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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document670 _ Filed 06/22/22 Page10of55 Epstein. (PSR § 28). As a result, the defendant and Epstein no longer had to identify and recruit victims themselves. (/d.). Instead, they used money to convince impoverished girls to bring other victims to provide Epstein with sexualized massages. (/d.). Once the girls were in Epstein’s home, the defendant engaged in grooming behavior that normalized the sexualized massages that were taking place with Epstein. (/d.). As set forth in the PSR, the defendant targeted vulnerable victims for sexual abuse, causing significant and lasting harm. The trial evidence focused on six girls who suffered abusive sexual contact as a result of the defendant’s criminal actions: Jane, Kate, Annie, Carolyn, Virginia, and Melissa. Details concerning the evidence at trial with respect to the abuse by the defendant and Epstein of the six girls are provided in the PSR at { 30-74, 80-82. The defendant was instrumental in the abuse of these girls. She personally engaged in sexual abuse when she fondled the breasts of Jane, Annie, and Carolyn. And she used her role as a supposedly respectable, glamorous, older woman to lure these victims into a false sense of security. By behaving as though the sexual abuse was normal, the defendant prevented these girls from understanding just how wrong the abuse was. The defendant also provided Epstein with the cover of an age-appropriate romantic partner, to put other adults at ease when interacting with Epstein and when allowing their children to spend time with him. 1. Sexual Abuse of Jane The defendant and Epstein met Jane when she was just 14 years old in the summer of 1994 at a summer camp for talented kids. (PSR § 30). Jane was particularly vulnerable, as her father had just passed away (a fact which she had told both Epstein and the defendant upon meeting them), and her family was struggling financially. (PSR 9 30-31). The defendant and Epstein cultivated a relationship with Jane, spending time with her at Epstein’s Palm Beach home and DOJ-OGR-00010545