Ep 270: Surviving Jeffrey Epstein with Jess Michaels, Part 1

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Laura interviews Jess Michaels who was raped by Jeffrey Epstein in 1991. Jess bravely shares how she was selected and groomed before she met Epstein. Laura methodically breaks down Epstein’s behaviour to provide a chilling profile of a man who deployed a wide range of nuanced manipulation tactics to psychologically undo and coercively control his victims and those around them. This conversation will change and save lives. Listen to this important conversation so you don’t fall into the trap abuser’s set. For more expert insight, in-depth conversations, extra episodes and videos, live monthly events with Laura and to be a part a fast growing, dynamic and empowering community join the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst    #CoerciveControl #Abuser #Psychology#PowerAndControl #DomesticViolence #CrimeAnalyst #TrueCrime #Podcast #HighRisk #DASH #WarningSigns #Manipulation #Trauma Clip https://youtu.be/7j1xEv8ZXFU?si=Ssr8XcdmcHo1tqTZ Sources   Real Crime Profile Series: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forensically-deconstructing-jeffrey-epstein/id1081244497?i=1000451942611 https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/coercivecontrol   https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/stalking https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/books https://www.thelaurarichards.com/my-two-cents/serial-and-high-risk-stalkers-and-domestic-abusers Follow Jess Michaels on social media: @jessmichaelsspeaks and @withyoutooap REGISTER For Laura’s 2025 Masterclasses – Profiling Behaviour, Preventing Murder and Suicide in Slow Motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, Coercive Control and Stalking: https://bit.ly/LRMasterclassRegistration   More Training Info: www.dashriskchecklist.com www.thelaurarichards.com Crime Analyst YouTube, Socials and Website   YouTube @crimeanalyst    Facebook Crime Analyst Podcast   Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999   Threads @crimeanalyst   X @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999    TikTok @crimeanalystpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Gilaine Maxwell approached me at the spa area.
0:04.0	She was like this really bright Mary Poppins kind of a figure.
0:09.0	And she said, oh, you're reading a book on massage therapy.
0:13.0	And you know, he started talking.
0:16.0	And she goes, oh, you know what?
0:18.0	I know this guy, there's an opportunity, actually.
0:20.0	If you want to become a real massage therapist,
0:22.6	we can get you trained, you can come for the interview tonight, and if he likes you, then you'll be a real masseuse.
0:30.6	And you'll get to see the world, and you'll get paid $200 per massage, and it, like, no alarm bells went off because it was this proper English
0:39.1	lady who just looked so nice.
0:41.8	Epstein's victims have talked about how they weren't sure who this guy was, but because
0:46.4	Galen seems so proper, surely it's got to be legit.
0:50.7	Her posh upbringing, her accent gave this veneer of respectability.
0:56.0	Coming from a woman, I think that was incredibly manipulative,
1:00.0	and I think it was absolutely critical in Epstein's operation.
1:04.0	My dad brought me over.
1:06.0	He shakes hand with Gulen, who promises that she'll take good care of me,
1:10.0	and she will have someone
1:11.3	drive me home.
1:16.5	She led me up a staircase and we made a right into Jeffrey's room and Jeffrey laying naked
1:25.7	on the massage table. Jeffrey lifts his head up, looks at Gieland,
1:31.3	Gulen looks at him, and I call it the Cheshire,
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