Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
In this episode, we're diving right back in to the
Jennifer ARREOs complaint against the Jeffrey Epstein State number forty
nine at all times relevant to plaintiffs fraudulent conveyance claims.
Defendant LSJLLC is and was the limited liability company owned
by Jeffrey Epstein, formed and organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware, with its principal address at sixty
one hundred Red Hood, Quarter B three, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands,
which is the entity under which a high speed thirty
seven foot runabout motor vessel builder hull number mx J
thirty seven zero five three F five eight five was registered, and,
upon information and belief, additional aircraft, motor vehicles and door
boats are also registered number fifty at all times red
relevant to Plaintiff's fraudulent conveyance claims. Zoro Management, LLC is
a New Mexico foreign limited liability company with a principal
address located at nine zero five to three A State
Thomas Sweet one oh one, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, which
was owned and managed by Jeffrey Epstein. And which held
cash and assets that belonged to the estate of Jeffrey
Epstein until being fraudulently transferred to the nineteen fifty three
trust forty eight hours before Epstein committed suicide fifty one
at all times relevant to Plaintiff's fraudulent conveyance claims. Defendant
igy AHY Saint Thomas Holdings, LLC. American Yacht Harbor, which
does business as American Yacht Harbor, a port in the
Virgin Islands that has slips for yachts, sailboats, and pleasure crafts,
as well as strip malls of offices, was fifty percent
owned by Jeffrey Epstein. Fifty two. Plaintiff intends to amend
this complaint to add or substitute additional parties as discovery
reveals the identities of other negligent corporate or individual actors.
Fifty three. Jeffrey Epstein was an officer, director, or employee
of many corporate entities and trust registered in various states
throughout the United States, any one of which may also
bear legal responsibility for the crimes he committed against plaintiff
fifty four. Additionally, individuals who worked at Epstein's and y
residents where he committed sexual violations against plaintiff, as well
as others who assisted him in committing such violations, were employed, through,
or worked for numerous other corporate entities, private foundations, and
trusts whose negligence and or intentional tortious conduct caused or
contributed to the sexual violations that caused harm to plaintiff.
Fifty five. The complete realm of those individuals and companies
whose negligence or intentional acts contribute to the sexual crimes
committed by Jeffrey Epstein against Plaintiff a minor are currently unknown.
Fifty six. As Plaintiff learned through discovery the identities of
additional individuals or corporate entities and the way those others
caused or contributed to causing harm to plaintiff through negligence
and or intentional acts, Plaintiff intends to amend this complaint
to add those parties as well. Should discovery reveal that
any of the currently named defendants are not the proper
identity of the individuals or companies identified as current defendants,
substitution of parties shall be requested to ensure accuracy and
correctness of pleading Number fifty seven. Jeffrey Epstein committed repeated
acts of sexual assault and battery upon Miss Areos while
she was a fourteen fifteen year old high school student,
including forcibly raping Missoreos. As such, Jeffrey Epstein has committed
sexual assault, sexual battery, intendstional infliction of emotional distress, and
negligent infliction of emotional distress Pursuant to New York common law.
The damage Jeffrey Epstein inflicted upon plaintiff has been severe
and lasting fifty eight Upon information and belief, Miss Maxwell,
Miss Groff, Miss Espinoza, the recruiter, Miss Fontanea, and the
corporate defendants and institutional defendants, The co conspirators participated with
and assisted Epstein in maintaining and protecting his sex trafficking ring,
ensuring that approximately three girls a day were made available
to him for his sexual pleasure. The co conspirators provided
organizational support to epstein sex trafficking ring, identifying and hiring
the recruiters of underage girls for Epstein's sexual pleasure, scheduling
appointments with these underage girls for Epstein's sexual pleasure, intimidating
potential witnesses to epstein sex trafficking operation. And generally providing
administrative oversight of a sex trafficking operation and ensuring it
remained secret. Upon information and belief, the co conspirators conspired
with Epstein in the implementation and the maintenance of his
criminal enterprise, which in turn victimized Missus Areos fifty nine.
Venue is proper in that all the illegal conduct described
herein occurred within New York County sixty at all times
relevant herein, Jeffrey Epstein legally represented now through Darren k
Endyke and Richard D. Con as executors of the estate
of Jeffrey E. Epstein, and the co conspirators owed a
duty to plaintiff to treat her in a non negligent
manner and not to commit or conspire to commit, or
cause to be committed intentional, criminal, fraudulent, or tortious acts
against plaintiff, including any acts that would cause plaintiff to
be harmed through conduct committed against her in violation of
New York Penal Law one point thirty New York Penal
Law one thirty dot twenty five, New York Penal Law
one thirty dot thirty five New York Penal Law one
thirty dot fifty two or New York Penal Law sixty
five or New York Penal Law one thirty dot sixty seven,
Part three Factual allegations sixty one at all times relevant herein,
Jeffrey Epstein was an adult male over forty eight years old.
