by Harriet Alexander at The Daily Mail
Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly raped a Florida real estate agent with the help of Ghislaine Maxwell, in front of her eight-year-old son, and then threatened to feed her to alligators when she said she would report the crime, according to a new lawsuit.
The Turkish-born woman was 26 at the time that the attacks began, in January 2008.
They continued for at least five months, culminating in Epstein forcing the woman to undergo vaginal surgery to make her appear as a virgin. The surgery, she said, was carried out ‘in a wealthy person’s home by a man with a Russian accent’ and left her mutilated and permanently damaged.
The court documents, obtained by The Miami Herald, were filed on March 22. A hearing is scheduled in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, seen in 2005, are accused of raping a woman in 2008
Epstein was arrested in July 2019, aged 66, and killed himself a month later, while awaiting trial
Maxwell, pictured in 2009, was arrested in July and is currently awaiting trial in a Brooklyn jail
Epstein died by suicide in August 2019, aged 66, while awaiting trial in jail. His estate is facing numerous civil suits.
Maxwell, 59, his former girlfriend and alleged accomplice, was arrested in July in New Hampshire and is currently in jail in Brooklyn, awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
On Monday additional charges were filed against Maxwell, alleging that she trafficked a 14-year-old girl for sex.
The Turkish woman was older than some of the other accusers, but in court documents said that she looked much younger, and was told to tell the men she was trafficked to that she was 17.
She said that she met Epstein and Maxwell sometime in late 2006 or early 2007 at a barbeque hosted by her employer, who knew Epstein well.
She was told by her boss that Epstein wanted to rent a property in the area, and she found Epstein a place for $10,000 a month. He paid in cash, she claimed, and she was directed not to identify the tenant…
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