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Case 22-1426, Document ON AGS 3536039, Page189 of 217 74 M6SQmaxS1 1 customer. Her usual salesperson wasn't there, so I helped her. 2 Ghislaine was electrifying. We hit it off immediately. In 3 this first meeting we spoke of our mutual love of fashion, of 4 difficult fathers and formal upbringing, of boyfriends and of 5 how we both saw New York as a chance to start over. She told 6 me that her boss, who later came to understand was Jeffrey 7 Epstein, was close friends with Lex Wexner, the CEO and founder 8 of The Limited, which owned Henri Bendel at the time. g When she completed her purchases, I offered to deliver 10 them to her so she didn't have to carry them around all day. 11 This was a courtesy I frequently extended to my high-end 12 clients. Later that day, called her office for delivery L3 instructions and was told to bring them to a hotel close by to 14 the store. When I arrived, the hotel concierge told me 15 Ms. Maxwell was in the bar and wanted me to meet someone. It 16 was Jeffrey Epstein. That night in the hotel was the first of 17 many times they sexually assaulted me. 18 Afterwards tried to pretend everything was normal. 19 returned to my classes at FIT and continued to work at Henri 20 Bendel, but I started to crack. failed a course that was 21 necessary for my degree and had to retake it to get my diploma. 22 Shortly after my first meeting with Epstein and Maxwell, I was 23 offered a full-time position at Henri Bendel. It was a newly 24 created position at the store, and it would have required me to 25 leave FIT a semester short of completing my degree. I had SOUTHE RN D STR 12) CT REPORTERS, 805-0300 Ps Ce DOJ-OGR-00021619