Epstein was extremely wealthy, and he was a financier. He
used his wealth, his power, his resources, and connections to
commit illegal sexual crimes in violation of Article one thirty
and to employ and conspire with other individuals, corporate entities,
private foundations, and trusts to assist them in committing those
sexual crimes or torts, or to facilitate or enable those
acts to occur. Sixty two. Epstein displayed his enormous wealth,
power and influence to his employees, to the employees of
the corporate entities, private foundations and trusts who worked at
his den to the victims procured for sexual purposes, and
to the public in order to advance and carry out
and conceal his crimes and torts. Sixty three at all
times relevant Herein, Epstein had access to numerous mansions, a
fleet of aeroplanes, motor vehicles, boats, and several helicopters. Sixty
four at all times relevant herein Jeffrey Epstein traveled between
and frequently inhabited and traveled between numerous properties and homes,
including a Manhattan town home located at ninety seventy First
Street in New York, valued conservatively by Jeffrey Epstein's owned
admission at fifty five million, nine hundred and thirty one
thousand dollars, a ranch located at forty nine Zoro Ranch Road, Stanley,
New Mexico, valued conservatively by Jeffrey Epstein's owned admission at
seventeen million, two hundred and forty six thousand, two hundred
and eight dollars, a home located at three fifty eight
Lbrio Way, Palm Beach, Florida, value conservatively by Jeffrey Epstein's
own admission at twelve million, three hundred and eighty thousand,
two hundred and nine dollars, an apartment located at twenty
two Avenue Folk, Paris, France, valued conservatively by Jeffrey Epstein's
own admission at eight million, six hundred and seventy two thousand,
eight hundred and twenty dollars, and an island, Little Saint
James Island number six b USVII zero zero eight zero two, A, B,
and C. Number sixty five. Jeffrey Epstein was otherwise affiliated
with the corporations or trusts that owned or controlled each
of the real properties listed in the preceding paragraph sixty six.
The allegations herein primarily concerned Jeffrey Epstein's conduct while at
his New York residence and concern the various individuals, corporate entities,
private foundations, and trusts which provided the opportunity for his
illicit conduct to occur and remain concealed for years. Sixty seven.
Epstein and had a compulsive sexual preference for young females
at least as young as fourteen years old. Sixty eight.
Epstein enjoyed sexual contact with young females, including minor children,
and took pleasure corrupting vulnerable young females, including minor children,
into engaging in sexual acts with them. Sixty nine. Epstein
directed a complex system of individuals, including employees and associates
of corporate defendants and institutional defendants, to work in concert
and at his direction, for the purpose of harming teenage
girls through sexual exploitation and abuse Number seventy. It was
widely known among individuals regularly in Epstein's presence that he
got pleasure out of corrupting vulnerable young females into engaging
in uncomfortable and unwanted sexual acts for his gratification seventy one.
According to a ruling by US District Judge Kenneth Merra
in February twenty nineteen, from between about nineteen ninety nine
and two thousand and seven, Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused more
than thirty minor girls at his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida,
and elsewhere in the United States and the overseas. The
ruling goes on describing a child sex ring. In addition
to his own sexual abuse of the victims, Epstein directed
other persons to abuse the girls sexually. Epstein used paid
employees to find and bring minor girls to him. Epstein
worked in concert with others to obtain miners not only
for his own sexual gratification, but also for the sexual
gratification of others. See Doe versus United States, three point
fifty nine f Dot supp Dot three D twelve oh
one twelve oh four Southern District of Florida, twenty nineteen
seventy two. On July eighth, twenty nineteen, Jeffrey Epstein was
arrested pursuing to the aforementioned indictment seventy four indictments stated
in part that plaintiff herein adopts is true that, at
all times relative to this indictment, Jeffrey Epstein, the defendant,
possessed and controlled the multi story private residence on the
Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York. The New York
Residence between in or at least about two thousand and
two and in or about two thousand and five, Epstein
abused numerous minor victims at the New York residences by
causing these victims to be recruited to engage in paid
sex acts with them. Number seventy five. The indictment further stated,
and plaintiff adopts as true, that when a victim arrived
at the New York residence, she typically would be escorted
to a room with a massage table, where she would
perform a massage on Jeffrey Epstein, the defendant. The victims,
who were as young as fourteen years of age, were
told by Epstein or other individuals to partially or fully
undress before beginning the massage. During the encounter, Epstein would
escalate the nature and the scope of physical contact with
his victim to include, among other things, sex acts such
as groping and direct and indirect contact with the victims genitals.
