‘They were best mates’:Jeffrey Epstein’s ex girlfriend Stacey Williams on Trump-Epstein bond; describes duo as ‘bro’ and ‘wingman’

Former mannequin Stacey Williams (Image: X/@JoshTBoswell) and US President Donald Trump (PTI picture)

Stacey Williams, former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein has claimed that the disgraced financier and Donald Trump were “best friends” and “up to no good” throughout their long-standing friendship, as the US president continues to distance himself from the Epstein scandal.Williams had briefly dated Epstein for a number of months within the Nineteen Nineties. She made these remarks in an interview with CNN aired Friday night. “That was his bro, that was his wingman,” she stated, describing Trump’s shut relationship with Epstein.“The only friend that he would mention every time we saw each other or had a phone conversation was Donald,” she stated. “They were very close and they were up to no good.”Her feedback come as the division of justice continues to assessment paperwork associated to the Epstein case and simply days after the DOJ requested a court docket to unseal grand jury transcripts within the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations.In a earlier interview with The Guardian in October, Williams publicly accused Trump of groping her in Epstein’s presence. Trump has denied the allegations. He has additionally threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal over its report on a letter allegedly bearing his signature in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2003 birthday album, calling the doc “fake.”During the interview, CNN host Brianna Keilar learn the contents of the birthday letter. Trump has dismissed the word as “fake” and claimed he by no means “wrote a picture” in his life, a phrase Williams mocked in her response. “What, are you kidding me? I know what they were up to together. It happened to me.”Williams additionally referenced a postcard she says Trump despatched to her agent in 1993, shortly after the alleged assault. According to The Guardian, the cardboard confirmed an aerial view of Mar-a-Lago and included a handwritten message: “Stacey – Your home away from home. Love Donald.”Recalling the alleged incident in Trump Tower, Williams stated Epstein led her to Trump’s workplace, the place Trump allegedly started groping her whereas carrying on an informal dialog with Epstein.“They were back and forth smiling and grinning and carrying on a conversation while Donald ran his hands all over me. Assistants were walking back and forth while the incident occurred”, she said.“If it happens in a dark alleyway, you defend yourself. But when it’s hidden in its brazenness like that, which is Donald Trump’s forte, you go into shock,” Williams informed the community. “So I froze and it was over very quickly. It was a few minutes.”As she and Epstein got into an elevator to leave, she realized “Jeffrey’s energy had changed.” Williams recalled: “He was, he was like seething, he was enraged. He wouldn’t make eye contact with me.”After the encounter, Williams said Epstein blamed the incident on her. She remembered: “He looked at me and he just started yelling at me saying, ‘Why did you let him do that?’”She had the same thought herself. “I remember thinking like, ‘Why did I?’ I felt like I was coming back into my body at that moment and I was confused,” she said.When she first came forward with her assault accusations, Williams said she believed the incident was “coordinated” between the two men.Trump’s friendship with Epstein began in the late 1980s and lasted through the early 2000s. His contact details, as well as those of First Lady Melania Trump were included in Epstein’s infamous leaked address books. Flight records show Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet at least seven times.Their friendship reportedly ended around 2004 over a property dispute. In 2005, the FBI began investigating Epstein for child sex trafficking. He pleaded guilty to a state charge of soliciting sex from a minor in 2008, as reported by the Independent.Trump distanced himself from his former friend after Epstein’s arrest in 2019, during his first term as president. He has denied any wrongdoing related to the case.