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<v Speaker 1>What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>with our final impact statements, and the first one we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to take a look at is from Elizabeth Stein.

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<v Speaker 1>Good afternoon, your honor. I came to New York in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety one at the age of eighteen to attend

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<v Speaker 1>FIT and immediately began to excel academically. In my sophomore year,

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<v Speaker 1>I accepted a Christmas time internship at Henry Bendell, New York.

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<v Speaker 1>I performed well and was asked to stay on as

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<v Speaker 1>a part time employee. In the fall semester of my

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<v Speaker 1>senior year at Fit, Glaine Maxwell came into the store,

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<v Speaker 1>where she was a frequent customer. Her usual salesperson wasn't there,

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<v Speaker 1>so I helped her. Golaine was electrifying. We hit it

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<v Speaker 1>off immediately. In the first meeting, we spoke of our

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<v Speaker 1>mutual love of fashion, of difficult fathers, and formal upbringing

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<v Speaker 1>of boyfriends, and of how we both saw New York

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<v Speaker 1>as a chance to start over. She told me that

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<v Speaker 1>her boss, who I later came to understand was Jeffrey Epstein,

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<v Speaker 1>was close friend with Les Wexner, the CEO and founder

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<v Speaker 1>of the limited which owned Henry Bendall at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>When she completed her purchase, I offered to deliver them

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<v Speaker 1>to her so she didn't have to carry them around

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<v Speaker 1>all day. This was the courtesy I frequently extended to

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<v Speaker 1>my high end clients. Later that day, I called her

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<v Speaker 1>office for delivery instructions and was told to bring them

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<v Speaker 1>to a hotel close to the store. When I arrived,

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<v Speaker 1>the hotel concierge told me Miss Maxwell was in the

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<v Speaker 1>bar and wanted me to meet someone. It was Jeffrey Epstein.

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<v Speaker 1>That night in the hotel was the first of many

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<v Speaker 1>times they sexually assaulted me. Afterwards, I tried to pretend

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<v Speaker 1>everything was normal. I returned to my classes at FIT

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<v Speaker 1>and continued to work at Henry Bendell, but I started

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<v Speaker 1>to crack. I failed a course that was necessary for

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<v Speaker 1>my degree and had to retake it to get my diploma.

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<v Speaker 1>Shortly after my first meeting with Epstein and Maxwell, I

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<v Speaker 1>was offered a full time position at Henry Bendell. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a newly created position at the store, and it

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<v Speaker 1>would have required me to leave FIT a semester short

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<v Speaker 1>of completing my degree. I had aspirations of going to

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<v Speaker 1>law school, and I knew I cannot do so without

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<v Speaker 1>my undergraduate degree, so I declined it. When Golane found out,

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<v Speaker 1>she flew into a rage. I didn't understand why until

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<v Speaker 1>she told me that she and Epstein were responsible for

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<v Speaker 1>giving me that opportunity, and that in turning it down,

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<v Speaker 1>I was being ungrateful. I now know that this was

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<v Speaker 1>their standard operating procedure, give a gift or a favor,

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<v Speaker 1>and then demand sex in return. Nevertheless, I completed my

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<v Speaker 1>coursework for my degree from FIT, at which point I

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<v Speaker 1>left Henry Bendall and took a position at Bloomingdale's. I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to leave Epstein in Maxwell and the abuse they

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<v Speaker 1>perpetrated against me behind as I started my professional life.

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<v Speaker 1>I never wanted to or expected to see them again.

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<v Speaker 1>In the fall of nineteen ninety five, Glaine showed up

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<v Speaker 1>at Bloomingdll's looking for me. When I asked her how

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<v Speaker 1>she knew where I was, she said she asked my

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues at Henry Bendel. She immediately began befriending me, once again,

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<v Speaker 1>asking me to go out socially. I tried to resist,

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<v Speaker 1>but eventually she wore me down, and I began spending

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<v Speaker 1>time with them again. They made me feel like they

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<v Speaker 1>were my friends contemporaries. In one instance, they took me

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<v Speaker 1>to Florida and insisted that I stay longer than planned,

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<v Speaker 1>which caused me to miss work and led to me

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<v Speaker 1>being fired. Seizing on this new vulnerability, they began trafficking

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<v Speaker 1>me to their friends. By that time, I was trapped.

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<v Speaker 1>I was assaulted, raped, and trafficked countless times in New

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<v Speaker 1>York and Florida. During the three year period, things happened

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<v Speaker 1>that were so traumatizing that to this day I'm unable

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<v Speaker 1>to speak about I don't even have the vocabulary to

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<v Speaker 1>describe them in the most literal sense of the word.