Epstein typically would masturbate during these sexualized encounters, ask victims
to touch them while he masturbated and touched victims genitals
with his hands. Number seventy six. The indictment further stated,
and plaintiff adopts is true that, in connection with each
sexual encounter, Jeffrey Epstein, the defendant, or one of his
employees or associates, paid the victims in cash. Victims typically
were paid hundreds of dollars in cash for each encounter.
Seventy seven. The indictment further stated, and plaintiff adopts is
true that Jeffrey Epstein the defendant knew that many of
his New York victims were underage, including because certain victims
told them their age. Further, once these minor victims were recruited,
many were abused by Epstein on multiple subsequent occasions at
the New York residence. Epstein sometimes personally contacted victims to
schedule appointments at the New York residence. In other instances,
Epstein directed employees and associates to communicate with victims via
phone to arrange for these victims to return to the
New York residence for additional sexual encounters with Epstein see
criminal indictment at four and five seventy eight. Plaintiff was
initially recruited under false pretenses and not informed that she
would be asked to perform massages sexual or otherwise. Defendants
enabled Jeffrey Epstein to receive near daily massages from young females,
often miners, who were not experienced in massage. Rather than
receive regular body massages, Epstein was predictably sexually abusing the
young females in violation of Article one thirty seventy nine. Additionally,
employees of the various corporate, defense and institutional defendants performed
actions or in actions that further place victims, including plaintiff,
in danger of being sexually abused by Epstein and assisted
in the concealment of his sexually abusive acts. Number eighty
defendants employed many recruiters of young females. The nature of
Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking venture and enterprise enabled victims themselves
to elevate their status to that of a paid recruiter
of other victims, an elevation only made possible through the
negligence of defendants eighty one. Recruiters were taught by employees
of defendant to inform targeted victims that Epstein possessed extraordinary wealth, power, resources,
and influence, and that he was a philanthropist who would
help female victims advance their careers and their lives. Eighty two.
The collaboration from defendants and the many employees fulfilled Epstein's
compulsive need for sex with young females by praying on
their personal, se echological, financial, and related vulnerabilities. Defendants tactics
included promising the victim's money, shelter, transportation, gifts, employment, admission
into educational institutions, educational tuition, protection, and other things of
value in exchange for sex and concealment of Jeffrey Epstein's actions.
Number eighty three. Jeffrey Epstein's sexual attraction to young, often
underage females dated back to at least the mid nineties,
and the number of victims increased substantially with the necessary
assistance from the defendants and the defendants employees number eighty four.
Defendants at the direction of Epstein, or in furtherance of
his demands, and with help from assistance associates and underlings
and even other victims, recruited or procured dozens, if not
one hundreds of young females, including miners, for the purpose
of Epstein's sexual gratification eighty five. Jeffrey Epstein and consequently
the defendants specifically targeted underprivileged, emotionally vulnerable, and or economically
disadvantaged young females to sexually molest and abuse eighty six. Additionally,
the institutional defendants, through its employees, informed young females that
Jeffrey was wealthy, well connected, and could either advance the
career or education of any young female eighty seven. Plaintiff
was among individuals identified by the United States Attorney's Office
for the Southern District of New York as victims of
Jeffrey Epstein and as co conspirators upon information and belief
whose testimony in part it intended to base its federal
prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein for his illegal conduct. Part number four.
Missarreos and the recruiter eighty eight child victim Plaintiff, Jennifer
ARREOs was subjected to the types of illegal sexual acts
detailed in the criminal indictment filed against Jeffrey Epstein by
the Southern District of New York eighty nine. Jeffrey Epstein
committed abhorrent acts of sexual abuse against plaintiff in two
thousand and one and two thousand and two when she
was only fourteen years old ninety Miss Areos was born
in Saint John's Hospital in Queens on February fifth, nineteen
eighty seven. Ninety one. She grew up poor and largely
raised by her mother, a single parent in Middle Village, Queens.
