Miss Switzerland Accuses Trump of Rape – Shock Allegation

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A former Miss Switzerland contestant told House Judiciary Committee staff that President Trump raped her in a Plaza Hotel suite during a 1993 beauty pageant, according to a new Democratic report.

Quick Take

Beatrice Keul says Trump raped her at New York’s Plaza Hotel during the November 1993 American Dream Pageant.
Her account appears in a House Judiciary Committee Democrats report released October 26, 2026, tying Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
Keul says Trump promised to help her get a visa and get into New York University before the alleged attack.
The White House calls the claim false and says it is a political attack timed to Republican momentum.

What Keul Told Committee Staff

Keul gave House Judiciary Committee Democrats a detailed account naming Trump, the Plaza Hotel, and the month and year of the alleged attack. She said Trump grabbed her from behind, tore her dress, and left her bleeding and bruised. The committee’s October 26, 2026 report lays out her account as part of a wider investigation into Trump’s ties to Epstein’s criminal activity.

Keul places the start of the story at a press luncheon tied to the American Dream Pageant, held at the Trump-owned Plaza Hotel. She says Jeffrey Epstein was present in the events around that meeting. That detail matters because it links her account to the same social world the committee has spent months mapping out in its broader Epstein report.

A Promise of a Visa and a College Spot

Keul told committee staff that Trump offered to help her get a U.S. visa and admission to New York University before he invited her to his suite. People magazine reported this detail as part of her full account to Democratic investigators, describing it as the setup that preceded the alleged assault.

Keul’s account has changed in tone over time. In a 2024 interview with the Daily Mail, she described being invited to Trump’s suite and said he kissed her, grabbed her, and tried to lift her dress. Two years later, speaking to committee staff, she described the same general setting but alleged forcible rape.

The White House Pushes Back Hard

The White House has flatly denied the allegation. A spokeswoman called the committee report “nothing more than a desperate attempt by crazed Democrats to distract Americans from the surging Republican momentum driven by President Trump’s historic achievements”. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt has separately called Keul’s accusation false, and the administration maintains Trump was “fully exonerated” in matters connected to Epstein.

That denial deserves weight. The report comes from Judiciary Committee Democrats, not a court, a prosecutor, or a bipartisan panel. Readers should know who produced the document and when, since the timing and sponsorship of any allegation against a sitting president shapes how it lands in the public square, regardless of what eventually gets proven.

Part of a Larger Pattern Involving Eleven Women

Keul is one of eleven women named in the committee’s broader report connecting Trump to Epstein’s activities and alleging a Department of Justice cover-up. The report frames her account alongside others as evidence of a pattern, though each woman’s story stands on its own facts and timeline.

Trump has faced a sexual abuse claim before that reached a final legal outcome. A jury found him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll, and he was ordered to pay damages that grew to over eighty million dollars with interest and penalties. Appeals courts upheld the verdict through 2025, and the Supreme Court declined to take up his case in 2026.

That case shows these disputes can take years to work through courts, with real evidence, sworn testimony, and cross-examination along the way. Keul’s account has not gone through that process. Researchers who study sexual violence reporting note that delayed disclosure is common when the accused holds social or professional power over the accuser, a pattern seen across many such cases.

None of that history proves or disproves what Keul says happened in that Plaza Hotel suite in 1993. It does mean Americans will weigh her account the way they weigh every claim against a public figure: against the record, against the denial, and against whatever evidence eventually surfaces. For now, the facts on the table are her statement to Congress and the White House’s flat rejection of it.