A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein has recalled the harrowing ordeal she faced at the hands of the late convicted se* offender.
Juliette Bryant broke down in tears as she opened up about being recruited by women working for the disgraced financier, with the promise of helping her launch her modelling career.
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Juliette told Sky News she ‘just freaked out and I suddenly realised these people might kill me’.
« I suddenly realised I had to be nice and friendly as I realised I was in great danger, » she said.
She first encountered Epstein in Cape Town in 2002 when he was touring South Africa alongside Bill Clinton, and within three weeks she was flown to New York.
Bryant, a first year university student at the time, said she had thought that her ‘dreams were all coming true’ as she hoped to make it as a model in the city.
Yet moments after landing in New York, she was taken to Teterboro Aiport in New Jersey and informed that she would be travelling to the Caribbean and Epstein’s private island.
After boarding the Boeing 727-100, the then-20-year-old aspiring model was attacked, with the women laughing and watching on.
Bryant claimed Epstein started ‘forcibly touching me in between my legs’ just seconds after his ‘Lolita Express’ took off.
« He patted the chair next to him, and then I went and sat there. It was such a confusing situation for a young person to be in. I was really petrified, » she said.
Trapped on the island with no passport, Bryant was repeatedly raped by Epstein for the next two years.
A disposable camera she found on the island allowed her to take photographs of all the places she was abused, which include Epstein’s New Mexico ranch.
The sex offender offered Bryant $2,000 (£1.4k) to recruit girls for him and another $4,000 (£2.9k) to stay with him, though she refused as she did not ‘want to be around him’.
Unredacted emails sent from Bryant to Epstein were included in the latest documents released by the US Department of Justice, dubbed the Epstein Files.
The emails show she remained in contact with him until 2017 and Bryant explained that she would send Epstein emails when she was intoxicated or in the midst of a breakdown.
« Invisible chains is a good way to put it, it was like I was handcuffed invisibly, » Bryant said, adding that she had felt like ‘he was watching me’ which also led to her emailing him.
Epstein died by suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York while awaiting trial for sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in August 2019.
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Warning: This article contains discussion of child abuse which some readers may find distressing.
Amid the millions of pages of Epstein files that were released last week, we now have a disturbing reason why the disgraced sex offender was banned from Xbox Live.
The paedophile financier was first arrested in 2008 following sexual offences charges and was later due to be brought before a federal court in 2019 as a shocking number of allegations came to light.
Before he could face justice, the 66-year-old was found dead in his prison cell, with Ghislaine Maxwell the only close associate of Epstein’s to face criminal charges in the years since.
The latest release only provides more evidence linking some of the world’s elite to the convicted sex offender, albeit with the caveat that a mere mention in the files doesn’t necessarily point towards any wrongdoing.
Although Epstein was first jailed in 2008 for soliciting underage sex, he was released a year later until he was hit with federal sex trafficking charges in 2019.
Certainly, the US billionaire was enjoying some time on his games console, as the latest release of Epstein files revealed that he had an Xbox Live account that was subsequently banned for a disturbing reason.
Friday’s file release revealed that he created the account in October 2012, but just over a year later, Microsoft took the decision to ban him.
A warning from earlier in the day suggested that he was suspended due to ‘harassment, abuse or threats to other players’.
“This conduct has been determined to be severe, repeated, and/or excessive, » it read.
Later in the day, it became clear that he’d been banned as part of an agreement with the New York State Attorney General’s office, which made it clear that se* offenders should all be banned by Microsoft, in an attempt to keep other gamers, especially children, safe online.
“This message is to notify you that Xbox LIVE has permanently suspended the Xbox LIVE account associated with this email address,” said the notice sent to Epstein’s ‘jeevacation’ email address on Dec. 19, 2013.
“This action is based on the New York Attorney General’s partnership with Microsoft and other online gaming companies to remove New York registered se* offenders from online gaming services to minimize the risk to others, particularly children.
« As a result, any Xbox LIVE account associated with this email address will not be able to connect to Xbox LIVE.”
Epstein was permanently registered as a sex offender in 2008 and also served 13 months in prison.
