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Through the process of arranging and facilitating massage appointments for Epstein, met dozens
of underage victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 17 years old. For example, when minor victims arrived
for the appointments at Palm Beach, sometimes met them, walked them up to the massage room,
and set up the massage table for the appointment. After some of the appointments, paid minor
victims in cash. Epstein encouraged minor victims to bring other girls to massage him, which led to an
increasing number of victims coming to massage Epstein at his residences.
None of those victims told that they were underage. did know that some of those victims
did not have their own cars, and arranged for a driver to pick them up and take them to their
appointments with Epstein. Additionally, some of those victims told they could not attend certain
appointment times because they were attending school. Epstein also told that at least one of
those victims was studying for the SATs.
During some of the massage appointments with minor girls that scheduled, Epstein sexually
abused the minor girls by, among other things,
In addition, the Government would be prepared to prove that witnessed some of the
sexual abuse that occurred. In particular, one victim ("Victim-1") has informed law enforcement that
was present for and participated in one massage when Victim-1w as a minor, during which Epstein
touched Victim-l's Another victim ("Victim-2") has informed law enforcement that
walked in on one instance in which Victim-2, a minor, was Epstein. Another victim
("Victim-3") has informed law enforcement that walked in when Victim-3 was a minor and was
in Epstein's massage room. has informed the U.S. Attorney's Office that she denies
participating in any of the incidents described by Victim-1, Victim-2, and Victim-3.
In or about 2005, learned that law enforcement was investigating Epstein for sex crimes involving
minors, arising from the massage appointments, some of which had scheduled. After learning
about the investigation into Epstein, at Epstein's direction, called multiple minor victims and
encouraged them to "help" Epstein and conveyed that Epstein would help them if they helped him.
encouraged them to talk to Epstein's investigator, offered that Epstein would pay for an attorney
for them, and, in one or two cases, offered financial incentives to victims. understood that
by asking her to make these calls, Epstein intended to dissuade the victims from speaking to law
enforcement, and by agreeing to make the calls and take these steps, she was aiding him in this
objective. Beginning in approximately 2006, multiple minor victims were interviewed by federal law
enforcement officers who were conducting a criminal investigation of Epstein and his associates for sex
trafficking of minors, among other federal offenses. During those interviews, minor victims reported to
federal agents that Epstein paid them for sexualized massages while they were underage girls, including
during massages that scheduled.
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