New York Daily News

Trump kid-sex accuser fears revealing self

- Laura Bult BY NANCY DILLON, ADAM EDELMAN and LEONARD GREENE

THE WOMAN who filed a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of raping her when she was 13 dramatical­ly backed down Wednesday from threats to go public with her allegation­s.

The California woman, known only as “Jane Doe,” was scheduled to break her silence in a muchhyped press conference, but she changed her mind at the last minute.

The turnaround came as the Republican presidenti­al nominee — who bragged about groping women in a 2005 videotape that was leaked last month — continued to close the gap in key battlegrou­nd states.

The axed press conference, and the lost prospect of putting a face to the long-denied rape allegation­s, was another blow to Trump rival Hillary Clinton.

The beleaguere­d Dem has faced a series of setbacks, including a renewed FBI investigat­ion into her email server while secretary of state, which have allowed Trump to move within striking distance of the White House.

With nothing more to address than a lawsuit filed without fanfare months ago, the Teflon tycoon was able to walk away — for the moment — from the rape accusation­s unscathed.

But his accuser is still suffering, her lawyer said.

“Jane Doe has received numerous threats today, as have all the Trump accusers that I have represente­d,” attorney Lisa Bloom said at her Los Angeles law office.

“She is living in fear. She has decided that she is too afraid to show her face. She has been here all day, ready to do it, but unfortunat­ely, she’s in terrible fear. So we’re going to have to reschedule. I apologize to all of you who came.”

Bloom later tweeted that her firm’s website had been hacked and said the shadowy group Anonymous claimed responsibi­lity.

In a lawsuit filed in June in Manhattan Federal Court, the woman claimed Trump sexually assaulted her in New York during a series of sex parties hosted by billionair­e pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 1994.

She said she was 13 at the time of the alleged attacks.

“Immediatel­y following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened

 ??  ?? It was scorched earth in the Sunshine State Wednesday as Donald Trump (r.) and Hillary Clinton (above) campaign in Orlando and Dade City, Fla., respective­ly in tightening White House race. Hillary Clinton will travel to the battlegrou­nd state of North...
It was scorched earth in the Sunshine State Wednesday as Donald Trump (r.) and Hillary Clinton (above) campaign in Orlando and Dade City, Fla., respective­ly in tightening White House race. Hillary Clinton will travel to the battlegrou­nd state of North...

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