The Central Pa. native. is the latest woman to accuse Trump of sexual assault

A former model who recently accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her has ties to central Pennsylvania in the 1990s.

Stacey Williams, a swimsuit model who has been featured several times Swimsuit issue of Sport Illustrated in the 1990s, The Guardian said she was introduced to Trump by Jeffrey Epstein in 1993and when he met her, Trump grabbed her breasts, waist and buttocks.

Williams said the incident felt at the time like a “twisted game” between Trump and Epstein. according to the Washington Post.

The Trump campaign has denied Williams’ story, stating that it is “obvious that this bogus story was created by Kamala Harris’ campaign.”

The Trump campaign also noted that Williams’ story was first made public during a “Survivors for Kamala” Zoom call, although that group is not affiliated with Harris’ campaign.

In an interview with CNNWilliams said she had privately discussed the incident involving Trump with others several times. She decided to come forward with her story publicly after discussing the incident in a 2022 documentary, although she did not mention Trump by name at the time.

The documentary premiered last weekend, and when Williams found out that part of the interview would appear in the film, she decided to talk specifically about what happened.

“You really want to be ready, and I wasn’t,” she said in the interview with CNN. “I think there is an evolution in dealing with abuse or these types of incidents, and it doesn’t happen overnight.”

The Fashion Model Directory lists Williams’ birthplace as Mechanicsburgalthough other publications list her birthplace as Dallas, Pa., and the Internet movie database calls her birthplace Philadelphia.

Williams was a native of Hampden Township and attended Cumberland Valley High School, graduating in 1986.

She was interviewed by Patriot-News in 1988, when she made her television debut on an episode of “The Cosby Show.”

Williams has also appeared in films including ‘Jerry Maguire’, ‘The Dogwalker’ and ‘The Mommies’, under the name Stacey A. Snyder.

In the 1988 interview, she mentioned a friend’s neighbor in Mechanicsburg who told her she should pursue modeling as a career. At the time, Williams had enrolled as a student at Temple University in Philadelphia before signing with a modeling agency and moving to New York.

In another 1993 interview with Patriot-News, Williams spoke about her experiences as a swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated.

In the interview, Williams refuted the idea that modeling and photo shoots like the ones she had done were the cause of men’s aggressive behavior toward women.

“Men raised with intelligence and love would not read the issue, look at the pictures and think less of women,” she said.

Trump has denied dozens of similar allegations against him in the past. In May 2023, he was found liable by the civil court for sexual abuse and defamation related to an incident in 1996.

The The former president made infamous comments on a 2005 videoin which he stated that he would grope women, including grabbing their genitals.

‘I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I’m not even waiting,” Trump said in the recording. “And if you’re a star, they let you do that. You can do anything.”

When the video surfaced in 2016, Trump said he was engaging in “locker room talk” and apologized if anyone was offended.