Allegations of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein’s network paying a 17‑year‑old for sexual services and recruiting other girls

_ Prince Andrew and girl, 17, who sex offender friend flew to Britain to meet him | Mail On... Page 8 of 17 He guaranteed her a minimum of $200 each time she gave him what he called an ‘erotic massage.’ Virginia said: ‘| would always receive the money immediately. He would give me the cash from a wad he carried in a black duffel bag or an assistant paid me. ‘And, because of the way Epstein had warped her sensibilities, every time she took the cash, Virginia felt even more indebted to him. Secretly, he was also preparing her for an even more disturbing role. Epstein had trained me to do whatever men wanted. | told myself I was special ‘Basically, | was training to be a prostitute for him. and his friends who shared his interest in young girls,’ she says: ‘After about two years, he started to ask me to “entertain” his friends.’ lt started when Epstein called Virginia at the Palm Beach apartment he had rented for her. She recalls: ‘He said, “I’ve got a good friend and | need you to fly to the island to entertain him, massage him and make him feel how you make me feel.” He didn’t spell out what | had to do. He didn’t have to. ‘He’d trained me to do whatever a man wanted. | was shocked but | told myself he was sharing me around because he trusted me and | was special. | was worried, but | would do anything to keep Jeffrey happy and to keep my place as his number one girl. He would keep telling me how lucky | was with the life | was leading and the money | was making. It was easy to fall into his grasp. ‘The way it usually worked was I'd be sent to meet a man on the private island Jeffrey owned in the Caribbean, or at his ranch in New Mexico, which was really isolated.’ She was ‘given’ to men ranging in age from their 40s to their 60s. They included a well-known businessman (whose pregnant wife was asleep in the next room), a world- renowned scientist, a respected liberal politician and a foreign head of state. None appeared to think the arrangement was unusual. Virginia says there were many other girls in Epstein’s circle and that she was paid extra money to help recruit them. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361039/Prince-Andrew-girl-17-sex-offender-frie... 3/16/2011 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021704