between approximately 2002 and 2005, as part of schedule appointments at the direction of Epstein and Maxwell, scheduled hundreds of appointments for women and girls, including dozens of minors, to massage Epstein. Over the course of that several year period, Epstein received approximately two to three massages per day, and during those massage appointments, Epstein sexually abused dozens of minor victims. The vast majority of the massage appointments that scheduled took place at Epstein’s residence in Palm Beach, Florida, though some victims state that arranged massages which took place at Epstein’s residence in New York, New York. has no recollection of scheduling massages for anyone in New York. She did occasionally schedule massages to take place in Florida by phone while she was in New York City. When was first hired, she used a directory provided to her by Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell to contact women and girls to massage Epstein. Over the ensuing years, would add new names to the directory when directed to do so by Epstein or Maxwell.¶
Through the process of arranging and facilitating massage appointments for Epstein, met dozens of underage victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 17 years old. For example, when minor victims arrived for the appointments at Palm Beach, sometimes met them, walked them up to the massage room, and set up the massage table for the appointment. After at least some of the appointments, paid minor victims in cash. Epstein encouraged minor victims to bring other girls to massage him, which led to an increasing number of victims coming to massage Epstein at his residences.¶
None of those victims told that they were underage. did know that some of those victims did not have their own cars, and arranged for a driver to pick them up and take them to their appointments with Epstein. Additionally, some of those victims told they could not attend certain appointment times because they were attending school, although does not recall that they said what kind of school they were attending. Epstein also told that at least one of those victims was studying for the SATs.¶
During some of the massage appointments with minor girls that scheduled, Epstein sexually abused the minor girls by, among other things, masturbating while the victims touched Epstein, touching the victim’s genitals, using a sex toy on a victim’s genitals, engaging in oral sex, and/or engaging in sexual intercourse. Some of the victims of Epstein’s abuse state that witnessed some of the sexual abuse that occurred. In particular, one woman alleges that was present for and participated in one massage when the victim was a minor during which Epstein¶
Another victim states that walked in on one instance in which she, a minor, was performing oral sex on Epstein. Another woman alleges that walked in when she was a minor and was nude in Epstein’s massage room.¶
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denies participating in any of these incidents. She believes that the victims may be mistaking her for another person.¶
At Epstein’s direction, took nude or partially nude photographs of one minor victim.¶
This did not take place in the context of a massage and Epstein was not present when the photos were taken. did not know that the victim was a minor at the time the photos were taken and when Epstein told that the victim did not want them anymore, discarded the photos.¶
In or about 2005, learned that law enforcement was investigating Epstein for sex crimes involving minors, arising from the massage appointments, some of which had scheduled. After learning about the investigation into Epstein, at Epstein’s direction, called multiple minor victims and encouraged them to “help” Epstein and conveyed that Epstein would help them if they helped him.¶
encouraged them to talk to Epstein’s investigator and offered that Epstein would pay for an attorney for them. In one or two cases, offered financial incentives to victims. understood that by asking her to make these calls, Epstein intended to dissuade the victims from speaking to law enforcement, and by agreeing to make the calls and take these steps, she was aiding him in this objective. Beginning in approximately 2006, multiple minor victims were interviewed by federal law enforcement officers who were conducting a criminal investigation of Epstein and his associates for sex trafficking of minors, among other federal offenses. During those interviews, minor victims reported to federal agents that Epstein paid them for sexualized massages while they were underage girls, including during massages that scheduled.¶
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