My Ep dream & nightmare
Lured to his manse at 15: suit
Among the victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was a young Midwestern girl who was lured to his New Mexico mansion and sexually assaulted, according to a new lawsuit against the the filthyrich pedophile’s estate.
Epstein, who died in August at 66 from an apparent suicide while locked up in a federal jail in Manhattan, used an agent to orchestrate the girl’s assault, bringing her first to New York for a screening, and then to his New Mexico ranch, where she was videotaped and sexually assaulted, the lawsuit alleges.
The girl, who was 15 in 2004 when she met with Epstein, is identified in legal papers as Jane Doe. Her nightmare began in January of that year, when she went on a trip with her high school drama group to New York, where her 18-year-old sister was living with a family friend and working as a model.
The sister, who knew Epstein, brought the girl along to Epstein’s townhouse, where Epstein’s secretary gave her a tour. “She told Jane Doe 15 that Epstein really liked her sister and that he really wanted to meet Jane Doe 15,” the lawsuit says. “On Epstein’s behalf, Epstein’s secretary took photos of Jane Doe 15 and asked her for more photos of her and her sister. Before Jane Doe 15 left, the secretary asked for Jane Doe 15’s contact information, and gave her an iPod. The secretary said she would send Jane Doe 15’s photos and contact information to Epstein.”
Two weeks later, according to the lawsuit, the secretary emailed the girl, and invited her and her sister to come to Las Vegas and attend a magic show, then fly to Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico. Their mom signed off on the trip.
After the show, the girl and her sister boarded Epstein’s private plane for the trip to New Mexico, according to the lawsuit. Onboard were Epstein and several other young girls.
“For a girl from the Midwest, all of this was like a dream come true — to be flown around in private jets, to meet a world-famous performer backstage, and to be among other beautiful girls, almost all of whom were much older than her,” the lawsuit says. “She felt like she was being treated special, and like a grownup.”
“Epstein gave Jane Doe 15 a tour of the plane,” according to court papers. “The first thing he showed her was the bedroom.” While on the plane, she told him she was 15, court papers say.
The girl and her sister stayed in a small house detached from the main house.
“It was like a park,” the lawsuit says. “She was encouraged to ride horses and ATVs and to use the pool and hot tub. One of Epstein’s agents, a woman with red hair, told Jane Doe 15 that the water jets in the hot tub were positioned so that many girls could use them to masturbate at the same time.”
Epstein approached the girl while she was in the pool and ordered her to give him a hug, the suit says. She had been swimming in her underwear because she had not packed a swimsuit. A short time later, the red-haired woman asked her about her sexual experience. The next day, she was summoned to the main house, where the same woman told her to strip and give her a massage that turned sexual, the suit says. The massage and cameras in the ceiling made her uncomfortable.
The next day, she was invited back, this time to meet Epstein, dressed only in a robe, who demanded a massage, according to the suit. “We’re going to try something different.” he told her, according to the suit, and began to assault her with a vibrator.
“Eventually, Jane Doe 15 realized that Epstein expected her to have a visible reaction, and she pretended to have an orgasm,” the court papers say. “This appeared to satisfy Epstein, and he finally stopped molesting her.”
Epstein later gave her a check for $5,000 for college and several hundred dollars in cash.
“Jane Doe 15 was later invited to come to Epstein’s private island,” the suit says. “But she declined, finding excuses to avoid seeing Epstein. She never saw him again.”
She said the encounter left her feeling “completely powerless and lost.” She fell into depression and began to hurt herself with alcohol and drugs, the lawsuit says. Another 15 years passed before she disclosed her alleged abuse to a health provider.
Her lawyer Gloria Allred said the victim is requesting a trial to determine the amount she is entitled to in damages.
The suit was filed against Epstein’s longtime lawyers, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, who were named in his will as executors of his estate.