Fu me personally in that area. home in Palm Beach on El. 5. From the first time that day, his motivations c Maxwell’s. My father was 1 up some stairs. There was c in the room. Epstein and activity with Epstein. I w seemed to be in his 40s or 5 home by one of Epstein’s em 6. I came back for sev same sorts of sexual things j 7. After I did those things they were going to have me tr cation for me. They were pra. travel with Epstein on his pri fession. Epstein said he woul wealthy person so that I woul 8. So I started “working” me to New York on his big, 1 sion in New York City. I was rious room. The mansion we got scared because it was s room with a massage parlor sexual activities with him the 9. You can see how you below [see insert page 3]. 10. Epstein took me on a New York City and there he approximately 15 or 16 years i CHAPTER 34 Declaration of Virginia Roberts Giuffre: January 19, 2015, filed on January 19, 2015 by attorneys representing Jeffrey Epstein’s victims¶
- My name is Virginia Giuffre and I was born in August,
- I am currently 31 years old.
- I grew up in Palm Beach, Florida. When I was little, I loved animals and wanted to be a veterinarian. But my life took a very different turn when adults-including Jeffrey Epstein and his close friend Alan Dershowitz-began to be interested in having sex with me.
- In approximately 1999, when I was 15 years old, I met Ghislaine Maxwell. She is the daughter of Robert Maxwell, who had been a wealthy publisher in Britain. Maxwell asked that I come with her to Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion for the purposes of teaching me how to perform “massages” and to train 134 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009283
FILTHY RICH me personally in that area. Soon after that I went to Epstein’s home in Palm Beach on El Brillo Way. CHAPTER 34 5. From the first time I was taken to Epstein’s mansion that day, his motivations and actions were sexual, as were Maxwell’s. My father was not allowed inside. I was brought up some stairs. There was a naked guy, Epstein, on the table in the room. Epstein and Maxwell forced me into sexual activity with Epstein. I was 15 years old at the time. He seemed to be in his 40s or 50s. I was paid $200. I was driven home by one of Epstein’s employees. 6. I came back for several days following and did the same sorts of sexual things for Epstein. 7. After I did those things for Epstein, he and Maxwell said they were going to have me travel and were going to get an education for me. They were promising me the world, that I would travel with Epstein on his private jet and have a well-paid profession. Epstein said he would eventually match me up with a wealthy person so that I would be “set up” for life. 8. So I started “working” exclusively for Epstein. He took me to New York on his big, private jet. We went to his mansion in New York City. I was shown to my room, a very luxurious room. The mansion was huge. I was very young and I got scared because it was so big. Epstein brought me to a room with a massage parlor. Epstein made me engage [in] sexual activities with him there. 9. You can see how young I looked in the photograph below [see insert page 3]. 10. Epstein took me on a ferry boat on one of the trips to New York City and there he took the picture above. I was approximately 15 or 16 years old at the time. erts Giuffre: January 19, 2015 by attorneys ‘s victims fre and I was born in August, : old. ch, Florida. When I was little, I be a veterinarian. But my life hen adults-including Jeffrey Alan Dershowitz-began to be me. , when I was 15 years old, I met e daughter of Robert Maxwell. lisher in Britain. Maxwell asked y Epstein’s mansion for the purperform “massages” and to train 134 135 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009284¶
JAMES PATTERSON FILE 11. Over the next few weeks, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trained me to do what they wanted, including sexual activities. The training was in New York and Florida, at Epstein’s mansion. It was basically every day and it was like going to school. I also had to have sex with Epstein many times. 12. I was trained to be “everything a man wanted me to be.” It wasn’t just sexual training-they wanted me to be able to cater to all the needs of the men they were going to send me to. They said that they loved that I was very compliant and knew how to keep my mouth shut about what they expected me to do. 13. Epstein and Maxwell also told me that they wanted me to produce information for them in addition to performing sex on the men. They told me to pay attention to the details about what the men wanted, so I could report back to them. 14. While I had juvenile hopes of bettering my life, from very early on I was also afraid of Epstein. Epstein told me he was a billionaire. I told my mother that I was working for this rich guy, and she said “go, go far away.” Epstein had promised me a lot, and I knew if I left I would be in big trouble. I was witness to a lot of illegal and bad behavior by Epstein and his friends. If I left Epstein, he knew all kinds of powerful people. He could have had me killed or abducted, and I knew he was capable of that if I did not obey him. He let me know that he knew many people in high places. Speaking about himself, he said “I can get away” with things. Even as a teenager, I understood what this meant and it scared me as I believe he intended. 136 15. I visited and traveled through the summer of 2002 with him for sexual activities sions) in locations including area of Santa Fe, New Mex island in the U.S. Virgin Islan with him often in these places ple he demanded that I have many of these sexual encounte my only purposes for Epste was to be used for sex. 16. To illustrate my conne four photographs taken of me in for one of the photographs in museum in Santa Fe, New Mexi the day. Epstein took this picture at the time, judging from the lo we returned to Epstein’s Zorro R on one of Epstein’s horses on th following two are from wintertin 17. When I was with him, E girls on a daily basis. His inte obvious to the people around obvious and bold that anyone s at one of Epstein’s residences we of what was going on. 18. Epstein’s code word for s was a “massage.” At times the and the girls would start in the was always a sexual encounter a 137 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009285¶
