Lolita Express sex slave: How ‘massage guru’ introduced me into Epstein’s world
ONE of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex slaves has claimed she was introduced to his alleged ‘madam’, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, by a Hollywood ‘guru to the stars’.
Chauntae Davies was 21 and a trainee massage therapist when her ‘mentor’, Gypsy Gita, took her to the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills to give Maxwell a massage. She claims ‘within days’ she was being raped and abused by convicted paedophile Epstein.
While there is no suggestion the eccentric Mr Gita, whose clients include actress Minnie Driver and who has been pictured with Donald Trump, knew Ms Davies would be trafficked to the millionaire, prosecutors may want to speak to him about Maxwell.
She will stand trial next year on six charges, including child sex trafficking.
Ms Davies, who became an air hostess on Epstein’s private jet, dubbed the ‘ Lolita Express’, recounted her chilling story for the new TV documentary Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, which is due to air in Britain later this month. She was at a Hollywood party in 2001 when Mr Gita approached her.
‘He tells me he’s a massage guru to the stars and he was drawn to my energy but that I was holding back, I had emotional blocks,’ she recalled. ‘He felt like someone who was going to heal me. Then it became a conversation: ‘Why don’t you learn the trade?’
Ms Davies, now 40, massaged Maxwell, who allegedly then offered to fly her to Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion in Florida and give her a staff position as a masseuse. ‘Gypsy was adamant I should go. He ended up convincing me it would be OK,’ she said.
But at her first meeting with Epstein, he forced her to perform a sex act on him and on their third or fourth meeting he raped her. She was repeatedly abused by him for four years and she learned he had also attacked her younger sister.
Mr Gita’s name appears several times in Epstein’s ‘little black book’ of contacts. Under the heading ‘Massage-California’, there are several phone numbers and entries that read ‘Jan (one of gypsy’s) and Kalja (gypsy’s girl). Another entry under ‘Massage-Paris’ says: ‘Stephan (better than Gypsy!)’
A former heroin addict and drug dealer, Mr Gita – real name Joseph Alvarez – charges £270 for a 90-minute session, or £3,000 a day for 30-day ‘vision quests’. His business card reads: ‘Beyond the boundaries of Physical Illusions lies the Realm of the Spirit… the Ageless World of Truth. Your journey begins here.’
Maxwell, 58, is accused of being Epstein’s chief recruiter and of procuring girls as young as 14 for his sex trafficking operation. She has vehemently denied all charges.
Last night Mr Gita said he had been ‘horrified’ when he learned about Epstein’s child trafficking ring and would help the FBI if asked. ‘I massaged him and Ghislaine but I swear I never saw children,’ he said. ‘I introduced Chauntae to them and she never mentioned the abuse to me. If she had I would have acted immediately.’
‘He said I had emotional blocks. I felt that he could heal me’