# Ex-DUP leader faces new rape allegation at Westminster

> Jeffrey Donaldson, jailed for sexual assault, is under investigation for an alleged 2016 rape at the party's London offices.
- Title: Ex-DUP leader faces new rape allegation at Westminster
- Summary: Jeffrey Donaldson, jailed for sexual assault, is under investigation for an alleged 2016 rape at the party's London offices. Metropolitan Police opened an…
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- Source: POLITICO — https://politico.eu/article/jeffrey-donaldson-democratic-unionist-party-dup-new-allegation-rape-woman-westminster
- Published: 2026-10-21T17:32:57+00:00
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- Topics: jeffrey donaldson, democratic unionist party, sexual assault, rape allegation, westminster, metropolitan police, politics, world
## Donaldson faces new rape allegation
Jeffrey Donaldson, jailed former leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, faces a new allegation he raped a woman inside the DUP's Westminster offices in 2016.
## Donaldson's current sentence and appeal
Donaldson received a fifteen-year prison sentence last week for sexually assaulting two girls. He is serving his sentence in an isolated wing for sex offenders in Maghaberry Prison and is appealing his conviction on eighteen…
## Metropolitan Police opens investigation
The Metropolitan Police in London opened an investigation Wednesday after receiving an evidence file from Police Service of Northern Ireland detectives, who interviewed the woman on October thirteen.

> The allegation relates to one victim who is being supported by specialist officers. The investigation is in its early stages.
## Key takeaway

Metropolitan Police opened an investigation into Jeffrey Donaldson over an alleged rape at DUP Westminster offices in 2016, weeks after he received a fifteen-year sentence for other sexual assaults.