Amanda Ungaro, the Brazilian model at the centre of a growing feud with First Lady Melania Trump, has claimed she witnessed 'highly compromising interactions' involving figures in the Trumps' social circle and has said she is ready to testify against the Trumps in court. The claims follow Ungaro's public falling-out with Melania and her subsequent deportation from the United States, which she has linked to the actions of her former partner, Paolo Zampolli — now President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Global Partnerships.

Ungaro was close friends with the Trumps for two decades while she was also in a relationship with Zampolli. Just before her deportation, she reached out to Melania asking for help to renew her US visa, but says her call was never returned.

This week, Ungaro spoke to theMiami Heraldin her first English-language interview, sharing details about her falling out with Melania, her troubled relationship with Zampolli, and Zampolli's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. She had previously spoken to Spanish publicationEl Paísabout the Epstein connection, including her account of flying to the US on Epstein's plane at the age of 17, alongside her then-agent Jean-Luc Brunel.

Melania Trump’s past is facing new scrutiny after a fresh interview with Amanda Ungaro—a former girlfriend of modeling agent Paolo Zampolli and a longtime associate of Melania.Ungaro says Melania knew she had witnessed “highly compromising interactions” over two decades tied to…pic.twitter.com/DJjvlAiQkC

In video coverage published by Democratic-aligned political media organisationMeidasTouch, Ungaro stated: 'Melania felt threatened and while she did not threaten me directly, she knows that I witnessed highly compromising interactions.' When pressed on the nature of those interactions, Ungaro declined to elaborate, telling the Miami Herald only that they involved Zampolli's modelling network, where young women were introduced to wealthy figures.

Amanda Ungaro — the woman Paolo Zampolli had deported via ICE — just gave her first interview. She says Melania knows she “witnessed highly compromising interactions” over 20 years.She’s willing to testify before House Oversight.pic.twitter.com/SiyhSdgLGq

Ungaro further alleged that young models were brought to the US from overseas and assisted in obtaining visas. She claimed that Zampolli, through his proximity to Trump, introduced the president to some of these models and that the relationship helped facilitate the visa process — allegations IBTimes cannot independently verify.

In her El País interview, Ungaro was asked to describe Melania's relationship with Zampolli. She said it appeared to benefit both parties mutually. Ungaro also claimed that Zampolli appeared to hold some form of leverage over Melania.

'Paolo Zampolli always portrayed himself as the one who initiated the relationship. It always seemed to me that Paolo held some hidden leverage over Melania's life—something that kept her in his thrall. It was a business arrangement, it seems to me—an agreement from which both parties stood to benefit. Just look at how things have turned out today,' she said.

Zampolli currently serves as Trump's Special Envoy for Global Partnerships and sits on the board of the Kennedy Center. TheNew York Timesindependently confirmed that Zampolli contacted an ICE official, David Venturella, ahead of Ungaro's arrest, an outcome the Times noted might have occurred independently of Zampolli's involvement.

Source: International Business Times UK