Sarah Karen: Five things you need to know after Epstein’s ex-assistant claims she was ‘violently raped’ by him

According to the New York Post, Karen told the House Oversight Committee that the abuse occurred in multiple locations, including Epstein’s private jet, known as the “Lolita Express,” and his private island, Little St. James. “This is not a resort; this is an isolated place,” she said.

She also said the first time Epstein tricked her into stripping was during what she thought was a Victoria’s Secret casting. “I had just put on my bra and underwear, which seemed logical because it was a Victoria’s Secret casting, and I remember like doing a little twist and turning around so he could see my body,” she recalled.

“Only after Jeffrey confirmed that I would accept his sexual abuse did he start paying me,” she said. “I totally understand the math. I was paid, in part, to be raped.”

One of the most disturbing incidents described by Karen occurred at a Palm Beach gym where Epstein “played music so loud that no one could hear, choked me and violently raped me.” She also testified that the abuse did not stop even after Epstein began serving an 18-month prison sentence in 2008. “He even called me from a computer inside a Palm Beach County fence and ordered me to undress him on camera,” she said, adding that the call came “out of the blue.”

Epstein was found dead in a lower Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, and his death was ruled a suicide, the New York Post reported.

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Karen also talked about Ghislaine Maxwell called her “despicable and dismissive” but added that she was also afraid of Epstein. “I would see him bring Ghislaine to tears, and I thought she was the strongest, most ruthless woman I had ever met,” she said. Maxwell allegedly called himself and Karen Epstein “slaves and minions.”