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.
Stacey Williams said she met Trump at a Christmas party in 1992 after being introduced to him through Epstein, with whom she was casually dating, and meeting Trump once briefly at a taping of Saturday Night Live.
“The moment he stood in front of me, he pulled me close, and his hands were just on me and wouldn’t come off,” Williams said, as Trump and Epstein reportedly “looked at each other and smiled.”
“And then the hands started moving, and they were on the, you know, on the side of my breasts, on my hips, back to my butt, up again, then, you know – they were just on me. all the time. And I froze. I didn’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 trying to get away from Trump.
Stacey Williams said she met Trump at a Christmas party in 1992 after being introduced to him through Epstein, with whom she was casually dating, and that she 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 the questions, I don’t know. It was one of the strangest moments of my life.’
CNNspoke to three friends of Williams in their reporting who talked about the incident in 2006, 2015 and 2018.
Williams claims to have received an undated postcard signed by Trump depicting his Mar-a-Lago resort.
It reads: ‘Stacey, your home away from home. Love, Donald.”
Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump, has argued that the handwriting is not Trump’s and that this never happened.
“These allegations, announced during a Harris Campaign call two weeks before the election, are false,” she said in a statement.
Williams claims Epstein often talked about Trump when they dated and said she had no idea of the pedophilia charges he would later face.
“I wouldn’t have sat at that table if I’d known what he was planning to do,” she said.
Williams claims to have received an undated postcard signed by Trump depicting his Mar-a-Lago resort
Williams claims Epstein often talked about Trump when they dated and said she had no idea of the pedophilia charges he would later face
Epstein, she says, warned Williams for allowing Trump to touch her, making her feel ashamed.
‘I just had this sickening feeling that it was coordinated, that it was all somehow like this: I was being rolled into it like a piece of meat for some weird, twisted game. And that just made it worse,” she said.
She stopped seeing Epstein soon 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 shame she felt until Trump ran for president, not even her husband.
She said she didn’t speak about it until the #MeToo movement out of concern for her family.
After learning that her comments in a documentary about the SI swimsuit issue would include her comments about Trump, she decided to come forward.
“You really, really want to be ready, and I wasn’t,” she said about coming forward earlier. “I think there is an evolution in dealing with abuse or these types of incidents, and it doesn’t happen overnight,” she said.
Williams claims they both never spoke to Trump again and would avoid him at social events
After learning that her comments in a documentary about the SI swimsuit issue would also include her comments about Trump, she decided to come forward
She admits she has been a Democrat since high school and has volunteered for Barack Obama, but says she has never spoken to anyone from the Harris campaign.
Williams also confesses that she would do anything to keep Trump out of the White House again.
“The thought of that monster being back in the White House is my worst nightmare,” she said.
Leavitt noted that the Harris campaign may be trying to distract from DailyMail.com’s exclusive reporting on Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s alleged bad behavior.
“It is clear that this bogus story was concocted by Kamala Harris’ campaign to distract from the deeply disturbing and recently exposed allegations that the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, ‘violently beat’ his ex-girlfriend , she said.
Williams, who appeared on a panel at the Woodstock Film Festival earlier this week with Tyra Banks, 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 major fashion brands and photographers.
Williams’ work with Sports Illustrated helped cement her as one of the most prominent swimsuit models of her time, alongside Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, Heidi Klum and Rebecca Romijn.
Shown from left are Sports Illustrated models Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Vendela, Valeria Mazza, Roshumba Williams and Stacey Williams
“It then became very clear 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 6 feet tall, she was featured for six years in a row, making her debut in 1992 and then returning for six years in a row as she quickly 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, during a special issue honoring Sports Illustrated’s 50 Best Swimsuit Models, the magazine returned her to its coveted pages for the eighth time, calling her “one of Swimsuit’s most memorable models.”
In the latest list of 50 beauties, Williams finished a respectable 19th.
Her modeling work all came at a time when supermodels were becoming international stars in their own right, but Stacey chose a more subdued path.
Williams was a versatile figure in the industry, as her natural looks allowed her to show off high-fashion brands while being recognizable enough for commercial work.
Although she kept a relatively low profile compared to some other supermodels of her era, Williams was a recognizable name in the world of fashion modeling.
Outside of the industry, Williams has also appeared in a number of small films, including The Dogwalker (1996), while also playing a small role in Jerry Maguire (1999). But her acting career never reached the heights of her modeling success.
In addition to her high-profile modeling work, Williams has managed to lead a relatively private life.
As the fashion industry changed in the 2000s, Williams seemed to step back from the spotlight, allowing newer faces to come to the fore as she focused on her personal life.
On her IMDB profile, Williams is said to be married to Evan Strauss with whom she has a child. The couple bought a mansion in Los Angeles around the turn of the millennium.
At the height of her fame in 1992, Williams, then 24, said she met Donald Trump at a party after being introduced by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, with whom she had dated.
Epstein, who was convicted of sex crimes in 2019 and killed himself in prison, paid Trump an impromptu visit with Williams at his New York office building, where he pulled her close and began groping her, she alleged.