Jeffrey Epstein introduced woman to Prince Andrew, she tells London 'Daily Mail'

Jeffrey Epstein introduced woman to Prince Andrew, she tells London 'Daily Mail' Page I of 2 PalmBeachDailyNlpyy5,,cpsn Print this page Close Jeffrey Epstein introduced woman to Prince Andrew, she tells London 'Daily Mail' By MICHELE DARGAN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Updated: 9:04 a.m. Tuesday. March 1. 2011 Posted: 7:12 p.m. Monday. February 28. 2011 The young woman previously known as Jane Doe 102 has gone public, detailing her life from age 15 as a paid sex slave for Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. Now a married 27-year-old mother of three living in Australia, spoke at length to London's Daily Mail in an interview published Sunday. Roberts spoke to the Mail after a photo recently surfaced of Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew walking in Central Park. The photo was taken when the prince visited Epstein's Manhattan apartment in December. Roberts reveals to the Mail that she was in Prince Andrew's company three times at the behest of Epstein. An old photo, printed in the Mail, shows a smiling Andrew with his arm around Roberts' waist. The photo was taken at the London home of Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell. "There is no suggestion that there was any sexual contact between Virginia and Andrew or that Andrew knew that Epstein paid her to have sex with his friends," the Mail said. On that trip, which also included stops in Paris, Spain, Granada and Tangier, Roberts said Epstein paid her $15,000. Epstein, 58, received an 18-month sentence on state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution and soliciting prostitution. He is now a lifelong registered sex offender. A deal with federal prosecutors revealed Epstein could have been charged with multiple federal counts of sexual exploitation of minors, resulting in much harsher penalties. But the feds deferred to the two state charges. Serving 13 months segregated in a vacant wing of the county stockade, Epstein was let out on work release six days a week for up to 16 hours a day. In addition, probation records reveal that while serving one year of house arrest, Epstein was given permission to travel out of state and spend hours outside his house, all with the blessing of either the court or his probation officer. Epstein retained some of the best lawyers in the country to get what many have described as a sweetheart deal. In December 2009, Roberts filed a lawsuit against Epstein as Jane Doe 102. She was one of nearly two dozen women who settled lawsuits against Epstein for undisclosed amounts, all alleging they were sexually abused by him as minors. The lawsuit says Maxwell recruited Roberts at The Mar-A-Lago Club, where Roberts was working as a changing room assistant. Maxwell told Roberts she could earn big money as a "traveling masseuse" to a wealthy Palm Beach man. All the lawsuits against the billionaire money manager said his modus operandi in the initial visit was the same: the minor girl was taken to Epstein's mansion on El Brillo Way and led upstairs to a spa room by one of Epstein's assistants, where he would ask the girl to perform massages and/or various sex acts, for which he would pay her. Roberts' lawsuit said she was sexually exploited by Epstein's adult male peers, which included royalty, politicians, academicians, businessmen and others in various locations around the world. http://wwv,cpalmbeachdailynews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-introduced-woman-to-prince-an... 3/1/2011 EFTA00212330 Jeffrey Epstein introduced woman to Prince Andrew, she tells London 'Daily Mail' Page 2 of 2 Epstein attorney Joseph Ackerman did not return a call for comment. Roberts — who spent tour years with Epstein — refers to him as "a monster" who paid her lavishly to satisfy his and his friends sexual whims — although Roberts doesn't identify the friends. Roberts says she would meet one of Epstein's friends on his private island in the Caribbean or at his ranch in New Mexico, both of which were isolated, and she was "given to men ranging in age from their 40s to their 60s." To detach herself from reality, Roberts said, she began taking Xanax — "up to eight pills a day." Other revelations by Roberts in the Mail: Epstein and Maxwell told her they wanted her to have his child. That, she told the Mail, was "a wake-up call" to get out of the situation. Fort Lauderdale attorney Brad Edwards has represented several of Epstein's underage victims. In addition, Epstein and Edwards have filed lawsuits against each other. Epstein alleges Edwards was involved in false claims made by Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, while Edwards alleges Epstein filed a frivolous lawsuit to get him to back down from representing the victims. "I feel terrible for Virginia and all of the other girls that were sexually abused, but I was not surprised at all by the story," Edwards said. "I represented several girls that, similar to Virginia, were very young and vulnerable and were badly abused by Epstein. These girls will never completely heal from what they went through. What is most troublesome though is that these serious crimes went virtually unpunished. I currently represent several victims that want Epstein prosecuted for the crimes he committed against them, which is why we filed a claim under the Crime Victim's Rights Act in an effort to overturn the illegal plea deal and get true justice for these victims." Find this article at: !nip viiww.palmbeachdailynews.cominews/jeftrey-epstein-introduced-woman-to-prince-andrew-she-1288716.html Print this page Close http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-introduced-woman-to-prince-an... 3/1/2011 EFTA00212331