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Ep said I’d be eaten Woman: Vowed to feed me to gators if I told of rape

- BY STEPHEN REX BROWN

Jeffrey Epstein raped a Florida real estate broker — and then threatened to feed her to a lake full of alligators if she ever contacted authoritie­s, a shocking new lawsuit claims.

The woman, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, alleges that Ghislaine Maxwell was present in 2008 when Epstein warned her that she should never talk about his abuse.

“Epstein then ushered the plaintiff to the body of water and told her in explicit detail that, as had happened to other girls in the past, she would end up in this body of water and be devoured by the alligators, should she ever reveal what Epstein had done to her,” the suit filed in South Florida Federal Court reads.

Doe’s suit, which names the executors of Epstein’s estate as defendants, is unusually disturbing — even by the multimilli­onaire sex offender’s standards. It includes allegation­s that seem to be a departure from Epstein’s routine of depraved abuse through sexualized massages. Doe says Maxwell and Epstein “repeatedly raped her” in the presence of her young son at a hotel in Naples, Fla., and that Epstein forced her to have sex with other men, including one creep who identified himself as a local judge.

Doe, a devout, married Muslim woman of Turkish descent who was 26 in 2008, alleges that Epstein forced her to undergo surgery to give the false impression she was a virgin. The “violent and illegal procedure” was botched and Doe is “permanentl­y sexually dysfunctio­nal,” reads the suit, which was first reported by the Miami Herald.

Doe says she met Epstein in 2006 or 2007 through her job. Doe’s boss hosted a barbecue, where Epstein introduced her toMaxwell, who went by G-Max, the suit states. Maxwell lured Doe deeper into Epstein’s depraved lifestyle after Doe helped him arrange a deal for a rental property at $10,000 per month, which he paid in all cash, the suit states.

Soon, the British socialite — who served as Epstein’s friend and employee — had allegedly taken Doe’s passport for

“safekeepin­g.” Doe, an experience hairdresse­r, says she gave into Maxwell’s repeated suggestion she work for Epstein in early 2008. Doe went to Epstein’s Palm Beach Estate expecting to cut his hair and discuss employment opportunit­ies. But when she arrived, Epstein was completely naked.

“He proceeded, with Maxwell’s assistance, to brutally rape plaintiff and otherwise sexually abuse plaintiff. At that time and thereafter, Epstein had firearms in his possession which were in full view and displayed to plaintiff for the purpose of frightenin­g and intimidati­ng her,” the suit reads.

After the encounter, Epstein and Maxwell had Doe drive them to the “large body of water that was infested with alligators,” the suit states.

Epstein maintained a stash of compromisi­ng videos of Doe and repeatedly warned her he could get authoritie­s to deport her or take away her child, according to the lawsuit. Doe says she believed his threats. She drove young women to various locations at Epstein’s behest. Maxwell even ordered Doe to hold onto a locked box, burner phones and other electronic­s in April 2008, which the alleged madam retrieved a month later, according to the lawsuit.

Court papers do not explain when Doe escaped Epstein’s abuse. But the multimilli­onaire pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a child for prostituti­on and of soliciting a prostitute, resulting in a lenient sentence of 13 months in Palm Beach County jail.

Astonishin­gly, the suit states that Doe did not learn of Epstein’s arrest for underage sex traffickin­g in 2019 and subsequent suicide until Maxwell’s arrest last year for procuring and grooming underage victims.

Lawyers for Epstein’s estate and Maxwell did not return inquiries.

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