President Donald Trump admitted his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein happened after Epstein “stole workers” from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the early 2000s.
“He did something that was inappropriate,” Trump said during a press Q&A on Monday in Scotland.
“He stole people that work for me. I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He did it again, and I threw him out of the place persona non grata, I threw him out, and that was it. I’m glad I did, if you want to know the truth,” he added.
One of those workers was Virginia Giuffre, who was recruited around the same time Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were photographed at Mar-a-Lago.
Giuffre was just 16, working as a spa attendant, when Maxwell noticed her reading a book about massage therapy and offered her a position as Epstein’s masseuse.
The White House declined to clarify if Trump was specifically referring to Giuffre when he mentioned the stolen workers, according to the Daily Mail.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said he “never had the privilege of going to [Epstein’s] island” despite claims of abuse there.
“I never went to the island, and I did turn it down. But a lot