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Case 22-1426, Document ON AGD 3536039, Page206 of 217 91 M6s2Max2 1 provides another example. She testified that she confided in 2 the defendant that her mother was an alcohol and that she had 3 been raped and molested by her grandfather starting at a very 4 young age. The defendant, aware of this knowledge, used it to 5 subject Carolyn to a continuing cycle of sexual abuse. The 6 defendant wasn't an impassive observer, but herself touched 7 Carolyn's breasts, again, at the time Carolyn was 14. For 8 years, Carolyn was paid for the sexualized massages, including g personally paid by the defendant. 10 Similar patterns of conduct were described by other 11 witnesses. Indeed, the criminal conduct established at trial 12 was extensive and it was far-reaching. Ms. Maxwell and Epstein 13 victimized multiple underaged girls using this pattern, this 14 playbook, over the span of many years and in a variety of 15 locations. And the damage done to these young girls was 16 incalculable. They did bravely testify at trial about what 17 happened to them despite th xtraordinary difficulty that 18 entailed. They withstood cross-examination from zealous 19 defense counsel and testified credibly at trial about the 20 trauma that they had endured and the painful, horrific, and 21 lasting impact of that trauma. They did so, they told me in 22 their statements, in order to help ensure justice for 23 themselves and others and to do what they could to try to 24 prevent other girls from suffering in the future as they had 25 suffered. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.eee (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00021636