Ninety two. The loss of her father at twelve caused
emotional vulnerability and issues surrounding the lack of having a
father figure in her life. Ninety three. Miss Areos was
a prime target for grooming by a pedophile like Jeffrey
Epstein ninety four. In September of two thousand and one,
at age fourteen, Miss Areos entered high school. She attended
a special public high school for performing arts called Talent
Unlimited High School, where she majored in musical theater, singing, dancing,
acting ninety five. Its campus is within the Julia Richmond
Education Complex, along with five other schools. Urban Academy, Vanguard
High School P two two six M Junior High Annex,
Ella Baker Elementary School, and Manhattan International High School ninety six.
Because Talent Unlimited High School is a special high school
for the performing arts, students' audition to be accepted. The
school had approximately five hundred students ninety seven. During the
first semester of miss Areo's freshman year of high school,
while she was fourteen years old, after school one day,
she was approached by a brunette woman who appeared to
be in her early twenties on the sidewalk in front
of her school. The woman, who we shall refer to
as the recruiter, tried to befriend her. Ninety eight. Upon
information and belief, defendants Maxwell Groff and Espinoza identified and
hired the recruiter on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to procure
underage girls from Talented Unlimited High School and other schools,
and oversaw the process that led to the recruitment and
grooming of missus Aureos. Ninety nine. The recruiter asked Miss
Oreos where she lived, where her parents were if they
were together, where she was born, and where her parents worked.
One hundred. The recruiter approached miss Oreos repeatedly over the
course of a week or two, offering to take her
for lunches close by the school, and during the meals
would continue to ask her personal questions about her life.
One oh one. At some point during this approximate two
week period, the recruiter began to speak about Jeffrey Epstein,
almost as if he was her uncle or a family friend.
One O two. The recruiter said that Epstein was a
nice guy and that he takes care of her and
her family. The recruiter spoke glowingly of Epstein, stating he
is very wealthy and you have to see his house.
One O three. The recruiter eventually said that she told
Epstein about Missus Aureos, about how pretty and smart she is,
and about how she recently lost her father to AIDS.
One oh four. The recruiter then told missus Areos that
Epstein felt horrible about the loss of her father and
said that he wanted to help her out. The recruiter
said that Epstein is a caring guy, that he said
she should not be struggling, and that he wanted to
be there four one oh five, The recruiter then said
that she wanted missus Areos to meet Epstein, that he
knows a lot of people in the acting and modeling world,
and that he could possibly help her and introduce her
to the right people for her career. The recruiter said
Epstein wanted to guide her. One o six, The recruiter
said that he was very caring, very wealthy, very successful,
and someone good to know. One oh seven. The recruiter
said that if missus Aureos did not want to meet Epstein,
she did not have to, but doing so could benefit her.
The recruiter also enticed miss Areos by repeatedly saying how
Epstein's home is so beautiful and that it was right
here by missus Areo's school. One o eight. The recruiter
said that they could go by Epstein's house together one
oh nine. One day, the recruiter made plans with miss
Aureos to meet after school, to visit Epstein's home and
to meet them Part five. Epstein's sexual assault, battery and
rape of missus Aureos. One ten. Upon arrival at Epstein's
at ninety seventy one Street in New York, miss Areos
and the recruiter were greeted at the front door by
the maid, Miss Fontania, who brought them to the secretary,
Miss Groff, to wait. When Epstein came to greet them,
he appeared very welcoming, even humble. One eleven. Inside the
front door, there were many security cameras pointing in all
directions on the little TVs. Miss Areos could actually see
herself on the camera walking inside. One twelve. Epstein gave
Miss Aureos a tour of the first floor of the house,
but he did not show her the massage room, not
in the beginning. One thirteen. Instead, during the first time
at epstein Mean's New York Residents, he showed her a
trophy room as she entered, filled with taxidermied animals he'd
allegedly hunted over the years. One fourteen. The room had
marble floors with extremely high ceilings, mahogany wood with deep reds,
and was filled with exotic, even endangered animals, including a
giraffe and other rare specimens, including a stuffed tiger. Their
skins were covering parts of the floor with more exotic
animals one fifteen. As one might expect, Epstein's house was massive.
When one walked in The huge entry door was in
the middle of the city block, and upon entry there
was a set of marble stairs in the entryway one sixteen.
To the left there was Epstein's secretary office with a
waiting room couches and chairs. To the right there was
the trophy room filled with hunted animals. There was also
a kitchen on the same floor as one cab. Walking forward,
there was a spiral staircase with a self portrait of
Epstein on the wall, with a young girl whom Epstein
said he considered like a daughter one seventeen. On miss
areos first visit, she recalls she and the recruiter waiting
for Epstein in Miss Groff's office, where Miss Groff was
sitting behind the desk. Subsequently, Miss Areos was offered cheese,
crackers and wine in the kitchen by Miss Fontania. In
Miss Groff's and Miss Fontania's presence, Miss Areos identified that
she was a freshman at the local high school one eighteen.
