For months, I had to avoid Jeffrey, but he told me that if I wanted to succeed as a Ford model, he could make it happen.

And he was right. He introduced me to Katie Ford, and many others in the entertainment business.

His grip on the modeling business was undeniable, not just the Ford family, but Vittory's Secret,

Faith Cates, Jean-Luc Brunel, Votory's Secret. Epstein's reach went to the very top of fashion.

He could make a model's career. What I didn't realize then was that once he lured someone like me in,

he could also destroy my career if I did not do what he wanted me to do.

In New York City, countless young women were abused by him.

Everyone in the industry knew, yet he was too powerful to stop.

He had friends in all over entertainment and arts. Yet he was too powerful to stop.

He had friends in all over entertainment and arts, and his value to those friends made him untouchable.

But I ask you why.

Who was he to our government that he was allowed to operate openly for decades?

Why was he allowed to operate openly for decades.

Why was he allowed to sponsor visas for young models using their immigration status as leverage to abuse them?

And silence them.

Epstein was not just a serial predator.

He was an international human trafficker.

And many around him knew this, many participated,

and many profited. And yet he was protected. I know what it's like to be trafficked to others.

I know that the files contain the names of powerful men who have been shielded because of their fame or their fortune. So I stand here today, not just for myself, but for every woman who has been silenced,

and dismissed.

Thank you.

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