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<v Speaker 1>Epstein and Maxwell terrified me. They told me that if

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<v Speaker 1>I told anyone, no one would believe me, and if

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<v Speaker 1>they did, they would kill me and the people closest

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<v Speaker 1>to me. And I believe them. I was once bright, fun, outgoing,

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<v Speaker 1>in kind, I love people, and people genuinely enjoyed being

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<v Speaker 1>around me. After meeting Jeffrey Epstein and Glenn Maxwell, it

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<v Speaker 1>felt like someone shut off the lights to my soul.

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<v Speaker 1>My secrets became too much for me to handle, and

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<v Speaker 1>I began doing whatever I could to try to get

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<v Speaker 1>away from Maxwell and Epstein. I changed jobs, apartments, cities,

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<v Speaker 1>and even states to try to get away. Everywhere I

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<v Speaker 1>went they found me. In nineteen ninety seven, I moved

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<v Speaker 1>to Philadelphia with the hopes of finally starting law school.

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<v Speaker 1>They found me again, and it was more than I

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<v Speaker 1>could take. I was hospitalized with the nervous breakdown. It

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<v Speaker 1>would be the first of over two dozen hospitalizations in

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<v Speaker 1>a decade following my involvement with Epstein and Maxwell. In

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<v Speaker 1>addition to my escalating mental health problems, I began to

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<v Speaker 1>experience physical symptoms that doctors could never put their fingers on.

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<v Speaker 1>I could no longer even pretend to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>hold down a job or take care of myself in

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<v Speaker 1>any meaningful way, and I had to move back home

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<v Speaker 1>once again. Emotionally, I had cracked, and nobody thought I

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<v Speaker 1>would ever get better. But I didn't give up. I

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<v Speaker 1>was determined to do whatever I had to to prove

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<v Speaker 1>everyone wrong. I wasn't crazy. I was hurt. For over

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<v Speaker 1>a decade and a half. I went to all kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of medical specialists and was in and out of medical

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<v Speaker 1>psychiatric hospitals, having tests and procedures. Even submitting to clinical

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<v Speaker 1>trials and an experimental implanable medical device, nothing helped. Just

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<v Speaker 1>as I began to repair the emotional damage, I was

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<v Speaker 1>diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome. CRPS, is a rare,

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<v Speaker 1>narrow inflammatory disorder characterized raised by intense, relentless physical pain.

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<v Speaker 1>Both CRPS ANDSD are psychophysical states in which the sympathetic

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<v Speaker 1>nervous system is engaged and remains inappropriately hyper aroused. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no cure. The mind and the body are interconnected.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite of this, I immersed myself this trauma therapy and

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<v Speaker 1>repaired my emotional health. I began physical therapy and regained

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<v Speaker 1>my physical mobility. I started to rebuild my life. The

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<v Speaker 1>arrest to Epstein in twenty nineteen and Maxwell in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty helped me immensely. For the first time, I was

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<v Speaker 1>finally able to disclose their abuse to friends and medical

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<v Speaker 1>providers twenty five years after meeting them. My experience was validated.

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<v Speaker 1>I could finally see the possibility of closure, and this

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<v Speaker 1>past November and December, I commuted almost every day from

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<v Speaker 1>my home in Philadelphia to attend Glenn Maxwell's trial in Manhattan.

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<v Speaker 1>For weeks, I sat in this courtroom anonymously, only revealing

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<v Speaker 1>my identity. The day before the verdict, I had to

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<v Speaker 1>see justice myself at the age of forty eight. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I'm just starting my life. All those things

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<v Speaker 1>I assumed I would have in life, the things that

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<v Speaker 1>my siblings and my friends have achieved, a career, success, partner, family,

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<v Speaker 1>a home, a legacy to be proud of leaving behind,

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<v Speaker 1>were jeopardized for more than two and a half decades.

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<v Speaker 1>The only pronounced difference between my life experience and theirs

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<v Speaker 1>is that one day, when I was doing my job,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm at Glene Maxwell, who fed me to Jeffrey Epstein

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<v Speaker 1>in more ways than one. They almost killed me, but

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't going to let them. Overcoming what happened to

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<v Speaker 1>me became my decades long, full time career and that

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<v Speaker 1>I have been successful for the past twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 1>Glanne Maxwell has been free to live a life of

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<v Speaker 1>wealth and privilege that is almost incomprehensible. Meanwhile, I have

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<v Speaker 1>had virtually none of the life experiences I might have

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<v Speaker 1>had had we never met for over two and a

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<v Speaker 1>half decades, I felt like I was in prison. She

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<v Speaker 1>has had her life. She needs to be imprisoned so

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<v Speaker 1>that all of the victims can finally be free. Next,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a short one from Teresa Helm Glenn Maxwell.

