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A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A very active imagination there.

The truth is vastly different.

It starts with John Casablancas. He started Elite Model Management. He would throw lavish parties where rich old men were invited. His models were required to attend the parties.

There were lots of drugs and rape and such, with a few cases of potential murder.

I'm 1988, Casablancas gave an interview to New York Magazine. He gleefully admitted to seducing a 14 year old. And also talked up his wild drug fueled sex parties.

Trump was also mentioned in the same issue. Trump is a known narcissist who obsessed over any mention of his own name.

Shortly after that 1988 article, Trump became friends with Casablancas.

Trump then introduced Epstein to Casablancas, but Epstein isn't actually as important to the story until later.

Trump and Casablancas held their Look of the Year contest at Trump properties a few years in a row.

Contestants, some as young at 14, were paraded in front of rich pedos in private shows.

Look of the Year was the same contest that allowed Casablancas to rape that 14 year old from the 1988 article.

Anyway, after hosting the contest for a few years, Trump signed up Ivanka, then 13, to be a model under Casablancas's agency, under the direct tutelage of Casablancas

Shortly thereafter, Trump bought the Miss Universe pageant franchise, which included the Miss Teen USA pageant.

Pageant contestants were required to attend Trump parties.

In the late 90s, the BBC did an expose on Elite Model Management and the rampant pedophillia. This forced Casablancas out of the agency.

This is when Trump created Trump Model Management. Shortly after, Epstein founded MC2 modeling.

The two tended to use the fame talent scouts and fixers for forging visas, but we're otherwise competitors in the Human Trafficking game.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Damn that's fucked up. But there is no legal mechanism Trump or anyone else will ever face so it literally doesn't matter.