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Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.

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One of the people that was in Epstein's circle that

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we've talked a lot about is Leon Black. Well, today

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we're going to start diving into the lawsuit that was

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filed against him by the Jane Doe who has autism.

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Case number twenty three DASH CV DASH zero six four

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one eight Jane Doe versus Leon Black the first amended

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complaint Plaintiff Jane Doe buy and through Council Whigdor LLP

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alleges against defendant Leon Black Black or defendant as follows one.

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Plaintiff Jane Doe from ages sixteen to nineteen had almost

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no ability to speak out about the horror she experienced

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as the victim of sex trafficking, particularly because her redacted

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and redacted at the time were directly involved in and

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responsible for sending her off to men, including Jeffrey Epstein,

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for the purpose of sexual exploitation. She was, however, able

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to start a journal to document what she was forced

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to endure. Two In these journals, she wrote two specific

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entries that documented a particularly brutal instance of abuse by

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defendant Lyon Black. In the first, she wrote walked down

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Madison Avenue to seventy first Street. My redacted has lost

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her fucking mind. Even though Glaine said it was best

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to take me home because mister Black is so important

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for some reason over my health. There is going to

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be held to pay. I ruined their trip and I'm

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dramatic when that fat fuck bit me. He threw me

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on the floor and blood all over Jeffrey's carpet. And

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on the issue, who the fuck bites someone sick? No

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one is that important and Leon Black can go fuck himself.

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I hate New York. In the next journal entry, plaintiff

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wrote Leon Black next to a poem she cut and

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pasted into the notebook, having underlying words in the poem

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such as fatso and millionaire. The horrific incident these entries

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reference was a particular day when at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan

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townhouse located at ninth East seventy first Street, Epstein traffic

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Jane Doe to his close friend Leon Black. Jane Doe

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is autistic, and she was sixteen when Jeffrey Epstein introduced

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her to Black and said she was to give his

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special friend Leon Black, the same kind of massage that

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she had given to Jeffrey Epstein when he ordered her too,

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even as Black grabbed her hand so hard that she

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thought he broke bones. Jeffrey Epstein knew Jane Doe would

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never disobey developmentally, she is about twelve, and when she

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was threatened to do as she was told, because bad

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girls get in trouble, she did as she was told.

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Black took her to the third floor of the townhouse

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to a massage room where he had been before with

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Jeffrey Epstein there, and using adult sex toys in her

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anus and vagina, he raped her. He also bit her vagina,

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a heinous act. His physical force was such that when

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he left her on the floor sobbing, she was bleeding.

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As set forth below, Jeffrey Epstein refused to take her

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to a doctor and instead said that Glenn Maxwell would

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take care of it. Sadly, Miss Doe's experience is one

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more in a long line of despicable and heinous experiences

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inflicted on a minor trapped in a web of sexual exploitation,

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a web that extended to a group of powerful and

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influential politicians and business moguls, including Black and Epstein. Miss

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Doe filed the instant lawsuit on July twenty fifth, twenty

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twenty three, seeking justice and accountability for Black's assault over jurisdiction,

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venue and limitations period. The Court has jurisdiction over this

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matter pursuant to US Code twenty eight, section thirteen thirty two,

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as this action involves citizens of different states and the

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amount in controversy in this matter exceeds seventy five thousand,

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the venues proper in the Southern District of New York

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pursuant to US Code twenty eight section thirteen ninety one B,

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because a substantial part of the events or omissions giving

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rise to this action, including the unlawful sexual assaults alleged herein,

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occurred in this district and defendant resides in this district.

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Pursuant to the New York City Victims of Gender Motivated

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Violence Protection Act VGMVPL as amended NYC Admining Code Section

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ten DASH eleven OZH five A. This case is timely parties.

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Plaintiff Jane Doe is over the age of eighteen and

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is a citizen of the US. Defendantly On Black is

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over the age of eighteen, is a citizen of the

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US and resides in New York factual allegations. Plaintiff is autistic.

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Miss Doe is autistic and was born with mosaic Down syndrome,

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a rare condition where only some of the body cells

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contain an extra chromosome, in contrast to an individual with

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typical Down syndrome, who was born with an extra chrome

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in every cell of her body. As a result, while

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plaintiff does not appear physically or outwardly different from a

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neurotypical individual, she suffers from many of the same neurological

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disabilities and tell tissues that are tragically common among individuals

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with Down syndrome. Although Miss Doe has an above average IQ,

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her developmental age is around twelve years old. Because Miss

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Doe is autistic, it's difficult for her to understand social

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cues based on the behavior of people that she encounters.

