$10K in baby food? The bet Epstein said he lost to Trump

[Uncle Joe]

The wager related to Trump's second wife, Marla Maples, appeared to take place in the 1990s, emails show.

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The decades-old wager was part of a series of revelations included in newly released emails from congressional Democrats, as part of their investigations into Trump's connections to the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker.

"When we bet that Marla Maples was pregnant, I lost and sent him 10,000 dollars of baby food," Epstein wrote in a message on Dec. 8, 2015, to a reporter. Maples is the mother of Tiffany Trump, the president's 32-year-old daughter.

While the email didn't implicate Trump in any wrongdoing, it offered another glimpse into the pair's past dynamic. It was part of a trove of evidence that has come to light in recent days revealing new depth to then-citizen Trump's relationship with Epstein, who in 2019 died by suicide in a jail cell while awaiting trial.

Developer Donald Trump and his companion Marla Maples enjoy a soda a hot dog as they watch the action at the U.S. Open on September 28, 1991. Ray Stubblebine, REUTERS

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The unearthed communications also suggest Trump knew more than he has indicated at the time about Epstein's interactions with young girls who later said they were trafficked.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/13/10k-baby-food-epstein-files-trump/87251123007/