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Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] BSN01181 - Business Source A-Z Black Leather Tab Index Dividers $2.64 BSN32954 - Business Source Standard Desktop Tape Dispenser,… $1.73 UNV12113 - Universal Top Tab Manila File Folders, 1/3-Cut Tabs,… $7.99 -76% -68% 'LOLITA EXPRESS' Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring As new woman claims the billionaire pedophile abused her and her underage siser. Kate Briquelet Senior Reporter Lachlan Cartwright Senior Reporter Updated 04.17.19 2:39AM ET / Published 04.16.19 6:36PM ET POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT WORLD NEWS HALF FULL CULTURE U.S. NEWS INNOVATION SCOUTED TRAVEL CHEAT SHEET NEWSLETTERS JOIN LOG IN Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Photo Illusration by The Daily Beas/Getty/Handout A new accuser has come forward against Jefrey Epstein, claiming the billionaire pedophile and his alleged madam, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, sexually assaulted her and her underage sister on diferent occasions in the 1990s. The allegations surfaced Tuesday as part of a defamation suit Virginia Roberts Giufre fled against Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, a friend and attorney of Epstein’s who helped secure a controversial plea deal for Epstein after he was arrested in 2006 for molesting dozens of minor girls at his Palm Beach mansion. Maria Farmer, the alleged victim, also claims she witnessed Dershowitz visit Epstein’s Manhattan mansion and head upstairs, where she says underage girls were present. Giufre has long claimed Epstein kept her as a “sex slave” and loaned her to his famous friends including Prince Andrew. (Both men have vehemently denied this claim.) She fled the lawsuit against Dershowitz in New York federal court, claiming the high￾profle defense lawyer “was also a participant in sex trafcking, including as one of the men to whom Epstein lent out [Giufre] for sex.” MONEY MAN REVEALED: We Found Jeffrey Epstein’s Secret Charity Kate Briquelet Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] The complaint accuses Dershowitz of employing “a desperate barrage of false and increasingly defamatory attacks” on Giufre after a Miami Herald investigation revealed how Epstein and his lawyers obtained the infamous non-prosecution agreement that essentially resulted in Epstein getting a slap on the wrist for abusing the underage girls. Epstein served 13 months of his 18- month sentence for crimes that could have sent him to prison for life. Dershowitz has recently accused Giufre and her lawyers of framing him in order to get millions of dollars from Epstein’s only known client, Limited Brands chairman Leslie Wexner. He also accused another Epstein accuser, Sarah Ransome, of fabricating recent claims that she was coerced into sex with Dershowitz. (In response, Dershowitz called Ransome’s accusations “delusional” and claimed he’d never met her.) Indeed, Dershowitz challenged his accusers to sue him for defamation. Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] In response to the lawsuit, Dershowitz told The Daily Beast on Tuesday: “I welcome it. This lawsuit gives me the opportunity I’ve been looking for to prove Virginia Roberts has committed perjury and will continue to commit perjury in federal court.” “I am asking the FBI to come to this trial because perjury will be committed in front of a federal judge and in a federal courtroom,” Dershowitz added. “And I will prove it is she who is committing perjury.” “I will prove it from her own mouth as I have documents from her that acknowledges that I was not one of the people that she had sex with,” Dershowitz said. The Daily Beast has left messages for attorneys for Maxwell and Epstein, and put in a call for comment from Wexner on Tuesday. In the afdavit, Maria Farmer says she was an artist and grad student in New York City in 1995, when she met Epstein and his alleged madam, Maxwell, at an art show. The following summer, she alleges, the pair sexually assaulted Farmer in Ohio—and molested her 15-year-old sister at Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico. RELATED IN U.S. NEWS Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Jailed: Epstein to Face Sex Trafcking Charges in NYC Court Court Orders Release of Docs About Alleged Epstein Sex Ring Feds: Epstein Created ‘Vast Network’ of Underage Sex Victims Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] The duo are accused of sexually assaulting Farmer while she stayed at Wexner’s Ohio mansion. At the time, Epstein had allegedly enlisted Farmer for a special art project at Wexner’s property, where she stayed along with her younger brothers. “Epstein said that if I sold him one of my paintings for half price he would help me with my career,” Farmer stated of their frst meeting. “I sold him the painting that night for half price which was approximately $6,000.” Months later, Farmer claims in the court fling, Epstein called her and claimed he was looking for an art consultant. But instead, Farmer was hired to become a lookout for the front door of Epstein’s East 71st Street mansion. Her job involved “manning the front door at his New York mansion and keeping records of people who came to the home,” she said. “During the time I was supervising the door at Epstein’s mansion, I witnessed a number of school age girls coming to the home, some of the young girls would be wearing their school uniforms,” Farmer’s afdavit added. Those girls would enter Epstein’s Upper East Side property, then be escorted upstairs, Farmer claimed. “When I asked Maxwell why these young girls were coming over to the house so often she said that the girls were interviewing for modeling positions,” Farmer stated. “At the time, based on my observations at the home, it did not seem credible to me that these young girls were interviewing for modeling positions.” Dershowitz visited Epstein’s New York residence “a number of times” while Farmer worked for Epstein, she said. “Dershowitz was very comfortable at the home and would come in and walk upstairs,” Farmer added. She claims Dershowitz went upstairs at the same time minor girls were present there. Dershowitz denied Farmer’s claims, telling The Daily Beast: “Maria Farmer stopped working for Epstein before I ever met Epstein. It’s a totally perjured afdavit. It’s all totally made up. For her lawyers to submit these obviously perjured afdavits raises serious questions about their role in this case.” Meanwhile, Farmer claims her younger sister, who was 15 years old, was abused by Epstein and Maxwell, too. “Maxwell and Epstein took an interest in my younger sister. Epstein took us to a movie in New York and during the movie he held “She alleges the pair sexually assaulted her in Ohio—and molested her 15-year-old sister at Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico.” “During the time I was supervising the door at Epstein’s mansion, I witnessed a number of school age girls coming to the home, some of the young girls would be wearing their school uniforms...” Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] my younger sister’s hand and was rubbing her in a sexual manner without my knowledge,” Farmer said in her afdavit. Epstein “then contacted my mother and said he wants to help put my younger sister through a special school program in Thailand,” Farmer added. That summer, Epstein and Maxwell allegedly few Farmer’s younger sister to Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, where they molested her on a massage table, the afdavit alleges. The duo is accused of touching the girl inappropriately after directing her to remove her clothes and get on a massage table. “It was not until later in the summer when I called my sister in Thailand where she was studying that I learned what had happened to her at Epstein’s New Mexico ranch,” Farmer stated in the court fling. While Farmer worked on her art project at Wexner’s mansion, she claims, Maxwell and Epstein sexually assaulted her. “They asked me to come into a bedroom with them and then proceeded to sexually assault me against my will,” Farmer said. “I fed the room and called the sherif’s ofce but did not get any response.” Wexner’s security, Farmer said, refused to let her leave the property. “I was held against my will for approximately twelve hours until I was ultimately allowed to leave with my father,” Farmer said. Her father had driven to Ohio from Kentucky to get her. Farmer claims that when she returned to New York and went to police at the Sixth Precinct for help, ofcers allegedly told her to contact the FBI to make a report about the supposed Ohio assault. “I called the FBI and made the report but to my knowledge, the FBI did not take any action against Epstein or Maxwell,” Farmer stated. “To my knowledge I was the frst person to report Maxwell and Epstein to the FBI.” After the alleged assault, Maxwell and Epstein called Farmer multiple times to threaten her, Farmer claims. The pair also called her art clients and people in New York’s art world in a bid to destroy her career, the afdavit states. “Maxwell and Epstein worked in concert to make sure that my career and my life was ruined,” Farmer stated. “I was terrifed of Maxwell and Epstein and I moved a number of time to try to hide from them.” “I have struggled throughout my life as a direct result of Epstein and Maxwell’s actions against me and my hope is that they will be held accountable for their crimes,” Farmer concluded in the afdavit. “While I am still afraid, I am coming forward because I think it is so important to do so.” “I called the FBI and made the report but to my knowledge, the FBI did not take any action against Epstein or Maxwell.” “'Roberts was forced to engage in sexual acts with Dershowitz in, among other locations, Epstein’s mansion' in New York City, the lawsuit