Jeffrey Epstein and his associates ‘repeatedly raped’ 13-year-old girl, lawsuit claims
- Sexual assault lawsuits piling up against Jeffrey Epstein’s US$577 million estate
- Epstein’s abuses started in 1985 and spanned more than two decades, his accusers said
Financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of girls and young women began as early as 1985 and targeted victims as young as 13 years old, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by nine accusers against his estate.
The accusers, known as Jane Doe I through Jane Doe IX, are among more than 20 women so far to formally seek compensation from Epstein’s US$577 million estate, after he was found dead on August 10 in a Manhattan jail cell.
Epstein’s death at age 66 was ruled a suicide, and came five weeks after his arrest on federal charges he trafficked dozens of underage girls from at least 2002 to 2005. He had pleaded not guilty. Many accusers have said his abuses occurred last decade.
The lawsuit was filed in a New York state court in Manhattan.
The nine women said Epstein’s abuses spanned more than two decades, often with help from associates, and six said they were raped.
One accuser, Jane Doe II, said Epstein sexually assaulted, abused and battered her starting around 1985, when she was 23.