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To this day. I attend AA meetings, but I v ha numero r relapses and know that only by the eracc of God do I continue to live. I have twice since the abuse The photos attached as Exhibit I show me in a coma in hospital after my attempt in 2008. The photos in Exhibit 2 are of me in the hospital after my in October 201 ing my litigation against Epstein, Maxwell, ■ and which was severely retraumatizing. Last year, I travelled to New York from England (where I now live) to attend Maxwell's trial. That was both therapeutic and traumatizing. It was therapeutic to hear the testimony of the four- brave victim-witnesses, whose experience paralleled my own, to know that I was not alone and that our story was finally being told for the world to hear But unfortunately. it was also traumatizing to relive the experience, and my flashbacks and the nightmares have increased since then. I am grateful that the jury believed the victims and returned a guilty verdict. I look forward to attending the sentencing and watching Ms. Maxwell stand as her sentence is delivered in open court. But a question still tears at my soul — After all of this, how can the Five Star General of this enormous, decades-running sex trafficking conspiracy involving so many co-conspirators that snared 100's, if not 1,000s of vulnerable girls and young women continue to maintain her innocence? Why haven't the institutions and important people that enabled them been exposed and brought to justice? Reflecting on it, I know the answers to my questions. Maxwell is today the same woman I met almost 20 years ago - incapable of compassion or common human decency. Because of her wealth, social status, and connections, she believes herself beyond reproach and above the law. Sentencing her to the rest of her life in prison will not change her, but it will give survivors a slight sense ofjustice and help us as we continue to work to recover from the sex-trafl•'icking hell she perpetrated. She will never ever hurt another young woman or child in this lifetime. For that, I am sure. As for the important, high-profile enablers—governmental institutions, politicians and very wealthy friends-of-Epstein:Maxwell here and abroad - so far their stature and power have protected them. I hope, but am not optimistic, that one day they will be exposed, and we will one day be able to say that the United States truly is governed by the rule of law and not by powerful people. 3 EFTA00144216