--- title: Donald Trump 'Groper' Costume Auctioned for Syrian Refugees description: British journalist Jemima Goldsmith's 'Original Trump Groper Halloween Costume' is up for sale on the online auction site eBay canonical: https://time.com/4534940/jemima-goldsmith-donald-trump-groper-costume/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-18T15:11:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:17:42.314Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump 'Groper' Costume Auctioned to Raise Money for Syrian Refugees og:description: Jemima Goldsmith's 'Trump Groper Halloween Costume' is up for sale og:url: https://time.com/4534940/jemima-goldsmith-donald-trump-groper-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt510a87c2a32f398b/6988aa70ab6d7721996ab9ae/ap_261125137683.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Unicef Halloween Ball - London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump 'Groper' Costume Auctioned to Raise Money for Syrian Refugees twitter:description: Jemima Goldsmith's 'Trump Groper Halloween Costume' is up for sale twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt510a87c2a32f398b/6988aa70ab6d7721996ab9ae/ap_261125137683.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump 'Groper' Costume Auctioned to Raise Money for Syrian Refugees by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Oct 18, 2016 3:11 PM UTC  Jemima Goldsmith arriving at One Embankment in London for Unicef UK's Halloween Ball, a fundraiser to support Unicef's work for Syrian children in danger. Picture date: Thursday October 13, 2016. Jemima Goldsmith arriving at One Embankment in London for Unicef UK's Halloween Ball, a fundraiser to support Unicef's work for Syrian children in danger. Picture date: Thursday October 13, 2016.Dominic Lipinski—PA Wire/Press Association Images by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Oct 18, 2016 3:11 PM UTC British journalist and editor Jemima Goldsmith’s costume featuring a groping Donald Trump is up for sale on [eBay](http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282224685240?ul%5Fnoapp=true), and the proceeds will benefit Syrian refugees. Goldsmith (also known as Jemima Khan) dressed as [Melania Trump](http://time.com/4534216/melania-donald-trump-billy-bush-boy-talk/) being groped by her husband, a plastic [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4533794/donald-trump-women-support/), for the UNICEF Halloween Ball 2016. Now the controversial costume, dubbed “Original Trump Groper Halloween Costume,” is up for auction online, described on eBay as “easy to wear, \[with\] straps on either side like a backpack in order to wear Donald on your back.” As of Tuesday, the costume had received six bids and was up to £122\. The money raised is going to Muslim Syrian refugees via UNICEF as “that’s what The Donald would want,” the eBay post said. > [](https://twitter.com/Jemima%5FKhan/status/788373223192879104) The Republican candidate has come under fire after a [2005 video was released](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/) showing him bragging that he can grope women because he’s a celebrity, comments Trump dismissed as “locker room talk.” Since then, several women have come forward to say Trump groped or kissed them without his consent. 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