At this point Epstein showed up to greet the girls
and showed Miss Areos the trophy room, of which appeared
to be very proud of one nineteen. At the end
of the first visit, Miss Areos recalls Epstein giving the
recruiter a gift of a digital camera. The recruiter then
said to Miss Areos, you see what I mean, He's
such a nice guy. One twenty Epstein then gave Miss
Areos three hundred dollars in cash on his first visit
and said, here's a little something to help you out.
I take care of the people I care about. One
twenty one. He also told Miss Areos that he he
was a big AIDS activist, which meant a lot to
Miss Areos at the time because her father had recently
passed away from the disease. One twenty two. After an
hour or two, Miss Areos and the recruiter left together.
One twenty three. Within a couple of days, the recruiter
reached out to Miss Areos and said that she made
a great impression on Epstein and that he wanted to
see her again. One twenty four. At the time, Miss
Areos figured there was no harm, as Epstein's house was
only a couple of blocks from her high school and
at this point he had done nothing to her to
give her pause or cause for her concern. One twenty five,
so again the recruiter brought Aarreos back to Epstein's New
York residence after school one twenty six. The second time
Miss Areos went to Epstein's New York residence, he gave
Miss Areos the same camera that he had previously given
the recruiter on miss areos first visit to the home.
One twenty seven. Miss Aureos visited Epstein's New York residence
with the recruiter about once or twice a week for
the first month. Each time Miss Areos stayed between one
and two hours, and at the end of the stay,
Epstein would either personally or direct Miss Groff to give
her three hundred in cash and just say that he
wanted to help her out, while she and the recruiter
would be served cheese, crackers and wine by Miss Fontania.
One twenty eight, Miss Areos openly discussed with Epstein in
front of the recruiter, Mis Groff, and Miss Fontania that
she was a freshman at a performing arts high school
right down the street and that her dream was to
be an actress and the singer. One twenty nine, after
about a month of making these visits to Epstein's New
York residence with the recruiter, always waiting with the recruiter
in the secretary's office, with miss Groff there at her desk.
Miss Groff contacted miss ARREOs directly and scheduled arrangements for
her visit to Epstein's home alone for the first time,
and gave Miss ARREOs instructions for when she arrived. So
just to interject here once again, oh is it that
Leslie Groff got off scott free? How is it that
Leslie Groff has never been brought in and put under oath?
Can somebody please explain that to me? One thirty At
this point, during miss areos first visit alone, Epstein took
Aarreos on the elevator for the first time and showed
her his massage room on one of the upper floors.
One thirty one. The ceilings of most of the rooms
of the house were painted with ornate murals, just like
ancient Rome, Greece, and even the Sistine Chapel. One thirty two.
Upon showing miss Areos his massage room for the first time,
Epstein said, I want to show you something now. I
love this room. It's my favorite room in the house.
One thirty three. The massage room was on the smaller
side compared to the other rooms in the house. The
ceiling was painted to look like a blue sky with
clouds and angels to give the appearance that you were
in heaven. Now, think about how creepy that is. He
has this whole room set up in this kind of passive,
calm manner, but really, what's going on in this room
is some of the most monstrous bullshit that we've ever seen.
One thirty four. Epstein showed Miss Aureos the artwork in
the room and the massage table, stating that not too
many people know about this room. He then stated, you
should really be a model. You're beautiful. I bet your
body is incredible, and in order to help you with
your modeling career, I will need to see your body.
One thirty five. Epstein had a lot of paintings of
nude women on the walls. He even commented on one
painting of a nude woman with small breasts and brunette hair,
but you couldn't see her face clearly because she was
partially turned. That painting was right behind the massage table,
and he said how much the woman in the picture
looked like Miss Areos, then fourteen years old. One thirty
six He said he liked girls with small breasts because
they were natural and real. He then complimented Miss Aureos
repeatedly about her breast one thirty seven. He then told
Miss Areos again that she would do great in the
modeling industry and said that he had a lot of
connections in the modeling industry and that he could help her.
