"She told me how he kept going on about how he liked her 'pert nipples,'" Ransome said, purporting to cite a friend. "Donald Trump liked flicking and sucking her nipples until they were raw."

Ransome later recanted her claims about having the video footage. In her book, "Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back," she said she told the false story as a sort of insurance policy, though she added: "Jeffrey kept a trove of surveillance on every person who had ever visited his properties."