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CNYHarris

(149 posts)
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 08:32 PM Aug 2025

Don't dismiss Sarah Ransome's words about Trump

An old article, though again relevant.

Epstein Accuser Backs Claims He Had ‘Sex Tapes’ Of Trump, Clinton, Prince Andrew

“It’s no secret that everything was recorded,” said Sarah Ransome, who says she recanted her story years ago under the fear of reprisal.

A Jeffrey Epstein accuser is speaking out about past claims she made that the late pedophile kept video footage of his various friends having sex at his home, saying it’s absolutely true and that she only recanted her story years ago out of fear following threats.

“It’s no secret that everything was recorded,” Sarah Ransome, who settled a civil suit with Epstein and his madam Ghislaine Maxwell in 2018, told “Good Morning Britain” on Tuesday. “Multiple victims have come forward confirming my account, along with others. I have also seen recordings in his office.”

These recordings supposedly show former President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and British business magnate Richard Branson having sex with an unnamed woman, Ransome claimed in 2016 emails that were published Monday as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by fellow Epstein accuser, Virginia Giuffre.


https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeffrey-epstein-accuser-sarah-ransome-on-sex-tapes_n_659d45f0e4b0f9f6621e3dc4

Her statements about her having possession of the tapes could be leverage so she is safe. So is she lying for leverage or telling the truth for leverage. There is a reason for her to lie about the tapes to protect her because she is truly threatened because she was an Epstein girl. Her words about Trump and a victim, there is no reason to lie there as that makes her a target. Saying she owns tapes is her only way of protection.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11534545/Jeffrey-Epstein-victim-claims-watched-sex-tapes-pedophile-wealthy-associates.html

'The footage will haunt me for the rest of my life.' Jeffrey Epstein survivor claims she watched tapes the pedophile made of his wealthy friends having sex with a female victim for 'blackmail' - and says she still has copies stashed

She had reason to walkback from her claims. Her own safety. Barr killed Epstein.

"Katie Johnson" had threats:

Trump's accuser had been expected to appear at a news conference in early November 2016, but her attorney, Lis Bloom, said she had received threats and was too afraid to show up. Doe's attorney, Thomas Meagher, then filed a notice to dismiss the case, without providing an explanation. The woman hasn't been heard from since.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-katie-johnson-allegations-sexual-assault-case-dismissed-1921051

Ransome is from nobility. Children in elite circles tend to have higher rates of abuse in the billionaire club. Most of these don't break and tell stories against the rich. Sarah Ransome did. She is one of only a handful that broke programming.

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calimary

(90,886 posts)
1. I feel sorry for Hillary all over again.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 08:39 PM
Aug 2025

Damn you, Bill! What kind of alleged man does this to his wife? Shitty sneaky stuff that was probably destined to come out, no matter how hard he tried to hide, deny, or ignore it.

Oh MAN, she deserved - AND STILL deserves - SOOOOO much better than this. WAAAAAAAY better that this. And CERTAINLY better than him.

Hillary Clinton deserves SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER than this. I really feel for her.

stopdiggin

(15,653 posts)
3. +1. You're going to publicly trash Bill Clinton (or really anyone else?) - - on the basis of THIS ?
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 09:23 PM
Aug 2025

Hillary doesn't need this kind of 'support' ..

Wiz Imp

(10,484 posts)
4. She recanted because she lied which she admitted. Unfortunately, she has no credibility.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 10:28 PM
Aug 2025
https://abc7.com/post/jeffrey-epstein-documents-bill-clinton-donald-trump-prince-andrew/14297669/
In those messages, Ransome made allegations that implicated former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and Richard Branson. She also described alleged videotape evidence she claimed to possess that would back up her allegations but said she could not provide it, according to the messages.

Ransome subsequently told the New York Post reporter, who did not publish any story related to the allegations, that she wanted to "retract everything I have said to you and walk away from this," according to an unsealed message from October 2016.

In 2019, The New Yorker reported that Ransome told the magazine she had invented the claims of videotapes to draw attention to Epstein's behavior and to make him believe she had "evidence that would come out" if Epstein harmed her, according to the magazine.

Ransome was deposed in 2017 as a witness in the Giuffre versus Maxwell litigation. No evidence supporting the allegations Ransome shared with the reporter was entered in the record of this case.


She said she had video evidence but couldn't provide it? Really? Not one to defend the New York Post, but they didn't publish the story because there was no evidence and they found her not to be credible. Then she later claimed she invented the whole thing for leverage. She eve wrote a book in 2021 about her nightmare experience dealing with Epstein and did not mention the supposed videos. Don't you think she would have mentioned it if it were true? It definitely would have helped sell more books. All available evidence and lack thereof plus her own statement and actions effectively proves there is no reason to take it remotely seriously. She lied about the videos.

She was legitimately victimized by Epstein and if she had just stuck to telling the truth about that, she would be a powerful witness. But she chose to lie about videos which rendered any witness testimony she would give after that as useless.
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