Jeffrey Epstein would call famous friends during massages
Jeffrey Epstein asked young girls to show their school ID to prove they were underage.
Marina Lacerda, who was abused by Epstein since she was 14, said that when an 18-year-old girl was brought to him, Epstein was “furious” and immediately sent her away.
Ms Lacerda, now 37, was forced to recruit other victims and told The Telegraph she was instructed by Epstein to only introduce him to girls with student ID cards.
Ms Lacerda, who was born in Brazil, said Epstein stopped abusing her when she was 16 or 17 because he thought she was too old and she did not bring him girls young enough.
“I did bring him someone when I was 18 and he kicked her out… He just looked at her and knew she wasn’t 14, 15 or 16. He really, he was like, ‘Get out’… He was very aggressive,” Ms Lacerda said.
“He turned to me and he said, ‘I’m done.’ He said, ‘When you bring girls here, you need to start bringing me ID… I want my school ID.'”
After some of Epstein’s documents became public, Ms Lacerda accused the government of orchestrating a “cover-up” by redacting vast troves of documents and failing to release what it had to “protect” powerful people.
The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands of documents on Friday and Saturday, but hundreds of pages were heavily redacted and a large number of documents have yet to be released.
Marina Lacerda accuses U.S. government of covering up heavily redacted documents in Epstein dossier – AP/Jose Luis Magana
Ms Lacerda’s testimony about years of abuse was crucial in securing charges against the pedophile in 2019, months before his death in prison.
She was named “Minor Victim 1” in the 2019 indictment and spoke publicly for the first time in September, calling for the release of Epstein’s documents.
She said she reviewed some recently released documents and saw records of Epstein asking to see the girl’s ID, information that appeared to come from an interview she gave to the FBI in 2019, two months before Epstein was arrested.
On Saturday, she also said the pedophile would “brag” to his powerful friends that he was receiving a massage from a “beautiful girl” while on the phone and asked her to say hello to them.
“We did talk to a lot of people on the phone, you know, they were politicians, some were princes… [they] They are very important people,” she told The Telegraph.
She said he would “make it clear that he knew everyone, that he owned everyone… and that he manipulated us.”
After lying down for a massage, Epstein would call his contact, “talking about business and always mentioning the fact, ‘Oh, you know, I had a beautiful young girl giving me a massage.'”
Ms. Lacerda said he would hand her the phone and tell her to “say hi.” She would say things like “Hey, how are you?” to the guys. But nothing “deep” will be discussed.
Ms. Lacerda said Epstein never explicitly told powerful men she was underage.
She met a Hollywood star she had spoken to in person on the phone, but was not abused by them or anyone else except Epstein.
Ms Lacerda is one of many Epstein survivors who have called for the full release of the documents because she believes there is information about those around him that has not been disclosed.
“100% complete cover-up”
Only a small portion of the government’s documents on pedophiles have been released, and some have been heavily redacted, sparking a bipartisan outcry over the alleged cover-up.
At least 16 documents, including a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump, were also removed from the Justice Department’s website following their release on Friday.
In a press release issued on Friday, dozens of photos of Bill Clinton were released for the first time, including a picture of the former US president shirtless in a hot tub, and a photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the royal family’s Sandringham resort, showing him lying on the lap of five women with Ghislaine Maxwell smiling behind him.
“Everything is redacted for a reason,” Ms Lacerda said, adding that it was a “100 per cent complete cover-up”.
“It’s almost like a joke, right? Like, we have to look at it as, this has to be a comedy show. Like, why are you taking out all these documents?”
She added: “Who are we really trying to protect? Are we protecting survivors or are we protecting these powerful people? … We’re tired of it. You know, we’ve been protecting these powerful people for a long time.”
Former US President Bill Clinton is seen in dozens of photos in documents released on Friday – AFP
There is no suggestion that Mr. Clinton did anything wrong. The former president, who admitted traveling on Epstein’s private jet, wrote in his memoir that he had “ceased contact” with Epstein before he was first arrested in 2005 for soliciting child prostitution.
He said he had always thought Epstein was “weird” but had “no idea of ​​the crimes he committed.”
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was ordered to leave Royal Cottage, his Windsor home, following weeks of scrutiny into his links to Epstein and accuser Virginia Giuffre. He has always denied these accusations and any other wrongdoing.
Ms Lacerda met Epstein in 2002 when she was recruited by a friend who did not reveal her details other than that she could make money giving massages.
Ms. Lacerda, a Brazilian immigrant who was sharing a bedroom with her mother and sister, saw it as an opportunity to support her family.
“I guess I got to the point where I was really short of money,” she said. However, after being forced to recruit young girls, she can no longer face working for him.
She said: “I don’t want to take any more underage girls, I’m 17 and have some idea of ​​what’s going on there.
“You had no choice but to bring him someone because he was so persistent and he just wanted, you know, a new face, a new girl.”
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