EFTA00158642.pdf

J8RsEPS1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 2 x 3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 4 v. 19 CR 490 (RMB) 5 JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 6 Defendant. 7 x 8 New York, N.Y. August 27, 2019 9 10:30 a.m. 10 Before: 11 HON. RICHARD M. BERMAN, 12 District Judge 13 14 APPEARANCES 15 GEOFFREY S. BERMAN United States Attorney for the 16 Southern District of New York BY: 17 Assistant United States Attorneys 18 MARTIN G. WEINBERG, PC 19 Attorney for Defendant BY: MARTIN G. WEINBERG 20 STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP 21 Attorneys for Defendant BY: REID WEINGARTEN 22 MICHAEL MILLER 23 24 25 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3513.004 Page 1 of 3 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00007266 EFTA00158642  J8RPEPS2 to hear. His death has robbed me of that justice. 2 Please don't rob us of justice again. Thank you. 3 THE COURT: Thank you. 4 Your Honor, I think I have one more 5 client that is going to speak today, 6 THE COURT: Would you spell that? 7 : Good morning, your Honor. 8 THE COURT: Good morning. 9 : My name is spelled 10 11 Thank you, your Honor, for giving us the opportunity 12 to be heard this morning. 13 THE COURT: Sure. 14 ~• When I was introduced to Jeffrey 15 Epstein, I was young and full of hope and the foolishness of a 16 teenager. I was idealistic, and I saw the good in people. 17 Jeffrey Epstein manipulated me, coerced me and sexually abused 18 me. 19 Something I think is very important to communicate is 20 that loss of innocence, trust and joy is not recoverable. The 21 abuse, spanning several years, was devaluing beyond measure and 22 affected my ability to form and maintain healthy relationships, 23 both in my work and my personal life. He could not begin to 24 fathom what he took from us, and I say "us" because I am every 25 girl he did this to, and they're all me. And today we stand SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3513-004 Page 2 of 3 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00007267 EFTA00158643  J8RPEPS2 1 together, those that are present and those that aren't. 2 I was a victim, and it has taken me many, many years 3 to stand here and say, yes, it was me. I was a victim, but I 4 will not remain a victim and be silent for one more day. 5 Although I think it's tragic when anybody dies before their 6 time, I'm extremely relieved that Jeffrey Epstein will not be 7 in a position to hurt anymore children or anymore women, and 8 I'm glad to be part of a group of women who are now bonded 9 forever in the trauma that we endured at the hands of this man. 10 Thank you. 11 THE COURT: Thank you. 12 Your Honor, we had one client who was 13 not able to be here but sent a message through a letter. Her 14 name i 15 . And of my office, is going to 16 read her letter as instructed. 17 THE COURT: Sure. 18 Thank you, your Honor. 19 THE COURT: Yup. 20 What happened to me occurred many 21 years ago when I was in high school, but it still effects my 22 life. I was told then that Jeffrey Epstein was going to be 23 held accountable, but he was not. In fact, the government 24 worked out a secret deal and didn't tell me about it. The case 25 ended without me knowing what was going on, without him being SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 3513.004 Page 3 of 3 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00007268 EFTA00158644