How a British teen model was lured into Jeffrey Epstein's web.
Anouska De Georgiou was living a charmed life in the mid-1990s. A teenage model from an affluent family in London, she had a future as bright as her mega-watt smile.
"If you're a young person walking into a mansion or someone's island and all the people who are present are acting as though this is OK and you're the only one who thinks it's weird, it's hard to say something." Among those believed to be in the investigators' crosshairs is Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime companion.Joe Schildhorn / Patrick McMullan via Getty Image
Maxwell’s lawyers didn’t return requests for comment. In a 2016 court deposition, the British-born socialite denied knowing about or playing any role in Epstein’s alleged abuse. “She was friends with politicians and royals and because she was such a popular person and easy to get on with, people wanted to be in her presence,” said Lady Victoria Hervey, a British model and socialite who befriended Maxwell around 2000.“When I met them, I met them as a couple, and they were the hot ‘it couple’ of New York. And I sort of always thought that they would end up together and be married,” Hervey told"Dateline.
Along the way, Maxwell made comments that Davies now recognizes as portending the sinister world she was about to enter. Davies said she was receiving money from Epstein but she viewed it at the time as compensation for her massage services. “It's so funny that you're reading a book on that because I know this older gentleman who's looking for a traveling masseuse,” Maxwell said, according to Giuffre. “He's super rich. He flies around everywhere. If you want, you can come by for an interview.”
After entering his Palm Beach mansion, Maxwell led her up a staircase and into a sparsely-furnished room.Epstein looked up at Maxwell and flashed a smile signaling that Giuffre described as a “cheshire cat grin.”Maxwell grabbed a bottle of lotion and instructed the young masseuse to “grab one side of Jeffrey” and “just follow what I do,” Giuffre said.
Giuffre, now a 36-year-old mother of three, said she still grapples with the question of why she allowed the abuse to go on for so long. Maxwell transformed herself into a crusading environmentalist focused on protecting the ocean. She spoke before the United Nations and in a 2014 TED talk. But Maxwell would soon drop out of the public eye. Lady Victoria Hervey, Maxwell’s one-time friend, said she last saw her a year ago at a baby shower.
The job got off to a smooth start, with Benavidez working on Maxwell. Known as the Zorro Ranch, the property was extraordinary, featuring a main house painted pink with elevator banks in the hallways and Italian frescoes in the pool area.Soon Benavidez was directed to massage Epstein. In time what had started as a dream opportunity massaging a pleasant and pretty woman turned into two years of abuse at the hands of Epstein, Benavidez said.
Zorro Ranch, one of the properties of financier Jeffrey Epstein, is seen in an aerial view near Stanley, N.M., on July 15, 2019.“She was inexperienced,” the sister said. “I don’t think she was sure how to set boundaries. She wanted opportunities and was trying to please clients.” “For me, I was involved in that kind of lifestyle growing up," De Georgiou said."And so I thought I could cope. And I thought I could handle it."
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