TERSON S, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghiswhat they wanted, including as in New York and Florida, sically every day and it was¶
have sex with Epstein many rything a man wanted me to ing-they wanted me to be f the men they were going to loved that I was very complimouth shut about what they I also told me that they wanted them in addition to perform- d me to pay attention to the nted, so I could report back to opes of bettering my life, from ! of Epstein. Epstein told me he nother that I was working for go, go far away.” Epstein had if I left I would be in big trouif illegal and bad behavior by ft Epstein, he knew all kinds of ive had me killed or abducted, if that if I did not obey him. He ny people in high places. Speakcan get away” with things. Even hat this meant and it scared me, 136 FILTHY RICH
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- I visited and traveled with Jeffrey Epstein from 1999 through the summer of 2002, and during that time I stayed with him for sexual activities at each of his houses (or mansions) in locations including New York City, New York; the area of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Palm Beach, Florida; an island in the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Paris, France. I had sex with him often in these places and also with the various people he demanded that I have sex with. Epstein paid me for many of these sexual encounters. Looking back, I realize that my only purposes for Epstein, Maxwell, and their friends was to be used for sex.
- To illustrate my connection to these places, I include four photographs taken of me in New Mexico [see insert page 3 for one of the photographs mentioned]. The first one is a museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We had gone sightseeing for the day. Epstein took this picture of me. I was approximately 17 at the time, judging from the looks of it. At the end of the day we returned to Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. The second picture is me on one of Epstein’s horses on the ranch in New Mexico. The following two are from wintertime in New Mexico.
- When I was with him, Epstein had sex with underage girls on a daily basis. His interest in this kind of sex was obvious to the people around him. The activities were so obvious and bold that anyone spending any significant time at one of Epstein’s residences would have clearly been aware of what was going on.
- Epstein’s code word for sexual encounters was that it was a “massage.” Al times the interaction between Epstein and the girls would start in the massage room setting, but it was always a sexual encounter and never just a massage. 137 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009286
JAMES PATTERSON 19. In addition to constantly finding underage girls to satisfy their personal desires, Epstein and Maxwell also got girls for Epstein’s friends and acquaintances. Epstein specifically told me that the reason for him doing this was so that they would “owe him,” they would “be in his pocket,” and he would “have something on them.” I understood that Epstein thought he could get leniency if he was ever caught doing anything illegal, or that he could escape trouble altogether. Roberts submitted her declaration in support of a motion to be added as a plaintiff in a suit (ongoing, as of this writing) that sought to overturn a non-prosecution agreement that Jeffrey Epstein would reach with the government. Roberts was seeking to join a case brought against the government by two other victims, but a judge denied her motion in April of 2015, explaining that the case had already been pending for several years, and it was unnecessary to add an additional plaintiff. Roberts’s declaration, which goes on for another eight pages, and makes twenty-four additional points, was stricken from the recordthe judge explained that the “lurid” and “unnecessary details” involving “non-parties” to the lawsuit against the government, were “immaterial and impertinent” to the proceedings. Through a representative, Ghislaine Maxwell called the allegations against her “obvious lies,” after which Roberts filed a defamation suit against Maxwell. In an answer filed in the suit, Maxwell elaborated that Roberts’s “story of abuse at the hands of Ms. Maxwell” was “fabricated” for financial gain. 138 Alicia: May 20, 1997 D onald Trump’s instin solid. But if the repc into Epstein’s myster ther, there’s a chance they w not just in Palm Beach. In California, for instan from the Santa Monica Police In the spring-almost the the police. The young woman appeared on Baywatch and Ge ally assaulted at a trendy hotel The officer who took th Alicia* and her voice. A w Alicia’s name, some identifying ( HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009287¶