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EPISODE · Mar 30, 2026 · 29 MIN

Insider Feature: Trump Model Management - Fraud, Models & Epstein

from The Fashion Insider · host Nakul Lax

Donald Trump built his political career on stopping illegal immigration. His modelling agency was bringing foreign girls into the United States on fraudulent visas, trapping them in debt, taking 80 percent of their earnings, and paying one of them $3,880 over three years. She called it slavery.Trump Model Management recruited girls as young as 14. It promised salaries of $75,000 a year and delivered almost nothing. Immigration attorneys confirmed the agency appeared to violate federal law. A US Senator called for a federal investigation. Nothing happened.Trump co-hosted modelling competitions with John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management, at the Plaza Hotel. Teenage models were told attending private dinners with powerful men was their professional duty. Not optional. A 2019 lawsuit alleges Casablancas sent a 15 year old model to a casting in 1990. The photographer was Jeffrey Epstein.In 2002 Trump described Epstein as a terrific guy who liked beautiful women, many of them on the younger side. Trump flew on Epstein’s jet at least seven times. Epstein recruited young women directly from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago spa. When Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested for child sex trafficking, Trump said he wished her well.Trump Model Management closed in April 2017. Donald Trump became President three months later. He is President again now.This episode is the full story. The Fashion Insider on Spotify.Follow on Instagram: @nakullaxEmail: [email protected]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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