Interviews reveal unwelcome advances, a shrewd reliance on ambition, and unsettling workplace conduct over decades.
By MICHAEL BARBARO and MEGAN TWOHEY
Donald J. Trump had barely met Rowanne Brewer Lane when he asked her to change out of her clothes.
Donald was having a pool party at Mar-a-Lago. There were about 50 models and 30 men. There were girls in the pools, splashing around. For some reason Donald seemed a little smitten with me. He just started talking to me and nobody else.
He suddenly took me by the hand, and he started to show me around the mansion. He asked me if I had a swimsuit with me. I said no. I hadn’t intended to swim. He took me into a room and opened drawers and asked me to put on a swimsuit.
–Rowanne Brewer Lane, former companion
Ms.
Brewer Lane, at the time a 26-year-old model, did as Mr. Trump asked.
“I went into the bathroom and tried one on,” she recalled. It was a
bikini. “I came out, and he said, ‘Wow.’ ”
Mr.
Trump, then 44 and in the midst of his first divorce, decided to show
her off to the crowd at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
“He brought me out to the pool and said, ‘That is a stunning Trump girl, isn’t it?’ ” Ms. Brewer Lane said.
Their accounts — many relayed here in their own words — reveal unwelcome
romantic advances, unending commentary on the female form, a shrewd
reliance on ambitious women, and unsettling workplace conduct, according
to the interviews, as well as court records and written recollections.
The interactions occurred in his offices at Trump Tower, at his homes,
at construction sites and backstage at beauty pageants. They appeared to
be fleeting, unimportant moments to him, but they left lasting
impressions on the women who experienced them.
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Trump has a history of questionable behavior with women: NY Times
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Trump has a history of questionable behavior with women: NY Times
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