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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document675-3 Filed 06/25/22 Page4of5 therapist who were willing to help me get to the bottom of things. I had tried almost every psychological intervention possible in my efforts to get better, but my new psychiatrist suggested something I had not tried before, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Just as I began to repair the emotional damage, I was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and was primarily bedbound for over a year. CRPS is a rare neuroinflammatory disorder characterized by intense, relentless physical pain. Both CRPS and PTSD are psychophysical states in which the sympathetic nervous system is engaged and remains inappropriately hyper-aroused. There is no cure. The mind and body are interconnected. Despite all of this, I immersed myself in DBT and repaired my emotional health. I began physical therapy and regained my physical mobility. I started to rebuild my life. The arrests of Epstein and Maxwell in 2019 and 2020 respectively helped me immensely. For the first time, I was finally able to disclose their abuse to close friends and medical providers. Twenty- five years after meeting them, my experience was validated. I could finally see the possibility of closute. This past November and December, I commuted almost every day from my home in Philadelphia to attend Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial in Manhattan. For weeks I sat in the courtroom anonymously, only revealing my identity the day before the verdict. I had to see justice for myself. At the age of 48, I feel as if ’'m just starting my life. All those things I assumed I would have in life, the things that my siblings and friends have achieved: a career, success, a partner, family, a home, a legacy to be proud of leaving behind were jeopardized for more than two and a half decades. The only pronounced difference between my life experience and theirs is that one day, when I was doing my job I met Ghislaine Maxwell who fed me to Jeffrey Epstein. In more ways than one, they DOJ-OGR-00010723