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To be clear, being able to read the room is

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an impossible task. Instead, plaintiff experiences the world in a

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childlike way and sees situations in terms of whether something

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is right or wrong, or good versus bad. As with

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most autistic people, she is extremely trusting. Sadly, this is

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one factor which places girls with autism at a substantially

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increased risk of being sexually assaulted. Plaintiff was a perfect

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target for Jeffrey Appstein and his accomplice, Glenn Maxwell. Epstein

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and Maxwell seized upon Plaintiff's developmental abilities, coupled with her

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outwardly physical appearance, specifically fair skinned, blue eyes, and blonde hair,

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for their own deviant sexual predation. Disgustingly, Epstein and Maxwell

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traffic Missdough to other men in their circle, including defendant

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Black two. Plaintiff is traffic to multiple powerful people, including

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Jeffrey Epstein and Glenn Maxwell. During the summer of two

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thousand and one, Miss Doe signed up for a county

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recreational cheerleading program geared towards girls ages eight to twelve.

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The program was run by an adult volunteer named Elizabeth

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about age forty, who, upon information and belief, had no

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background in cheerleading instruction. Elizabeth told plaintiff that even though

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she was fifteen, she could participate in recreational cheerleading if

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she could fit into the uniform, which she did because

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of her developmental disabilities. The fact that she was in

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a cheerleading group with girls as young as eight years

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old was not a problem for Miss doe. She was

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happy to be participating. Elizabeth soon showed plaintiff extra attention.

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Not long after she began attending the cheerleading program, Plaintiff

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was told by Elizabeth that she was going to live

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at Elizabeth's house several days a week. Of course, plaintiff's

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parents were involved in the living arrangements. As the adults

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in her life undoubtedly anticipated, Plaintiff did as she was

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told and never questioned Elizabeth or her parents. Plaintiff traveled

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back and forth between Elizabeth's home and her parents' home

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throughout the school year. Little did plaintiff know what horrors

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were ahead of her. From the beginning of her time

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living with Elizabeth, Plaintiff was subjected to horrific, unimaginable physical

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abuse as part of the training Elizabeth believed necessary to

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prepare her for what Elizabeth had planned. By way of example,

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only Elizabeth violently physically abused plaintiff by punching and kicking her,

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and even dragging plaintiff up multiple flights of stairs in

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her townhouse by a plaintiff's ponytail. Elizabeth psychologically abused plaintiff

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by depriving her food and water and punishing plaintiff anytime

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Elizabeth was dissatisfied with Plaintiff's behavior, which was often including

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by locking her in a room for hours, making her

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dress in small children's clothing, and making her work out

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for hours at a gym until plaintiff was too exhausted

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to stand, often after denying her any food. Although Miss

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Doe had moved in with Elizabeth, she did not have

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her own bed there, much less a bedroom. Instead, Elizabeth

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repeatedly told plaintiff that she did not deserve her own

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bedroom in her house and that plaintiff would not receive

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one until she worked for it. Sadly, plaintiff did not

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understand what Elizabeth meant, but she never questioned anything Elizabeth

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did or said, especially because physical violence was something she

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wanted to avoid. Elizabeth had a number of sexual partners

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at the time, including a man who lived in the

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same house, as well as other male friends who would

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visit Elizabeth. One of these men, Charlie, was a white

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male in his late forties. Elizabeth began sexually grooming plaintiff

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as soon as she started staying overnight with Elizabeth. The

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sexual grooming included Elizabeth telling plaintiff that she had to

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stay close to Elizabeth's bedroom, while Elizabeth then had sex

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with men with a door to her room open so

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that plaintiff could hear what was happening and see inside

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if she tried to. Miss Doe had never engaged in

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sexual conduct herself. Again, Plaintiff did everything that Elizabeth and

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Charlie told her to do horribly. Elizabeth threatened Miss Doe

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with the fact that she had a gun permit and

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kept a gun in the house. She told Miss Doe

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that if she ever told anyone about the things she

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and Charlie made her do, that plaintiff would go missing,

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and since no one loved or cared for, she would

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not be missed. Plaintiff never doubted what Elizabeth told her.

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Because her parents told her to live with Elizabeth, Plaintiff

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was forced to submit to elizabeth degrading and violative conduct

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on a daily basis. She feared being killed and believed

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everything that Elizabeth said. Saying no to Elizabeth was not

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an option for plaintiff. To this day, plaintiff lives in

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fear of Elizabeth. All Right, we're gonna wrap up part

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one right here, and in the next episode we're gonna

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pick up with three plaintiff is traffic to Epstein and Maxwell.

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