A woman identified in the Jeffrey Epstein case files as Jane Doe 4 is staying off the grid and living in fear of retaliation from the Trump administration, according to a family member who spoke on condition of anonymity with The Guardian. The relative said the woman is “coping as best she can.”
Jane Doe 4 participated in four interviews with FBI agents in 2019, during which she alleged that she was abused by Epstein and sexually assaulted by Donald Trump, according to news reports that reviewed the records. She is one of the only alleged Epstein victims to have directly accused Trump. The White House has called her allegations “completely baseless.”
A series of news outlets — including CNN, NPR, The New York Times, and The Daily Beast — reported in February 2026 that FBI records related to Jane Doe 4’s case were missing from the public document releases and that her interview file was incomplete. The reports said that during one interview, when agents asked to photograph an image of Epstein with Trump from her phone, she asked them to crop Trump out of the picture. When asked why, her attorney interjected that she “was concerned about implicating additional individuals, and specifically any that were well known, due to fear of retaliation,” according to FBI documents.
The Justice Department has released millions of pages of Epstein-related documents since the passage of the Epstein File Transparency Act, but the handwritten notes from Jane Doe 4’s FBI interviews have not been made public. Only reporters from The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, have reviewed those notes, according to an unnamed source.
The FBI did not bring charges in connection with her allegations, and there is no indication the agency investigated her claims after concluding the interviews in August 2019, when Trump was in his first term. The woman ended contact with the FBI, telling agents she believed she was being followed. Her attorney said he never received follow-up calls or copies of the investigative reports typically provided to defense counsel.
Jane Doe 4’s claim with a special fund for Epstein victims was denied, but one of her attorneys told The Post and Courier she received a settlement from Epstein’s estate. Estate co-administrator Richard Kahn initially acknowledged a settlement before declining to confirm or deny any payment after consulting counsel.
The case has drawn renewed attention as the Justice Department faces criticism from lawmakers and transparency advocates over how it has handled the release of Epstein-related documents.