Former Miss Switzerland alleges Trump raped her in 1993, used beauty pageants to prey on women with Epstein

US President Donald Trump has been accused of raping former Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul in 1993, with a report by Democrats on the US House Judiciary Committee alleging that he used beauty pageants to target women alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Keul, a model who had previously accused Trump of groping her during the same incident, has now alleged that he raped her. The White House has rejected the allegations contained in the report. (REUTERS)The 53-page report also examines Trump's alleged links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and calls for an independent investigation into the President's association with him.

The White House has rejected the allegations contained in the report. A spokesman described the document as "a desperate attempt by crazed Democrats to distract Americans from the surging Republican momentum driven by President Trump's historic achievements".

The report revisits allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump, who was once a close friend of Epstein. Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving minors. His death was determined to be a suicide.

The document includes interviews in which Keul spoke to Democrats about the alleged assault. She claimed that Trump raped her in a "brutal" manner in a hotel room at his Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City after she had spent time with Epstein.

According to Keul's account, she first met Trump when she was 24 at a pageant event held at New York's Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time. As reported by The Telegraph, Trump allegedly offered to help her obtain a visa and secure admission to New York University (NYU).

"I will take care of you," he reportedly told her. Keul alleged that Epstein approached her after Trump left their conversation, introduced himself as "Don's best friend" and invited her to a party at Mar-a-Lago. The Democrats' report further stated that a representative of Trump later invited Keul to meet him upstairs at the Plaza Hotel.

"Upon entering, Trump reportedly grabbed Keul from behind and forcibly raped her; in the process, he tore her dress and caused bleeding and bruising on multiple parts of her body," the report claimed. According to the document, "Keul described the rape as 'brutal'" and alleged that Trump subsequently "sat her on the edge of the bed, repeated his promises to arrange for a visa and NYU admission, and made her promise she would keep quiet, saying, '[T]he show must go on.'" Trump has maintained that he ended his friendship with Epstein well before suspicions of criminal wrongdoing emerged.

The President resisted the Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts to release the so-called "Epstein Files" for months before signing legislation passed by Congress that required the documents to be made public. Trump's name appears repeatedly in the released records.

However, he has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with any criminal offences connected to the matter. Democrats said Keul's allegations were consistent with other publicly reported accusations of sexual assault against Trump.

They described the claims as part of a pattern of behaviour during his association with Epstein, whom they called America's most notorious sexual predator. Representative Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, accused the Justice Department of covering up "crimes to protect the president." "Five women have directly accused Trump of rape or sexual assault in Epstein's company or presence," Raskin said.