CHAPTER 64 Declaration of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, filed on January 19, 2015 by attorneys representing Jeffrey Epstein’s victims (continued) 20. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz was around Epstein frequently. Dershowitz was so comfortable with the sex [that] was going on that on one occasion he observed me in sexual activity with Epstein. 21. I had sexual intercourse with Dershowitz at least six times. The first time was when I was about 16, early on in my servitude to Epstein, and it continued until I was 19. 22. The first time we had sex took place in New York in Epstein’s home. It was in Epstein’s room (not the massage room). I was approximately sixteen years old at the time. I called Dershowitz “Alan.” I knew he was a famous professor. 23. The second time that I had sex with Dershowitz was at Epstein’s house in Palm Beach. 244 24. I also had sex Ranch in New Mexico i pool area, which was st 25. We also had se U.S. Virgin Islands. 26. Another sexual ( it happened on Epstein on the plane with us. 27. I have recently : calling me a “liar.” He i with me. The man I’ve se mer law professor, is th least six times. Dershow with other underage girl but he is lying and denyi 28. After years of ab look for a way to escape. i hold because I wanted to l taken me into his clutches some time I believed him. trol, regardless of my doul 29. I kept asking Eps education. Epstein finally to go to Chiang Mai to le like my chance to escape. bags for good. I knew this break away. 30. On September 27, 2 to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I my training. But Epstein w HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009325¶
FILTHY RICH CHAPTER 64 24. I also had sex with Dershowitz at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico in the massage room off of the indoor pool area, which was still being painted. 25. We also had sex at Little Saint James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 26. Another sexual encounter between me and Dershowitz happened on Epstein’s airplane. Another girl was present on the plane with us. 27. I have recently seen Alan Dershowitz on television calling me a “liar.” He is lying by denying that he had sex with me. The man I’ve seen on television, described as a former law professor, is the same man that I had sex with at least six times. Dershowitz also knows that Epstein had sex with other underage girls and lent me out to other people, but he is lying and denying that… 28. After years of abuse and being lent out, I began to look for a way to escape. I had first gone into Epstein’s household because I wanted to be a massage therapist. Epstein had taken me into his clutches through promises and talk and for some time I believed him. But once he had me under his control, regardless of my doubts and fears, I felt trapped. 29. I kept asking Epstein for my promised training and education. Epstein finally got me a plane ticket to Thailand to go to Chiang Mai to learn Thai massage. This sounded like my chance to escape. In September 2002, I packed my bags for good. I knew this would be my only opportunity to break away. 30. On September 27, 2002, I flew from JFK in New York to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I arrived around September 29 for my training. But Epstein was going to get something out of 244 245 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009326 oberts Giuffre, filed on rneys representing Jeffrey led) r Alan Dershowitz was around witz was so comfortable with the t on one occasion he observed me ein. urse with Dershowitz at least six vhen I was about 16, early on in d it continued until I was 19. ad sex took place in New York in Epstein’s room (not the massage y sixteen years old at the time. I knew he was a famous professor. at I had sex with Dershowitz was Beach.¶
JAMES PATTERSON F1 this trip as well. I was supposed to interview a girl and bring her back to the United States for Epstein. 31. [Left blank in the original] 32. I did the massage training in Chiang Mai. While I was there, I met a great and special guy and told him honestly what I was being forced to do. He told me I should get out of it. I told him that the people I was working for were very powerful and that I could not walk away or disobey them without risking serious punishment, including my life. He told me he would protect me. I had confidence [in] him and I saw his love and help as my opportunity to escape and to be with someone who truly loved me and would protect me. I married him and flew to Australia. 33. I called Epstein and told him I was not coming back. He asked why? I said “I’ve fallen in love.” Epstein basically said “good luck and have a good life.” I could tell he was not happy. I was afraid of what he was going to do to me. I thought he or one of his powerful friends might send someone to hurt me or have me killed. 34. From that point onward, out of concern for my safety and general well-being, I stayed in Australia with my husband. I was in Australia from late 2002 to October 2013. To be clear, I was never in the United States during these years, not even for a short trip to visit my mother. And my absence from the United States was not voluntary—I was hiding from Epstein out of fear of what he would do to me if I returned to the United States. 35. In around 2007, after not hearing from anyone for years, out of the blue I was contacted by someone who identified himself with a plain sounding name and claimed he was with the FBI. It seemed v cial criminal investigation that. I hadn’t heard Epste who this person was and v tell what was going on. 36. This man said he The man asked if I had be instinct was to say nothi really with the FBI or any c questions, telling him that met him at a young age. Bu This man never offered to ( Instead, he asked me right practices. I thought it would ment officer to behave tha uncomfortable and suspici ing me. 37. I told the man nothi versation probably didn’t immediately triggered all of erful friends that had cause If the call accomplished an state of fear and told me th and had nobody officially p 38. I suspected that the for Epstein or one of Epstein’s if this was really an agent w would have known who I wa ual crimes in many differen viewed me in a way that woul 246 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009327¶