One thirty eight, Still in the massage room, Jeffrey Epstein
quickly turned the encounter into a sexual encounter with a
then fourteen year old plaintiff, asking Miss Areos to take
off her top so he could see her body and frame,
which he insinuated he needed to do if he was
going to help her with her modeling career. He was
very complimentary. One thirty nine. Feeling uncomfortable and confused and
feeling trapped in Jeffrey Epstein's large mansion under the impression
that there was no feasible or safe means of escape,
miss Areos did as Epstein instructed. Epstein then immediately started harmful,
forcibly physical touching and sexual exploitation of plaintiff, feeling Miss
Areo's breasts and rubbing her new shoulders. He then asked
her if she was good at giving massages, and considering
all the financial help that he had given her family
over the past month, insinuated that he would like one.
Epstein then walked out of the room, returned in a bathrobe.
He instructed Miss Areos to remove everything but her bottom
underwear and laid down on the massage table with only
a towel, instructing Miss Areos to proceed with a back massage.
Miss Areos recalls Epstein having a lot of birthmarks and
or freckles on his back. One forty one. After massaging
Epstein's back for about twenty to twenty five minutes, Epstein
suddenly turned over, removed his towel, and began masturbating one
forty two. Miss Areos, feeling uncomfortable and intimidated, stood frozen
to the side of the massage table as Epstein ejaculated
onto himself. One forty three. Miss Aureos recalls Epstein having
a lot of birthmarks and or freckles around his genitilia area.
One forty four. Epstein exposing his penis made Miss Areos
extremely nervous and uncomfortable, but she felt intimidated, so she
did as she was told. One forty five also, epste
insinuated that because of the money he gave her, she
owed him. Epstein says, I take care of you, you
take care of me. One forty six. He was giving
Miss Areos instructions and telling her what to do the
entire time. Epstein ultimately ejaculated on himself and then it
ended one forty seven. He said, this was amazing. You're beautiful.
I can't wait to see you again. I will give
you a call during the week and we'll see each
other again one forty eight. He also warned Miss Areos
not to tell anyone what had occurred or about her
visits to his home, something he would consistently repeat to
her and insist upon throughout the more than one year
of abusive sexual assaults and battery, and eventual forcible rape
one forty nine. Miss Areos remembers after the first sexual
encounter with Epstein, he showed her a room on the
same floor as a massage room that he said was
designed to look like his favorite room at the White House,
which he called the Blue Room. It was blue and
had a distinct oval shape, and then he showed her
some more artwork his master bedroom with a large jacuzzi
and prosthetic breasts on the wall in a bathroom that
he could look at or play with while in the bathtub.
One fifty Plaintiff observed the opulence of the mansion owned
by defendant nine East and the organization of defendant NS Incorporated,
which collectively facilitated her further cooperation with Jeffrey Epstein, culminating
in New York penal law section one thirty crimes being
committed against her by Jeffrey Epstein. One fifty one Plaintiff
was paid three hundred cash before being escorted out of
the mansion, all with assistant from defendants. This payment was
made to induce plaintiff to conceal the activities of Epstein
and to entice her to return one fifty two going forward.
Sometimes Epstein would call Miss ARREOs directly, but primarily Miss
Groff would call email and or page Miss ARREOs, not
necessarily in that order, but they would speak on the
phone and she would give her instruction for her next
sexual encounter with Epstein. There were also two assistants of
Epstein's that would call Miss Areos from Epstein's office to
schedule these encounters, who, like Miss Groff, would give Miss
Areos explicit instructions to follow upon arrival. One of those
assistants was Miss Espinoza, whom Miss Areos would see at
the property after speaking to one fifty three. Upon information
and belief, Maxwell and other staff of corporate Defendants and
institutional Defendants would email or page Miss Areos directly and
or coordinate Epstein's schedule with Miss Groff, Miss Espinoza, and
Miss Fontania for these sexual encounters to occur one fifty four.
These sexual encounters with Epstein, which of course were horribly
abusive sexual assaults of a child, became more aggressive and escalated.
For example, the second time it occurred, while Epstein started
to masturbate, he grabbed Miss Areo's breast hard without asking,
and this time insisted that Miss Areos rub his chest, arms,
and legs, and pinch his nipples, which he said was
one of the main things that turned him on sexually.
One fifty five. These encounters would continue on a weekly basis,
once or twice a week throughout the first and second
semester of Miss areos freshman year of high school, and
through the beginning of the first semester of her sophomore
year of high school. One fifty six, three hundred dollars
in cash would be left for Miss Areos in a
drawer in the massage room, the same drawer each time,
and as Epstein left the room, he would state that
he had left something for her to help her family.
At the time, this was a lot of money to
Miss Areos. One fifty seven. Later on, this became routine
where Epstein would have his maid, said Miss Areos upstairs
to the massage room. The maid would put towels and
lotion out and tell ARREOs to get changed in the bathroom.
