Australian mum who claims she was recruited and groomed by US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein for sex says ‘he went off her when she turned 19 because she was too old for him’
Virginia Roberts Giuffre has spoken out on alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
Ms Giuffre, who claims she was abused when she was 16, now lives in Australia
Epstein was arrested on Saturday in New Jersey after flying in on jet from Paris
It is alleged Epstein sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls
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9 July 2019
The arrest of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein in New York on child sex trafficking charges is the latest step in a long, emotionally-brutal battle for one of his alleged victims who moved to Australia as a 19-year-old when she believes she became ‘too old’ for him.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre has been one of Epstein’s most vocal accusers, alleging he recruited and groomed her as a 16-year-old in Florida to have sex with him and other rich and powerful men.
Ms Giuffre, now 35, broke away from Epstein when she married an Australian man in 2003, settled in Queensland and had three children.
Epstein, 66, appeared in a New York court on Monday dressed in a blue jail jumpsuit and entered not guilty pleas to counts of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors.
‘Finding the words adequate enough now to express how I feel is a tall task,’ Ms Giuffre, in a statement released to AAP by her lawyer Sigrid McCawley, said.
‘But I can say, without hesitation, that I am deeply pleased that federal prosecutors in New York have arrested Jeffrey Epstein and are on the case in a serious way.
‘It is time for Jeffrey Epstein and those who participated and enabled his sex crimes to be brought to true justice.’
Epstein was arrested on Saturday after his private plane landed in New Jersey after a flight from Paris.
The indictment alleges Epstein, between 2002 through 2005 in New York and Florida, sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls by enticing them to engage in sex acts with him in exchange for money.
His victims were as young as 14, according to prosecutors.
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