PATTERSON FILTHY RICH osed to interview a girl and bring es for Epstein. riginal] training in Chiang Mai. While I nd special guy and told him honed to do. He told me I should get le people I was working for were could not walk away or disobey us punishment, including my life. ect me. I had confidence [in] him as my opportunity to escape and ruly loved me and would protect v to Australia. d told him I was not coming back. fallen in love.” Epstein basically I good life.” I could tell he was not hat he was going to do to me. I owerful friends might send somekilled. ward, out of concern for my safety stayed in Australia with my husrom late 2002 to October 2013. To United States during these years, visit my mother. And my absence was not voluntary-I was hiding of what he would do to me if I tes. after not hearing from anyone for contacted by someone who identi-¶
ounding name and claimed he was 246 with the FBI. It seemed very odd for someone doing an official criminal investigation to just call up on the phone like that. I hadn’t heard Epstein’s name for years. I didn’t know who this person was and what it was really about. I couldn’t tell what was going on. 36. This man said he was looking into Jeffrey Epstein. The man asked if I had been involved with Epstein. My first instinct was to say nothing because I wasn’t sure he was really with the FBI or any authorities. I answered a few basic questions, telling him that I knew Jeffrey Epstein and had met him at a young age. But the conversation didn’t feel right. This man never offered to come and meet with me in person. Instead, he asked me right off the bat about Epstein’s sexual practices. I thought it would be strange for a true law enforcement officer to behave that way, so I became increasingly uncomfortable and suspicious about who was actually calling me. 37. I told the man nothing more about Epstein. The conversation probably didn’t even last three minutes, but it immediately triggered all of the fears of Epstein and his powerful friends that had caused me to escape in the first place. If the call accomplished anything, it only put me back in a state of fear and told me that I could be found quite easily and had nobody officially protecting me. 38. I suspected that the man who called me was working for Epstein or one of Epstein’s powerful friends. I believed that if this was really an agent who was investigating Epstein, he would have known who I was and how I fit into Epstein’s sexual crimes in many different places. He would have interviewed me in a way that would have established his credentials 247 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009328¶
JAMES PATTERSON and would have shown how he could provide potential protection from Epstein. That never happened. 39. Getting a call from this supposed FBI agent made me scared all over again. I had left the old life of sexual slavery behind me and started a new life in a new country in hopes that the powerful people whose illegal activities I knew all about would never find me. 40. Shortly after this purported FBI call, I was contacted by telephone by someone who appeared clearly to be working for Epstein. The caller told me about an investigation into. Epstein and said that some of the girls being questioned were saying that Epstein had had sexual contact with them. After they made these allegations, the man said they were being discredited as drug addicts and prostitutes, but in my case, if I were to keep quiet, I would “be looked after.” The fact that this call was made shortly after the supposed FBI call reinfor[c]ed my concern that the man I had talked to earlier was not really working for the FBI but for Epstein. I didn’t think that the FBI and Epstein would both be working together and would both get my phone number at almost exactly the same time. I played along and told this person that I had gotten a call from the “FBI” but that I didn’t tell him anything. The person on the phone was pleased to hear [that]. 41. A short time later, one of Epstein’s lawyers (not Alan Dershowitz) called me, and then got Epstein on the line at the same time. Epstein and his lawyer basically asked again if I was going to say anything. The clear implication was that I should not. The way they were talking to me, I was afraid of what would happen if I didn’t keep quiet. My thought was that if I didn’t say what I might get hurt. 42. I promised Epste quiet. They seemed hap to [be the] way to keep what Epstein and his lav This declaration, strick victims’ lawsuit against t events that led to Dershow involved in spectacular law Dershowitz that these alle him, and a complaint by E against him were false and 248 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009329¶