Aboard Air Force One on July 29, 2025, President Donald Trump revealed the deep personal betrayal that severed his longtime association with Jeffrey Epstein: the disgraced financier’s brazen poaching of young female employees directly from the spa at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s exclusive Palm Beach resort.
Trump described confronting Epstein after the first incidents, warning him sternly: “We don’t want you taking our people.” When Epstein defied the warning and did it again, Trump declared him persona non grata, banning him permanently. “He stole people that worked for me,” Trump told reporters, emphasizing the act as “inappropriate” and “creepy.”
In his most explicit comments yet, Trump confirmed that one of those young women was Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Epstein accuser who worked as a teenage locker room attendant at the club in summer 2000. “I think she worked at the spa… He stole her,” Trump said, framing the recruitment as a direct theft from his staff roster.
Giuffre, who died by suicide in April 2025 at age 41, had alleged that Ghislaine Maxwell—Epstein’s convicted accomplice—approached her at Mar-a-Lago while she was reading a massage therapy book, offering training that led to years of alleged sexual abuse and trafficking. Her family strongly rejected Trump’s portrayal, insisting she was deliberately targeted and groomed as a minor, not simply “stolen” like property.
This account shifts from earlier explanations, such as a 2004 property dispute or Epstein’s advances toward a member’s daughter. Recent reports suggest deeper ties, including Mar-a-Lago spa workers making house calls to Epstein’s mansion until a 2003 allegation of sexual pressure prompted the ban.
Once calling Epstein a “terrific guy” in 2002, Trump has distanced himself, claiming no contact for over a decade before Epstein’s 2019 death. The revelation intensifies scrutiny amid demands for full Epstein file releases, raising questions about elite networks and what powerful figures knew.
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