claims. ” Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Giufre’s complaint provides further details on the scope of Epstein’s alleged sex-trafcking operation, citing fight logs of the fnancier’s private jet. A graphic of a map inside the complaint shows fights to Tangier, Granada, London and Paris. “During the time period that Roberts was being trafcked by Epstein she was forced to have sex with Alan Dershowitz,” the lawsuit adds. “Roberts was forced to engage in sexual acts with Dershowitz in, among other locations, Epstein’s mansion” in New York City. Giufre accuses Dershowitz of lying about fying on Epstein’s private plane, dubbed the “Lolita Express” by the media, which he claims he took only with his wife. The lawyer traveled on Epstein’s jet with young women, including a Victoria’s Secret model, the complaint alleges. Dershowitz is also accused by Giufre of lying about his involvement with another of Epstein’s alleged victims, Sarah Ransome, who now lives in Spain and says she was introduced to Epstein in 2006 when she was 22 and living in New York. Soon after meeting Epstein, he allegedly few her to his private isle in the Virgin Islands, where he directed her to have sex with him and “various other girls and guests,” according to an afdavit by Ransome, fled as part of Giufre’s lawsuit. Ransome claims Epstein at one point arranged for Dershowitz to represent her, and during that time, also “lent her out to Dershowitz for sex,” the complaint alleges. “At his town house I was also lent out by him to his friends and associates to have sex,” Ransome said of Epstein in the court fling. “Among the people he lent me to was his friend, Alan Dershowitz,” Ransome stated in the fling, dated April 8 2019. “On one occasion I was in a bedroom at Jefrey’s New York townhouse with Jefrey and Nadia Marcinkova,” Ransome added, referring to a woman identifed as one of Epstein’s alleged “sex slaves.” “After a short time, Alan Dershowitz entered the room, after which Jefrey left the room and Nadia and I had sex with Dershowitz,” Ransome concluded. “I recall specifc, key details of his person and the sex acts and can describe them in the event it becomes necessary to do so.” Dershowitz, as he has in the past, denied ever knowing Ransome. “I’ve never met her. I was never her lawyer,” Dershowitz told The Daily Beast. “She was a woman that was trying to sell a story to the New York Post that she had sex tapes of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, “She was a woman that was trying to sell a story to the New York Post that she had sex tapes of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson.” — Alan Dershowitz Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Bill Clinton and Richard Branson,” Dershowitz added. “She claimed to have had sex with practically everyone under the sun, but not me.” Kate BriqueletSenior Reporter @kbriquelet [email protected] Lachlan CartwrightSenior Reporter @LachCartwright [email protected] Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Loading... SHIELDED Where Are Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged Accomplices Now? When prosecutors gave Jefrey Epsein a sweetheart plea deal in 2007, they agreed not to charge four women allegedly Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] involved in recruiting dozens of underage girls for abuse. Pilar MelendezReporter Updated 07.09.19 9:26AM ET Published 07.09.19 4:41AM ET For decades, fnancier Jefrey Epstein allegedly abused dozens of underage girls in a sex-trafcking enterprise, according to a new federal indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York. But in order to successfully “create a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit” and expand his network of possible targets, he relied on the loyalty and organizational skills of his employees, prosecutors claim. According to the 14-page indictment fled in Manhattan federal court on Monday, the 66-year-old hedge-fund manager/convicted sex ofender “worked and conspired with others, including employees and associates” to run a sex-trafcking enterprise between 2002 and 2005, preying on “dozens” of girls as young as 14 at his mansions in New York and Palm Beach, Florida. During each encounter listed in the indictment—which charges Epstein with one count of sex trafcking and one count of sex￾trafcking conspiracy—girls were taken to a room to perform “massages” nude or partially nude before Epstein would escalate the encounter to “include one or more sex acts.” “Epstein typically would also masturbate during these sexualized encounters, ask victims to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims’ genitals with his hands or with sex toys,” the indictment states, adding the money man knew that the girls were minors. ‘LONG TIME COMING’ Jailed: Epstein to Face Sex Traffcking Charges in NYC Court Pervaiz Shallwani, Kate Briquelet, Harry Siegel Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] After