Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse accuser files first in wave of lawsuits against the disgraced financier's estate
ABCA New York woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 14 has sued the disgraced financier's estate and a former associate — the first of an expected wave of lawsuits. Key points: Prosecutors said Epstein recruited girls to give him massages, which became sexual The lawsuit said Ghislaine Maxwell facilitated Epstein's abuse of several girls by overseeing their recruitment Another three unnamed female defendants included a maid, a secretary, and a "recruiter" Jennifer Araoz, 32, said in her complaint that she was starting out in high school when an Epstein associate brought her to the financier's massive mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, beginning a grooming process that led to months of sexual abuse, including what she called a "brutal rape". The lawsuit said his former associate Ghislaine Maxwell facilitated Epstein's abuse of several girls by overseeing their recruitment and "ensuring that approximately three girls a day were made available to him for his sexual pleasure". The other three unnamed defendants in Ms Araoz's lawsuit, all women who allegedly worked for Epstein in New York, include a maid, a secretary, and a "recruiter" who helped procure underage girls for him. Dan Kaiser, a lawyer for Ms Araoz, said on the conference call that holding Epstein's "adult enablers" responsible was "a very large part of this story". "