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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Maybelyn B. Paden

Trump Allegedly Told Beauty Queen 'Bad Things Can Happen' After Groping Her, Then Jeffrey Epstein Called Her His 'Prey'

Trump Allegedly Told Beauty Queen 'Bad Things Can Happen' After Groping Her—Then Jeffrey Epstein Called Her His 'Prey' (Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Donald Trump allegedly warned a former beauty queen that 'bad things can happen' if she spoke out after an encounter at New York's Plaza Hotel in 1993, according to new claims made by Beatrice Keul in a June 2026 interview, which also revives questions about his past links to Jeffrey Epstein.

For context, Keul, now 55, first went public in October 2024 with allegations that Trump groped her when she was a 23-year-old banking executive and part-time model attending his Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant. Her latest account, published by PunchUp, adds a new detail she says followed the alleged assault, a warning she interpreted as a threat to stay silent.

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