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A body of evidence

- NATHAN VASS

NEW YORK: Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an Australia-based accuser of Jeffrey Epstein, described in detail the body of alleged sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in newly released court documents.

Ms Giuffre — asked if she was aware of “any distinguis­hing physical features” about the fallen British socialite — replied: “I can tell you that she had very large natural breasts.

“I can tell you that her pubic hair was dark brown, nearly black. I don’t remember any specific birthmarks or moles that I could point out that would be relevant.”

Ms Giuffre — who has accused Epstein and Ms Maxwell of abusing her — added that she couldn’t remember whether the alleged female sex assaulter has any scars, adding that she didn’t see any tattoos.

The accuser’s statements were included in a bundle of newly unsealed documents related to Ms Giuffre’s 2016 deposition in a civil case against Ms Maxwell. She and Ms Maxwell, the daughter of late disgraced British media tycoon Robert Maxwell, eventually reached a settlement.

Ms Giuffre has accused Epstein and Ms Maxwell of abusing her while traffickin­g her out to their powerful friends, including Prince Andrew — who has vehemently denied the claims. She also claims in the documents that she saw Ms Maxwell have “continuous” sex with girls and women — some of whom she believed were as young as 15 — on one of Epstein’s private Caribbean islands.

Ms Maxwell is accused by prosecutor­s of recruiting under-age girls for paedophile Epstein, who died behind bars in Manhattan last year while awaiting trial, and abusing some young women herself.

She has pleaded not guilty.

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Ghislaine Maxwell
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre

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