One fifty eight. When one walked into the massage room,
there was the pain painting of a nude woman previously mentioned.
To the right there was the massage table, and to
the right of the massage table there was a bathroom,
which is where ARREOs would be directed to get changed
one fifty nine. Finally, one day, during the fall of
her sophomore year of high school, while she was fifteen
years old, she was giving Epstein a massage in her underwear,
as she had routinely been instructed to do, but this time,
instead of turning over to masturbate and fondle her breast
while she stood off to the side of the massage table.
Epstein became more aggressive with her and started touching her
vaginal area. One sixty He said, why don't we do
it where you're on top of me massaging me and
take your underwear off? One sixty one. Miss Areos said
to Epstein that this made her feel uncomfortable and she
wanted to stick with what they were doing before, but
Epstein ignored her and continued to engage in improper and
illegal sexual conduct. One sixty two. Epstein responded that he
loved her and cared for was going to look out
for her, that it was okay, and that she should
just climb on top of him and try something different.
One sixty three. Miss Areos felt completely intimidated and, knowing
that she had no way out of the premises, did
not know what to do, so she just complied with
Jeffrey Epstein's orders and got on top of him. One
sixty four. Epstein masturbated as he instructed Miss Areos to
rub his chest and pinch his nipples one sixty five. Then, suddenly,
without giving Miss Aureos any notice, Epstein forced his penis,
which already had massage oils on it, inside her vagina
and proceeded to have sex with her while plaintiff resisted
one sixty six. Throughout the duration of the sexual encounter,
ARREOs was petrified and, finding herself trapped in Jeffrey Epstein's
large mansion under the impression that there was no feasible
or safe means of escape, didn't know what to do,
so she just did as she was told. Epstein held
her tightly and forcibly raped her one sixty seven. On
top of this brutal rape, Epstein did not use a condom,
which substantially contributed to extreme emotional distress and the development
of a panic disorder, which was exasperated by the fact
that miss Areos had recently lost her father to AIDS
one sixty eight. In addition to constituting illicit sex with
a minor, this was also a brutal rape one sixty nine.
Epstein's monstrous conduct cannot be understated. One seventy. Epstein, after
raping Miss Areos, told her that she was amazing, that
she felt amazing, and that she did nothing wrong. One
seventy one. Miss Areos was disgusted with Jeffrey Epstein and
herself at the time, and left his home soon afterwards,
never to return one seventy two. Afterwards, Jeffrey Epstein tried
to contact Miss Areos, but she ignored his calls one
seventy three. Epstein also tried to reach out to Miss
Areos in later years, but she did not take his calls.
One seventy four, Following the rape, Miss Areos refused to
go back to Talent Unlimited High School out of fear
of seeing Epstein, who lived just blocks away from her
high school, or seeing the recruiter again. One seventy five.
At the time, Miss Areos told her mom the reason
was that she was being bullied at school, concealing from
her the truth involving Epstein, reflecting her extreme shame about
what she experienced and the intimidation she felt from Epstein.
One seventy six. Miss Areos, still fifteen years old at
the time, transferred to Forest Hills School in Queens by
her home to avoid any continued contact with Epstein and
the recruiter. One seventy seven, Having left a special public
high school for performing arts that she had to audition
to get into to instead go to a regular high school,
cause Miss Areos to lose interest in school, drop out,
and give up on her career of being an actress, model,
and a singer. One seventy eight. All sexual acts were
performed by Jeffrey Epstein intentionally and for no legitimate purpose,
and for his own gratification when plaintiff was a minor
child less than seventeen years old. One seventy nine. The
intentional acts of Jeffrey Epstein against plaintiff constitute of sexual
offense has defined an article one thirty one. Pursuing to
New York Penal Law one thirty dot five, a person
is deemed incapable of consent when she is less than
seventeen years old. One eighty one. Jeffrey Epstein committed sexual
misconduct against plaintiff as defined in section one thirty dot
twenty of NYPL inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual
intercourse with plaintiff without plaintiff's consent. One eighty two. Jeffrey
Epstein committed rape in the third degree as defined in
section one thirty dot two five of NYPL inasmuch as
Jeffrey Epstein, being twenty one years old or more, engaged
in sexual intercourse with plaintiff who was less than seventeen
years old. One eighty three, Jeffrey Epstein committed rape in
the first degree, as defined in NYPL section one thirty
dot three five, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual
intercourse with plaintiff by forcible compulsion. One four Jeffrey Epstein
committed forcible touching against plaintiff, as defined in Penal Code
one thirty fifty two, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein intentionally and
for no legitimate purpose, engaged in forcible sexual touching of
plaintiff for the purpose of degrading or abusing her for
the purpose of gratifying his sexual desires. One eight five
Jeffrey Epstein committed sexual abuse in the first degree against plaintiff,
as defined in New York Penal Law one thirty dot
sixty five, inasmuch as Jeffrey Epstein subjected plaintiff to sexual
contact by forcible compulsion. One eighty six. Jeffrey Epstein committed
an aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree against plaintiff,
as defined in NYPL one thirty sixty seven, inasmuch as
Jeffrey Epstein caused physical injury to plaintiff when he inserted
a finger into the vagina of plaintiff by forcible compulsion
one eight seven Defendants of legal conduct continues to have
an impact in every aspect of Plaintiff's life today. Part
six Plaintiff's Petition for pre Action Discovery and Epstein's death
and Will eight. On July twenty second, twenty nineteen, at
ten fifteen am, New York Deputy Sheriff Quinnsang personally served
Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where he was
being held without bail awaiting trial on sex trafficking and
conspiracy charges, with an order to show cause to compel
preaction disclosure from Epstein signed by Judge Melissa A. Crane,
notifying Epstein of the charges to be filed against him
by Miss Areos and the court date of August twenty seventh,
twenty nineteen, along with a verified petition, exhibits and supporting documents.