the assault, prosecutors allege, Epstein or his associates would pay each girl hundreds of dollars in cash and often would turn the victim into a recruiter of new girls to abuse. “In this way, Epstein created a vast network of underage victims for him to sexually exploit,” the indictment said. The indictment goes on to detail three anonymous victims and refers to three unnamed employees who allegedly assisted Epstein in the enterprise, including by making calls to arrange for “massages” for Epstein. It’s not the frst time that Epstein’s employees and associates have been accused of helping procure underage girls for his abuse. In Epstein’s controversial 2008 plea deal in Florida—which was granted by then-prosecutor and now-Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and other DOJ attorneys, without informing the billionaire’s alleged victims—four women are named as possible accomplices. Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement, which sentenced him to 18 months in prison, also granted immunity to the four women and any other “potential co-conspirators," identifed in the document as “including but not limited to Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Grof, or Nadia Marcinkova.” “While Epstein was at the head of the international sex trafcking organization, that conspiracy could not have functioned without many others playing their part,” attorney Paul Cassell, who represents multiple victims of Epstein, told The Daily Beast after Epstein’s arrest on Saturday. “Jane Doe 1 and 2 will continue to fght for all of Epstein’s co-conspirators to be held accountable in New York, Florida, and anywhere else they committed crimes.” Details of Epstein’s alleged trafcking in Monday’s indictment mirror the accounts of scores of underage women in Florida, who described several “schedulers” who organized his alleged sex sessions and one young woman, described as Epstein’s “sex slave,” who would allegedly participate in the abuse while the billionaire watched. Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] But where are Epstein’s alleged accomplices now? RELATED IN U.S. NEWS Feds: Epstein Created ‘Vast Network’ of Underage Sex Victims Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Jailed: Epstein to Face Sex Trafcking Charges in NYC Court Everything You Need to Know About the Jefrey Epstein Case Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Sarah Kellen Sarah Kellen, Epstein’s former assistant who allegedly kept a Rolodex of young girls to recruit for her employer, is now married to NASCAR driver Brian Vickers. Along with traveling with her husband, the 39-year-old (who also goes by the name Sarah Kensington) is the owner of an interior-design frm, SLK Designs. “Sarah Kensington makes a living doing what she loves in life, interior design,” a Facebook page connected to SLK Designs states. “She is the owner of SLK Designs LLC. and has studies at several schools including the University of Hawaii and New York School of Interior Design.” The social-media page also details Sarah’s interests, which include “fashion, photography, travel, delicious cuisine, and anything design related.” The page also notes that Sarah “is working with a number of clients on various projects including renovating several corporate apartments in New York, the Caribbean, and Paris. For the houses that Sarah manages, she does a number of duties which can involve organizing staf schedules, looking for and interviewing housekeepers and chefs, purchase and source items that are needed for the household (fatware, dishes, furniture, art, etc.), design foral arrangements, and interior design.” Epstein also owns homes in New York, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Paris. According to public records, SLK Designs once operated from a building in Midtown Manhattan owned by Epstein’s property￾manager brother, Mark Epstein. The condominium listed to take SLK Designs deliveries, at 301 E. 66th St., is the same address where Epstein allegedly rented units to house models. Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] Though not directly named in Monday’s indictment, Kellen has been accused in court documents related to the Florida case of booking the “massages,” often calling girls to ensure they “were available for encounters” when Epstein would travel to Palm Beach. Several alleged victims in Florida told authorities they were led to and from the upstairs room in Epstein’s mansion by a woman named Sarah, after she lined up the oils on his massage table. According to one police report, Kellen also warned the girls not to talk to authorities about the encounters. Monday’s indictment contains similar allegations about unnamed Epstein employees. “When a victim initially arrived at the Palm Beach Residence, she would be escorted to a room, sometimes by an employee of Epstein’s, including, at times, two assistants who, as described herein, were also