DOJ-OGR-00000695.jpg

Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document53_ Filed 09/03/19 Page 57 of 86 57 J8RPEPS2 1 is listening and that the others will be brought to justice. 2 Thank you, your Honor. 3 THE COURT: Thank you very much. 4 MS. McCAWLEY: The next client of ours that will be 5) speaking this morning is Sarah Ransome. 6 MS. RANSOME: Thank you, your Honor. My name is Sarah 7 Ransome, R-a-n-s-o-m I'm a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and 8 Ghislaine Maxwell's international sex trafficking ring. 9 I would like to thank the Court for the dignity and 10 the respect you are showing me here today, as well as the other 11 victims. [ would also like to acknowledge and extend my 12 gratitude to the prosecutors from the Southern District of 13 New York for pursuing justice on behalf of the victims. 14 Please, please finish what you have started. struggled to 15 find the words to adequately say how important your work is to 16 US 17 For a very long time Jeffrey Epstein gamed the system 18 at every level, and when he realized he couldn't do that any 19 longer, he showed the world what a depraved and cowardly human 20 being he is by taking his own life. But we, the victims, are 2l still here, prepared to tell the truth, and we all know he did 22 not act alone. We are survivors, and the pursuit of justice 23 should not abate. Thank you, your Honor. 24 THE COURT: You're very welcom 25 MS. McCAWLEY: Our next client who is going to be SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000695