Plaintiff's petition for preaction Discovery, which included a copy of
Plaintiff's complaint to be filed on August fourteenth, twenty nineteen,
the first day permitted under the CVA, attached as Exhibit A,
and the subpoena for Epstein's deposition testimony attached as Exhibit B.
See Sheriff's Certificate of Service Document number six, Order to
show cause, n y SCEF Document number five, Petition for
pre action discovery with exhibits A nb n ysc EF
Docket number one and Affirmation in support nys CEF Docket
number two in the matter of the application of Jennifer
Danielle Aureos versus Jeffrey Edward Epstein and Jane Does one
through three, Index number one, five, six, seven, two eight,
twenty nineteen, Supreme Court, New York County, July sixteenth, twenty nineteen,
one eighty nine. According to CBS News and The Miami Herald,
law enforcement sources confirmed on July twenty second, twenty nineteen,
the very same day that Epstein learned of the charges
against him by miss Areos, he was found semi unconscious
in his cell of an apparent but unconfirmed suicide attempt,
which led to him being put on suicide watch. Now,
that was the time he had in the cell with
Nicholas Tartaglioni, and as you all know, I don't buy it.
I think that Tartaglioni attacked him, and until I see
evidence proving otherwise, that's a hill that I'm willing to
die on. The Department of Justice is only confirmed that
Epstein was put on suicide watch in July following an
incident one. If Epstein attempted to commit suicide upon learning
of accusations of rape of a fifteen year old child,
it would certainly indicate a consciousness of guilt, as why
would Epstein want to take his own life unless accusations
were true and he realized that he faced up to
twenty five years in prison if charged see New York
Penal Law one thirty thirty five one ninety one. On
August eighth, twenty nineteen, Jeffrey Epstein responded to plaintiff's petition
for pre action discovery incorporated herein by reference, and on
that very same day, Epstein also created a revocable trust,
the nineteen fifty three Trust, executing a new will that
fraudently conveyed all of his assets to the nineteen fifty
three trust in order to prevent the lay or hinder
plaintiff from recovering for her legal injuries one ninety two.
On August tenth, twenty nineteen, according to the Bureau of Prisons,
Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide one ninety three.
On August twenty six, twenty nineteen, defendant Darren K Endyke
filed a certificate of trust with the Superior Court for
the Virgin Islands, confirming that he and defendant Richard D.
Con are the two trustees of the nineteen fifty three trust.
Seize Certificate of Trust in the Matter of the Estate
of Jeffrey e Epstein pro eight number st Dash nineteen
pb DASH eighty, Superior Court, Virgin Islands, August twenty six,
twenty nineteen, one ninety four. On September six, twenty nineteen,
Magistrate Judge Carolyn p Herman Purcell of the Superior Court
of the Virgin Islands order that Epstein's will be admitted
to probate and authorize mister Endyke and mister Kahan to
administer the estate. See Order for Probate and Letters Testamentary
in the Matter of the Estate of Jeffrey e Epstein
Probate Number st Dash nineteen pb DASH eighty, Superior Court,
Virgin Islands, September six, twenty nineteen. All Right, folks, we're
gonna wrap up there, and in the next episode we'll
pick up with the cause of action. All of the
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