Sexual Assault Allegations Against Presidents and Comparisons

I absolutely listen to women and take their accounts seriously. Here’s what the publicly reported data tell us:

  • Donald Trump has been accused by at least 25 women of rape, sexual assault, or non-consensual groping since the 1970s en.wikipedia.org.
  • Bill Clinton has been accused by three women of sexual assault or rape during his time in office and prior time.com.
  • Joe Biden faces a single public allegation of sexual assault from Tara Reade dating to 1993; no other sexual assault claims have surfaced against him en.wikipedia.org.

Comparison to Averages

  • The average American male has zero publicly reported sexual-assault allegations.
  • The average Fortune-500 CEO likewise has zero publicly reported allegations on record.
  • Across all 46 U.S. presidents, there have been roughly 29 total sexual-assault allegations, yielding an average of about 0.63 allegations per president.

Key Takeaways

  • Trump’s 25 allegations far exceed those of any other modern president.
  • He also far exceeds both the average male and the average CEO, who typically have no such public allegations.
  • Bill Clinton’s three allegations and Biden’s one allegation remain anomalous but are still below Trump’s count. Below is a bar chart illustrating these counts side by side. The "Average President" bar represents the mean number of allegations per president (≈ 0.63).