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Case 22-1426, Document 78, 06/29/2023, 3536039, Page189 of 217 SA-443 M6SQmaxS1 74 1 customer. Her usual salesperson wasn't there, so I helped her. 2 Ghislaine was electrifying. We hit it off immediately. In 3 this first meeting we spoke of our mutual love of fashion, of 4 difficult fathers and formal upbringing, of boyfriends and of 5 how we both saw New York as a chance to start over. She told 6 me that her boss, who I later came to understand was Jeffrey 7 Epstein, was close friends with Lex Wexner, the CEO and founder 8 of The Limited, which owned Henri Bendel at the time. 9 10 When she completed her purchases, I offered to deliver 11 them to her so she didn't have to carry them around all day. 12 This was a courtesy I frequently extended to my high-end 13 clients. Later that day, I called her office for delivery 14 instructions and was told to bring them to a hotel close by to 15 the store. When I arrived, the hotel concierge told me 16 Ms. Maxwell was in the bar and wanted me to meet someone. It 17 was Jeffrey Epstein. That night in the hotel was the first of 18 many times they sexually assaulted me. 19 20 Afterwards I tried to pretend everything was normal. 21 I returned to my classes at FIT and continued to work at Henri 22 Bendel, but I started to crack. I failed a course that was 23 necessary for my degree and had to retake it to get my diploma. 24 Shortly after my first meeting with Epstein and Maxwell, I was 25 offered a full-time position at Henri Bendel. It was a newly 26 created position at the store, and it would have required me to 27 leave FIT a semester short of completing my degree. I had SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.... (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00021619