responsible for scheduling sexual encounters with minor victims,” the Monday indictment states. Kellen also reportedly traveled on Epstein’s private plane with former President Bill Clinton on at least 11 fights between 2002 and 2003, according to fight logs published by Gawker in 2015. Kellen, who has properties in North Carolina, New York, and Miami Beach, did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment. A NASCAR spokesperson told The Daily Beast the organization does “not have a comment” about Kellen’s alleged misconduct. Nadia Marcinkova Nadia Marcinkova, Epstein’s alleged “sex slave” who was accused of participating in sexual encounters with underage girls, is now an FAA-certifed commercial pilot and fight instructor. Marcinkova, 33, who was allegedly brought from the former Yugoslavia to live with Epstein, now goes by the named “Global Girl” on social media, and has changed her last name. “Global Girl (Nadia Marcinko) spent many years in the international marketing and advertising world as an international fashion model and spokesperson, with clients including Chanel, Christian Dior, Valentino, Vogue and MTV. After many successful years in the modeling industry, she was ready for longer runways and became a licensed commercial pilot,” her Facebook account states, adding that she is an “FAA certifed fight instructor and Gulfstream II, III & IV pilot.” flyglobalgirl 39.1k followers View Profile Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] View More on Instagram 2,984 likes flyglobalgirl Straight & level flight prohibited #pilotlife #aerobatics #aviat #pitts #taildragger #airplane #femalepilot #pilots #avgeek #flying #mauijimsunglasses #boseaviation #stratusspotting #blondeshavemorefun #domoreofwhatmakesyouhappy #happyplace #pittsspecial view all 66 comments Add a comment... Marcinkova also is the founder and CEO of Aviloop, a website selling discounted fying lessons and other deals related to aviation. Since 2011, Aviloop provides a slew of services, including designing custom pilot team and “organizing team building events.” As with Kellen, the aviation company is registered at the building once owned by Mark Epstein and allegedly used as a model clubhouse by his brother. Though Marcinkova originally started calling herself "Gulfstream Girl,” she was sued in 2013 by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. for trademark infringement. On Jan. 6, 2014, the lawsuit fled in a New York Southern District court was settled after Marcinko changed her online name to Global Girl. According to written testimony by several alleged victims, Marcinkova is described as having “encouraged and engaged in sexual acts” with young girls while Epstein watched. According to police, Epstein told one victim Marcinkova was his “sex slave” and that he’d purchased her from her family in the former Yugoslavia when she was 15. Marcinkova is not directly named in Monday’s indictment. Marcinkova, who lives in New York, did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment. Adriana Ross Adriana Ross, a former model from Poland who allegedly helped organize Epstein’s predatory sessions, moved to Florida in 2002 Epstein Accuser Sues Alan Dershowitz Over Alleged Sex Ring https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-accuser-sues-alan-dershowitz-over-alleged-sex-ring[7/9/2019 9:48:05 AM] and was hired to work at the fnancier’s mansion. Ross, who often went by Adriana Mucinska and is not directly named in Monday’s indictment, also frequently few on Epstein’s private jet alongside Bill Clinton, according to fight records. Along with her fellow alleged co-conspirators, Ross was questioned in 2010 about whether Britain’s Prince Andrew participated in Epstein’s alleged sex enterprise. Refusing to answer questions about the inner workings of the alleged scheme, Ross repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights, according to previous reports. As previously reported by The Daily Beast, Ross also lived at the East 66th Street building in Manhattan. Ross’ current profession or address was not immediately clear and she could not be reached for comment. Lesley Groff Lesley Grof was another Epstein assistant who allegedly coordinated travel for young girls, often calling to schedule “massages.” Though not directly named in Monday’s indictment, the 51-year-old has been previously named as one of Epstein’s three female assistants. According to a 2005 Chicago Tribune story about executive-assistant pay, Epstein divulged his assistants made about $200,000. “They are an extension of my brain. Their intuition is something that I don’t have,” Epstein told the Tribune. According to public records, Grof currently lives in Connecticut and did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment. Pilar MelendezReporter @pbmelendez [email protected] Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Loading... 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