A sex-trafficking victim Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell described how a recently released cache of documents related to their crimes “restored survivors.”
Elizabeth Stein, who filed a lawsuit against Maxwell and the late pedophile’s estate in November and also testified against her at his trial, was a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology and an intern at the now-defunct Henri Bendel department store when she met the evil couple. .
Stein said the “constant bombardment” of news about Epstein’s sordid affairs had “triggered” the victim in an interview with her attorney Jennifer Freeman and Law & Crime.
“I think that one of the things that we have to consider is that the release of these documents is the release of all the intimate details of these survivors’ experiences. So, even though people know that these women are survivors, they may not know a little bit about their experiences,” Stein said.
Elizabeth Stein (right) read the victim’s statement during Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing. AP
“I think it’s important to remember that this is re-traumatizing the survivors,” he added.
Stein said that survivors often tell their stories in public, but claims the release of “very gruesome details” and “the most intimate secrets of your life,” makes things more difficult.
“What’s really missing from this conversation is the voice of the victim,” he said. “You know, how does that affect us?”
“This is a sex-trafficking network that spans decades and all the survivors are at various points in their recovery. And to be bombarded with this stuff constantly in the news and feel the invalidity that nothing is really being done about it is consistently triggering for victims,” Stein continued.
Jeffrey Epstein died of suicide while awaiting trial in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. AP
Stein described the release of the documents as a “difficult situation,” because victims may have thought some of the details they provided would remain within their depositions, but said he understood why the judge made the call to release them.
Stein read an impact statement at Maxwell’s sentencing, in which the heiress was sentenced to 20 years in prison, a sentence she said was “vindication and validation” at the time.
In court Stein detailed how Maxwell and Epstein trafficked her to their powerful friends in the 90s, which eventually caused her to have an abortion.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the sex trafficking case. US District Court for the South
“I was assaulted, raped, and trafficked multiple times in New York and Florida over the course of three years,” Stein said. “At one point I got pregnant (which I’m not sure about) and aborted the baby.”
Stein is seeking damages in a lawsuit filed in November naming two executors for Epstein’s estate along with Maxwell.
Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
Meanwhile, Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges when he died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, according to a medical examiner.
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