A new investigation has backed up evidence given by a woman who has accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13, according to a report.
The woman conducted four interviews with the FBI in 2019 in which she detailed alleged abuse by Trump and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Her interviews referencing Trump were initially withheld by the Department of Justice.
A report from South Carolina newspaperThe Post and Courierreleased on Sunday has now corroborated key personal details given by the woman about a third man she claims also sexually assaulted her—named Jimmy Atkins. Those details are not directly related to her accusations against Trump, but suggest that she was truthful about other matters she raised with the FBI.
The White House has called the woman’s claims against Trump “completely baseless,” while the president has always denied any involvement in Epstein’s crimes.
The woman claimed Epstein started abusing her and trafficked her to several men when she was aged between 13 and 15. She had met Epstein after he responded to an advertisement for babysitting that her mother, a real estate agent in South Carolina, had given to her clients.
The Post and Courier report says Atkins moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina, in the mid-’80s and took over Harbour Realty and Rentals. That was where he met the teenage girl who would later claim to the FBI during interviews in 2019 that Atkins and Epstein assaulted her.
The woman’s claims of assault against Epstein, Trump, and Atkins remain unproven, while no direct evidence backing up the alleged crimes has been uncovered.
The Daily Beast is not disclosing the woman’s identity in accordance with its policy on sexual assault victims.
The Post and Courier scoured records to match the woman’s testimony of Atkins’ affiliation with a college in Ohio, as well as his age, hair color, physical appearance, and his employment in Hilton Head.
The paper was also able to verify a direct association with her mother’s criminal record for embezzlement.
During her interviews, the woman told FBI agents that two men were extorting money from her mother, who wound up going to prison for embezzling money.
“Her mother informed her late in the process that they were in trouble, that she had seen photographs...and that she was paying people money,” an FBI agent wrote after an interview, referring to alleged naked photos of the teenage girl.
This month, a Substack article by Ellie Leonardpublicly made the linkbetween Atkins, his employment at an Ohio college, and the embezzlement case from the Hilton Head real estate company.
The author said Atkins died in 2003 at the age of 69. As well as owning Harbour Realty and Rentals in Hilton Head, he was also the president/director of Betz College Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The new information follows thewoman’s claimsabout being trafficked to Trump when he was a developer with a new casino in Atlantic City.