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<v Speaker 1>I was twenty two years old when you entirely derailed

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<v Speaker 1>the trajectory of my life. You made a choice to

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<v Speaker 1>view me as an individual lesson you. You saw me

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<v Speaker 1>as an object whose only purpose was to be manipulated, used, abused,

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<v Speaker 1>regarded as trash, and sent back from where I came.

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<v Speaker 1>You meticulously convinced me, through your deceptive charm and your conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>that you were someone worthy of my bright and inspired

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<v Speaker 1>young mind to look up to. You crafted your impact

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<v Speaker 1>on me. You groom me. Then you sent me off

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<v Speaker 1>to another monster. I trusted you. You had groomed me

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<v Speaker 1>so well, I unsuspectingly walked myself to the home of

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<v Speaker 1>that monster. I walked myself to the home of that

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<v Speaker 1>predator that hurt me. You manipulated and betrayed me into

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<v Speaker 1>feeling and believing that I was safe. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>most devastating outcomes to you hurting me is how I

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<v Speaker 1>then began to view and treat myself. I began to

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<v Speaker 1>view myself as unworthy of love. I began treating myself

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<v Speaker 1>as the garbage I was regarded as. My life got

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<v Speaker 1>so dark, the despair so intense, I nearly did not

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<v Speaker 1>make it out alive. Do you even remember me? I

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<v Speaker 1>am on the outside of the prison walls. Freedom Yet

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<v Speaker 1>I will forever fight for the freedom that you callously

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<v Speaker 1>stole from me. Teresa Jhlm. Remember my face, hear my voice,

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<v Speaker 1>remember my name, and last, but certainly not least, the

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<v Speaker 1>impact statement delivered by Maria Farmer. My life was on

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<v Speaker 1>a trajectory to be a well known and well respected

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<v Speaker 1>artist when I was derailed by Glenn Maxwell. I was

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<v Speaker 1>studying with the phenomenal artist Eric Fischel and Shu Close

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<v Speaker 1>while doing art for director James Brooks. When I was

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<v Speaker 1>held captive and assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein Glainne Maxwell on

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<v Speaker 1>the Wexner estate in nineteen ninety six. I was freshly

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<v Speaker 1>graduated from a master's program in art, something I worked

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<v Speaker 1>towards all of my life. Glaine began threatening my life

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<v Speaker 1>and destroying my livelihood following my return from being falsely

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<v Speaker 1>imprisoned at Wexner's. She wasn't happy just destroying my career.

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<v Speaker 1>She also assured me my future was destroyed and She

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<v Speaker 1>did everything in her vast power to accomplish this goal.

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<v Speaker 1>She threatened my family and my friends. I have severe

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<v Speaker 1>PTSD in two cancers as a result of my four solitude, poverty,

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<v Speaker 1>and quality of life. While in hiding, the shame I

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<v Speaker 1>associated with art following Glaine's abuse was overwhelming. I saw painting.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing is this was never my shame to carry.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a figurative artist doing what art is due pain.

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<v Speaker 1>The beholders of my art, Epstein and Maxwell, perverted it

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<v Speaker 1>into what they wanted. The art was always pure and beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>something I now recognize Glaine, Epstein, and Wexner of the

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<v Speaker 1>ones who should have carried the shame for perverting what

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<v Speaker 1>was beautiful. It should be known that Golayne's impact on

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<v Speaker 1>my life cannot be understated. Once she gleaned from Vicky

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<v Speaker 1>Ward that I went to the FBI, my life no

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<v Speaker 1>longer belonged to me. Aside from living in poverty and obscurity,

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<v Speaker 1>I have also had to face public scrutiny as a whistleblower.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm bullied regularly. Golayne changed everything for the worse. She

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<v Speaker 1>seemingly derailed me without thought after I got in her way.

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<v Speaker 1>She assured me that I could be killed walking down

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite path in NYC. I never feel safe outside

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<v Speaker 1>as a result of the massive trauma from being held

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<v Speaker 1>captive by Wexner's thugs via Glen and Jeffrey. Her threats

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<v Speaker 1>have never left my mind, and I believe she will

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<v Speaker 1>harm me if she ever has a way. Please keep

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<v Speaker 1>this in mind when determining her terms of imprisonment. She

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<v Speaker 1>is a very dangerous and devious individual. All Right, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna do it for the impact statements, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think they said more than anything that any of us

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<v Speaker 1>could ever say about Kalne Maxwell. So we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap up right here, and all of the information that

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<v Speaker 1>goes with this episode can be found in the description box.