Boris Epshteyn, an adviser to former President Donald Trump, was arrested in Arizona nearly two years ago after a woman told police a “Tony Soprano-looking dude” repeatedly groped her and her sister inside a nightclub, it was revealed Thursday.
Epshteyn and his accuser can be seen in body-camera footage obtained by the Arizona Republic after the alleged incident at the Bottled Blonde in Scottsdale on Oct. 10, 2021.
The Trump adviser eventually pleaded guilty to one count of “disorderly conduct-disruptive behavior or fighting” and served probation. The conviction was set aside by the court in January.
Charges of “assault touching,” “attempted sexual abuse,” and “harassment-repeated acts” were dismissed.
The footage shows an unidentified woman telling police outside the bar that Epshteyn had been “touching me and my sister” throughout the evening.
“He kind of cornered her and grabbed her and is just making her super uncomfortable,” adds the woman, claiming Epshteyn had been touching her sister’s “chest, touching her hips, touching her crotch.”
She claimed employees at the nightclub told her Epshteyn had spent “like fifty grand” and refused to confront the political strategist.
“That guy was molesting women in the bar and the bar told us to go drink with him,” she said.
A security guard eventually flagged down Scottsdale police officers outside the club and informed them of a possible sexual assault, which led to authorities interviewing the women and arresting Epshteyn.
Epshteyn, wearing shorts, sandals and a white collared shirt, is seen on the video being led into a police wagon after being handcuffed. He denied the accusations to the police and declined to comment when contacted by The Post.
The Trump adviser had been arrested in Scottsdale back in 2014, after a fight in which he allegedly punched a man outside a bar.
Epshteyn was sentenced to community service and paid a fine in that case.
Epshteyn worked on both Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and sat next to the former president during his arraignment in Manhattan earlier this year on charges related to hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election.
He is also advising the 77-year-old former president on his 2024 White House run.
