A woman has opened up about the abuse she says she endured at the hands of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She told CNN that she became so desperate she considered killing him to end the abuse.
Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual abuse that some readers may find distressing.
Jeffrey Epstein Survivor Reveals Extreme Step She Considered to Kill Him
According to TMZ, Rosa Giles, a Jeffrey Epstein survivor, described to CNN what it was like to be one of Epstein’s victims. She said she first experienced abuse at his Florida mansion and later in New York.
Giles said Epstein recruited her as a secretary when she was struggling with her modeling career. She said her first assignment was to massage his feet. As time passed, she alleged the abuse escalated. She said she was asked to remove her top while giving him a massage. She added that after this Epstein groped her and masturbated.
When the abuse became unbearable, Giles said she considered contracting an STD and passing it on to Epstein in the hope that it would kill him. At the time, she said she did not believe the government would intervene.
While sharing the story, CNN anchor Erin Burnett wrote on X, “An Epstein survivor who has never spoken out publicly is revealing new details about the abuse she suffered. She tells @mj_lee she thought killing Epstein was the only way to stop him: “I ran around New York City as a child trying to get an STD to kill a pedophile.”
Giles also recalled noticing that Epstein was wearing an ankle monitor, indicating he was on a 12-hour work-release program after pleading guilty to solicitation of prostitution charges. She said the abuse did not stop during that period. According to Giles, the work-release arrangement continued for nine months, and so did the abuse. She also said she believed she would die if she told anyone what was happening.
Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
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