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PalmBeachDailyNpyymgrn Print this page Close Jeffrey Epstein introduced woman to Prince Andrew, she tells London 'Daily Mail' By MICHELE DARGAN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Updated: 9:04 a.m. Tuesday. March 1. 2011 Posted: 7:12 p.m. Monday. February 28. 2011 The young woman previously known as as gone public, detailing her life from age 15 as a paid sex slave for Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. Now a poke at length to London's Daily Mail in an interview published Sunday. IME spoke to the Mail after a photo recently surfaced of Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew walking in Central Park. The photo was taken when the prince visited Epstein's Manhattan apartment in December. reveals to the Mail that she was in Prince Andrew's com an three times at the behest of Epstein. An old photo, printed in the Mail, shows a smiling Andrew with his arm around The photo was taken at the London home of Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell. "There is no suggestion that there was any sexual contact between=and Andrew or that Andrew knew that Epstein paid her to have sex with his friends," the Mail said. On that trip, which also included stops in Paris, Spain, Granada and Tangier, said Epstein paid her $15,000. Epstein, 58, received an 18-month sentence on state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution and soliciting prostitution. He is now a lifelong registered sex offender. A deal with federal prosecutors revealed Epstein could have been charged with multiple federal counts of sexual exploitation of minors, resulting in much harsher penalties. But the feds deferred to the two state charges. Serving 13 months segregated in a vacant wing of the county stockade, Epstein was let out on work release six days a week for up to 16 hours a day. In addition, probation records reveal that while serving one year of house arrest, Epstein was given permission to travel out of state and spend hours outside his house, all with the blessing of either the court or his probation officer. Epstein retained some of the best lawyers in the country to get what many have described as a sweetheart deal. In December 2009 filed a lawsuit against Epstein as She was one of nearly two dozen women who settled lawsuits against EpsteiigLwwVisclosed amounts. all alleging the were sexually abused by him as minors. The lawsuit says Maxwell recruited at The Mar-A-Lago Club, where was working Maxwell tolc ishe could earn big money as a "traveling masseuse" to a wealthy alm Beach man. All the lawsuits against the billionaire money manager said his modus operandi in the initial visit was the same: the minor girl was taken to Epstein's mansion on El Brillo Way and led upstairs to a spa room by one of Epstein's assistants, where he would ask the girl to perform massages and/or various sex acts, for which he would pay her. lawsuit said she was sexually exploited by Epstein's adult male peers, which included royalty, politicians, academicians, businessmen and others in various locations around the world. Epstein attorney Joseph Ackerman did not return a call for comment. — who spent four years tein — refers to him as "a monster" who paid her lavishly to satisfy his and his friends sexual whims — although doesn't identify the friends. says she would meet one of Epstein's friends on his private island in the Caribbean or at his ranch in New Mexico. both of which were isolated, and she was "given to men ranging in age from their 40s to their 60s." To detach herself from reality said, she began Other revelations by in the Mail: Epstein and Maxwell told her they wanted her to have his child. That, she told the Mail, was "a wake-up call" to get out of the situation. EFTA01199176 Fort Lauderdale attorney Brad Edwards has represented several of Epstein's underage victims. In addition, Epstein and Edwards have filed lawsuits against each other. Epstein alleges Edwards was involved in false claims made by Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, while Edwards alleges Epstein filed a frivolous lawsuit to get him to back down from representing the victims. "I feel terrible foa and all of the other girls that were sexually abused, but I was not surprised at all by the story," Edwards said. "I represented several girls that, similar to were very young and vulnerable and were badly abused by Epstein. These girls will never completely hea rom what they went through. What is most troublesome though is that these serious crimes went virtually unpunished. I currently represent several victims that want Epstein prosecuted for the crimes he committed against them, which is why we filed a claim under the Crime Victim's Rights Act in an effort to overturn the illegal plea deal and get true justice for these victims." Find this article at: httpl/www.palmbeachdailynews.cominews/jefirey-epstein-introduced-woman-to-prince-andrew-she-1288716.html Print this page Close EFTA01199177