Former Miss Teen USA Psychologist Accuses Trump of Childhood Abuse in Viral Video

A New York psychologist named Dr. Larissa Portnoff has come forward in a video that has spread quickly online, describing herself as one of the child victims of Donald Trump. Portnoff, now in her 30s, works as a clinical psychologist and clinical director at New York Psychology Practice. She has also competed in Miss Teen USA, the pageant Trump owned from 1997 to 2015.

In the video she shared over the weekend, Portnoff says the alleged abuse started when she was around eight years old. She claims it grew worse around the time she turned 10 and continued until she was about 12. She also says she was targeted again as a teenager, and that she later had exploitative encounters involving Trump and people connected to him after she turned 18.

Portnoff talks about being contacted over the past year by someone she believes was acting as a political fixer, which she sees as witness intimidation. She describes an invitation to a Yankees game on September 11 as harmful and disgusting, and she claims her sealed records as a Jane Doe were accessed in a way that revealed her identity. Speaking directly to Trump in the video, she says he has tried to destroy evidence following her reports and that there is no accountability. “I am in my 30s now, and the fact that you’ve done this to me for three decades is inhuman,” she states. She calls the alleged actions organized crime that intersects with national security issues, and she says any attempt to intimidate her will not work.

She says she has already raised her concerns with a Senate office and that her reports were referred to the Attorney General. Portnoff mentions receiving death threats but adds that she is no longer afraid and will continue speaking out. At the end of the video she asks anyone with relevant information to contact her office, saying the details will be kept confidential and protected under HIPAA.

None of Portnoff’s allegations have been independently corroborated so far, and no court case or official investigation linked to her claims has been made public. White House spokesperson Lauren Bis emailed Snopes on November 2 and said the allegations are false and slanderous. “President Trump has never even met or heard of this woman,” Bis stated, describing the claims as an attempt by Democrats to distract from their agenda.

Trump has faced allegations of sexual misconduct from close to 30 women over the years, ranging from unwanted touching to assault. He has denied all of them and has never been criminally charged. In 2023 a civil jury in New York found him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and awarded her $5 million. A federal appeals court upheld the verdict in December 2024. He continues to deny her claims.

Portnoff’s video came roughly a week after House Judiciary Democrats released a report that included an allegation from former Miss Switzerland contestant Beatrice Keul. Keul says Trump raped her at New York’s Plaza Hotel in 1993. The White House called that report politically motivated.