNN, in their reporting, spoke to three friends of Williams who said she told them about the incident in 2006, 2015 and 2018.
Williams claims to have been given an undated postcard signed by Trump that featured his Mar-a-Lago resort.
It writes: ‘Stacey, Your home away from home. Love, Donald.’
Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump, has argued the handwriting is not Trump’s and that this never happened.
‘These accusations, announced on a Harris Campaign call two weeks before the election, are false,’ she said in a statement.
Williams claims that Epstein would frequently speak about Trump when they dated and said she had no idea of the allegations of pedophilia that he would later face.
‘I wouldn’t have sat down at that table if I’d known what he was up to,’ she said.
Williams claims to have been given an undated postcard signed by Trump that featured his Mar-a-Lago resort
Williams claims that Epstein would frequently speak about Trump when they dated and said she had no idea of the allegations of pedophilia that he would later face
Epstein, she says, admonished Williams for allowing Trump to touch her, which led her to feel shame.
‘I just had this really sickening feeling that it was coordinated, that somehow the whole thing was – I was rolled in there like a piece of meat for some kind of weird, twisted game. And that just made it even worse,’ she said.
She stopped seeing Epstein shortly after, saying there was ‘something very dark and disturbing about him.’
Williams claims she both never spoke to Trump again and would avoid him at social events.
Williams says she never spoke about it out of the shame she felt until Trump ran for president, not even her husband.
She said she avoided speaking about it out of concern for her family until the #MeToo movement.
After being informed her comments in a documentary about the SI Swimsuit Issue would include her comments about Trump, she decided to come forward.
‘You want to be really, really ready, and I wasn’t,’ she said of coming forward earlier. ‘I think there’s an evolution to contending with your abuse, or these types of incidents, and it doesn’t happen overnight,’ she said.
Williams claims she both never spoke to Trump again and would avoid him at social events
After being informed her comments in a documentary about the SI Swimsuit Issue would include her comments about Trump, she decided to come forward
She admits to have been a Democrat since at least high school and having volunteered for Barack Obama but says she’s never spoken to anyone with the Harris campaign.
Williams also confesses she’d do anything to keep Trump out of the White House again.
‘The thought of that monster being back in the White House is my absolute worst nightmare,’ she said.
Leavitt noted that the Harris campaign may be trying to distract from DailyMail.com’s exclusive reporting about the alleged bad behavior of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
‘It’s obvious this fake story was contrived by Kamala Harris’ campaign to distract from the deeply concerning and newly unearthed allegations that the Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped’ his ex-girlfriend,’ she said.
Williams, who appeared with Tyra Banks earlier this week on a panel at the Woodstock Film Festival, accused Trump of groping her after the pair were introduced by sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein in the 1990s.
Born in Dallas, Pennsylvania in 1968, Williams modeling career began in the late 1980s, quickly becoming a popular figure in the industry and working with marquee fashion brands and photographers.
Williams’ work with Sports Illustrated helped solidify her as one of the most prominent swimsuit models of her time, appearing alongside Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, Heidi Klum and Rebecca Romijn.
From left, Sports Illustrated models Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Vendela, Valeria Mazza, Roshumba Williams and Stacey Williams are seen
‘It became very clear then that he and Donald were really, really good friends and spent a lot of time together,’ Williams said of Donald Trump (left) and sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein (right), photographed together in the 1990s
Standing at 6 feet tall, she was featured six years in a row making her debut in 1992 and then returning for six years in a row as she fast became a fan favorite, until 1998.
She returned for the 40th anniversary issue in 2004 as part of SI’s Hall of Fame.
And in 2013, a special issue celebrating Sports Illustrated’s 50 Greatest Swimsuit models, saw the magazine bring her back to the coveted pages for an eighth time, hailing her as ‘one of Swimsuit’s most memorable models’.
In the final rundown of 50 beauties, Williams ranked a respectable 19th.
Her modeling all came at a time when supermodels were becoming international stars in their own right, but Stacey chose a more understated path.
Williams was a versatile figure in the industry as her natural good looks ensured she was able to show off high-fashion brands while also being relatable enough for commercial work.
Though she kept a relatively low profile compared to some other supermodels of her time, Williams was a recognizable name in the world of fashion modeling.
Outside of the industry, Williams has also featured in a number of minor films including appeared The Dogwalker (1996) while also having a small role in Jerry Maguire (1999). But her acting career never reached the heights of her modeling success.
Beyond her high-profile modeling work, Williams has managed to maintained a relatively private life.
As the fashion industry shifted in the 2000s, Williams seemed to step back from the limelight, allowing newer faces to emerge while she focused on her personal life.
On her IMDB profile, Williams is said to be married to Evan Strauss whom she has had a child with. The couple purchased a mansion in Los Angeles at the turn of the millennium.
It while she was at the height of her fame in 1992 Williams, then 24, said she met Donald Trump at a party after being introduced by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whom she had dated.
Epstein, who was convicted of sex offenses and killed himself in prison in 2019, paid Trump an impromptu visit with Williams at his New York office block, where he pulled her toward him and began groping her, she alleged.