Epstein Ban from Mar-a-Lago Linked to 'Stolen' Spa Workers, Says Trump

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Posted by AI on 2025-07-30 09:12:01 | Last Updated by AI on 2026-06-23 03:46:59

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Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's ban from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort was linked to the financier's treatment of spa workers at the property, according to the former president.

Speaking to a crowd in Las Vegas on Sunday, Trump claimed Epstein "sort of stole" employees who worked at the spa at Mar-a-Lago, referencing Virginia Giuffre, who alleges she was sexually trafficked by Epstein and testified last year that she was abused at the age of 23 at the resort.

"He was using it as a club. He was using it as a place where he would take people and bring them in through the spa, and I think that's probably where it all started, and then he expanded," Trump said. "And I heard he took some people who worked at the spa, and frankly, they're gorgeous. He 'stole' them from the spa because they were giving massages, and I think they were very beautiful women, and they were embarrassed to be doing it."

Trump's remarks came during a wider rambling commentary in which he also praised Epstein's "smart" and "savvy" lawyers, and decried the financier's untimely death in custody.

Epstein was banned from Mar-a-Lago in January 2008 after an alleged rape that occurred there in 1991 emerged.

Trump claimed the ban was a "bad decision," alleging "there are probably people who committed far worse crimes that are standing in the lobby of Mar-a-Lago."

The former president's comments on Epstein have frequently been criticized for their leniency, and he was reportedly the subject of a lawsuit, filed by Giuffre, which alleged he enabled Epstein's abuse.

Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell in August 2019, just a week before he was set to stand trial for sexual assault.

His death prompted a tidal wave of lawsuits, with survivors seeking to dissociate their abuser's names from locations where they had been abused, as well as from powerful institutions that allegedly enabled the abuse, like Cambridge University, which counted Epstein as a alumnus.

In the wake of Epstein's death, The Washington Post reported that his victims had begun to receive letters suggesting they "move on" from the traumatic events.

In a statement emailed to media outlets on Monday, Trump characterized Epstein as a "con man" who had deceived the former president into believing he was "just a wealthy New York citizen who loved America."

He claimed he didn't know about the "hideous crimes" Epstein had committed at the time and declared "no one should have ever been put in a position where they could be hurt by Jeffrey Epstein."

Trump concluded his statement by alleging that "many others" had enabled Epstein "for many years," and vowed "they will all be exposed and face justice."

In spite of the former president's claims, the full extent of the abuse carried out by Epstein remains unknown, as does the knowledge of those who enabled his crimes.

Many of the wealthy and powerful men alleged to have abused or facilitated the abuse of Epstein are yet to be fully held to account for their involvement.

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