Amy Dorris is a former American model who came forward in September 2020 to accuse Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her at the 1997 US Open tennis tournament in New York.
Wiki/Biography
Amy Dorris was born on Sunday, October 1, 1972, in Michigan, United States (48 years old as of 2020). Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Florida, where Amy attended Sheppard College. She graduated from Sheppard College High School in May 1989. After high school, Dorris reportedly planned to attend Florida State University. While living with friends in Boca Raton, Florida, Dorris frequently traveled to Miami for modeling work and occasional acting jobs.
Amy Dorris as a young girl
appearance
Height: 5′ 9″
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Gray
Family, boyfriend, husband and children
Amy Dorris lives in Florida with her husband and twin daughters. In the late 1990s, she dated Jason Bean, a publisher and entrepreneur from Roslyn, New York.
Amy Dorris’ ex-boyfriend Jason Bean
Modeling and acting career
After graduating from high school, Amy Dorris worked as a model for several years, mainly in Chicago and New York. She also had small roles in several TV shows and movies. Amy appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit twice in 2000 and 2003. She also appeared in Law & Order in 2002. In the 1999 movie, Sunday, Amy Dorris played the wife of a player. Later, she appeared in the 2009 TV movie Foreclosure Fighters. In an interview, talking about her modeling and acting career, she said,
I have been modeling and acting for most of my life and I love it! It’s a part of who I am. I have worked in NYC, Miami, LA, Chicago, and overseas. From Tallahassee, FL to NYC where I have been an actress and model for 10 years. Now living in Chicago and eager to travel. I believe beauty comes from within and the happier we are with ourselves, the better we look. Inner beauty helps give us the glow we all want! I consider myself a professional and appreciate the people I work with do the same. This industry is tough and anything we can do to help each other be more efficient is good for all of us. ”
Amy Dorris during her modeling and acting career
Sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump
In September 2020, Amy Dorris made a sexual assault accusation against Donald Trump in an exclusive interview with The Guardian. In the accusation, Amy Dorris claimed that Donald Trump harassed her outside the bathroom of the VIP box during a US Open in New York on September 5, 1997.
Doris said she was 24 and Trump was 51 when he forced his tongue down her throat, violated her body and held her so tightly she couldn’t get away. Describing the incident, Amy said:
He just shoved his tongue down my throat and I pushed him away. That’s when his grip tightened and his hands groped my ass, my chest, my back, everywhere. I was in his grip and I couldn’t get away. I don’t know what you call the feeling when you stick your tongue down someone’s throat. But I pulled it out with my teeth. I was pushing it. I think I might have hurt his tongue.”
Amy Dorris and Donald Trump at the U.S. Open in 1997
According to Dorris, she confided in several people, including her mother and a friend in New York. When Amy Dorris was asked about her allegations in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Dorris defended her claims and said she had considered speaking publicly about the matter in 2016, when Donald Trump was facing similar allegations from several women. Amy Dorris said,
Now I feel like my daughters are turning 13 and I want them to know that you don’t let anyone do anything to you that you don’t want to do. I’d rather be a role model. I want them to see that I didn’t stay silent and that I stood up against people who did things that were unacceptable.”
Dorris said that during a long weekend in New York in September 1997, her then-boyfriend Jason Binn introduced her to Trump and invited her to his private box, a luxurious carpeted suite with a balcony overlooking the court. She also claimed that the alleged attack occurred when she got up to go to the bathroom, which was hidden behind a partition wall; she said,
I had a problem with my contact lenses. I remember going there to moisten my lenses. ”
Amy Dorris sits between Donald Trump and her boyfriend during a match at the 1997 U.S. Open
She also said that when she came out, she found Trump waiting outside the bathroom, so he forced himself into her. According to Amy, after the incident, she decided to wear conservative clothes in front of Trump, and the next day, Amy and her boyfriend made a brief stop at Trump Tower in New York City, posing for photos with celebrities including musician Lenny Kravitz and Sean Combs (aka P. Diddy) before returning to Trump’s VIP box.
Amy Dorris poses with P. Diddy (left) and Lenny Kravitz (second from right) at Trump Tower
Later, more VIPs arrived in Trump’s box, including Leonardo Dicaprio and magician David Blaine.
Amy Dorris poses in a box with David Blaine (second from right) and Leonardo Dicaprio (second from left) at the 1997 U.S. Open
On September 8, 1997, she attended Gianni Versace’s memorial service with her boyfriend Bean and Trump. When asked why she continued to be with Trump, she said,
I rushed there from Florida to be with Jason. I had no money and nowhere to go. We were going from one event to another, and it was overwhelming. People have been with someone who abused them for years, and that’s what happens when trauma strikes, you freeze up.”
Amy Dorris and Donald Trump sign autographs
Facts/Trivia
- Amy Dorris is the high school valedictorian at Sheppard Academy in Florida.
- In addition to her modeling and acting career, Amy also founded a marketing, public relations, media and entertainment company, Two Muses Media and Entertainment, during her time in Chicago.
- Amy couldn’t stay away from modeling and acting, and she returned to modeling and acting after founding her own company, Two Muses Media and Entertainment. In an interview, Dorris talked about this and said:
I love the film business and modeling – I tried to give it up but I couldn’t. It’s in my blood.”
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