Donald Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach home for meals but ate them with housekeeper in pedophiles' KITCHEN – and never got massages, latest lawsuits claim
Donald Trump regularly visited Jeffrey Epstein at his Palm Beach mansion, Epstein's housekeeper testified — but he never got massages or stayed overnight, and always ate his meals with the staff in the kitchen.
Juan Alessi's 2009 deposition was made public Friday as part of the third tranche of documents released by a Manhattan judge. The documents were part of a 2015 defamation lawsuit filed by one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Roberts-Giuffre, against Epstein's right-hand man, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Alessi, who worked for Epstein from about 1990 to 2002, was asked whether Trump — whose Mar-a-Lago home is less than two miles from Epstein's waterfront complex — has ever spent the night.
“No, never,” Alessi replied.
Alessi continued, “He was supposed to come for dinner. He never sat at the table. He eats in the kitchen with me.'
Donald Trump and Epstein are pictured together at Mar-a-Lago in 1997
Juan Alessi is pictured near his home in Florida. He worked as a housekeeper for Epstein from 1990 to 2002
Epstein's Palm Beach waterfront mansion is less than two miles from Mar-a-Lago
The lawyer asked Alessi whether Trump has ever had massages at Epstein's home.
'No. Because he has his own spa,” Alessi replied.
Trump has never been accused of any wrongdoing, and he and Epstein fell out in 2004 over a real estate deal in Palm Beach.
But the two men were close for more than a decade, with Epstein's infamous “black book” containing sixteen telephone numbers for Trump.
Trump, who divorced his first wife Ivana in 1990, hosted a “calendar girl” competition at Mar-a-Lago in 1992, with 28 female competitors.
The organizer, George Houraney, who ran American Dream Enterprise, a small Florida company that organized a calendar girls competition and other events, was, according to Vanity fair shocked to hear there were only two male guests: Trump and Epstein.
In November 1992, Trump threw a raucous party with NFL cheerleaders at his Mar-a-Lago estate and invited Epstein.
And in 1997, the couple was photographed at a Victoria's Secret party in New York City.
In February 2000, Trump had met Melania Knauss, and when he hosted a pro-am tennis tournament at Mar-a-Lago, he was photographed with Epstein, Maxwell and Knauss.
Epstein, according to VanityFairclaimed to have introduced the Slovenian-born model to Trump.
Donald and Melania Trump are seen with Epstein and Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000
Epstein is pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2004
'I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Great guy,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002.
'It's a lot of fun to hang out with him. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. There's no doubt about it: Jeffrey enjoys his social life.'
After Epstein was arrested in July 2019, Trump said he only knew Epstein because “everyone in Palm Beach” did.
Trump said he had not spoken to Epstein “in 15 years” because of “an argument.”
“I was not a fan of his, I can tell you that,” Trump said, also pointing out that Epstein was never a member of his Mar-a-Lago club.
Epstein's mansion in Palm Beach was one of several locations where he sexually abused young girls.
The waterfront estate, just over a mile from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago, went on the market in 2020 for $21.9 million, but was reported to have sold for $18 million.
Todd Michael Glaser, a Florida-based developer, now plans to demolish the existing house and build a new home in its place.