Aboard Air Force One on July 29, 2025, President Donald Trump disclosed that Jeffrey Epstein’s brazen poaching of young women directly from the renowned spa at Mar-a-Lago ignited the decisive confrontation that ended their long-standing alliance.
Trump recounted warning Epstein after the first poachings: “I told him, ‘Don’t do it anymore.'” When Epstein repeated the act, Trump confronted him sharply, declaring him persona non grata and banning him from the exclusive Palm Beach club. “He stole people that worked for me,” Trump said, describing the incidents as “inappropriate” and “creepy.”
In detailed remarks to reporters, Trump specified the poached employees were young women from the spa and confirmed Virginia Giuffre—one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers—as among them. Giuffre, a teenage locker room attendant at Mar-a-Lago in summer 2000, alleged Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her there for massage training, leading to years of alleged sexual abuse. “He stole her,” Trump stated.
Giuffre, who became a fierce advocate for trafficking survivors before her suicide in April 2025 at age 41, never accused Trump of wrongdoing. Her family rejected Trump’s framing of the recruitment as mere employee theft, emphasizing she was targeted and groomed as a minor.
This explanation evolves from prior accounts, including a 2004 property dispute or Epstein’s alleged advances toward a member’s teenage daughter. Later reports suggest Mar-a-Lago spa staff made house calls to Epstein until a 2003 sexual pressure allegation prompted restrictions.
Once praising Epstein as a “terrific guy” in 2002, Trump has maintained distance, claiming no contact for over a decade before Epstein’s 2019 death. The disclosure revives scrutiny of elite ties amid ongoing Epstein file releases.
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