Jeffrey Epstein accuser Jennifer Araoz sued the late pedophile’s estate and his gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday — as part of the first wave of civil actions under the newly enacted Child Victims Act.
Araoz said she was just 15 when the financier raped her at his tony Manhattan townhouse.
In her Manhattan Supreme Court suit, the Queens resident lists Epstein’s estate, his girlfriend and alleged madam Maxwell and three unidentified women she described as a “recruiter,” “secretary” and “maid” as defendants.
The complaint contains the same details Araoz, now 32, divulged in a July interview. She claimed she was recruited at her performing arts high school at age 14 by a mysterious brunette and introduced to Epstein, who began giving her money.
After about a month of meetings, the hedge fund manager allegedly raped her during a massage in his “favorite room in the house,” the suit said.
“Araoz was petrified, felt trapped and didn’t know what to do, so she just did as she was told,” the suit said. “Epstein held her tightly and forcibly raped her.”
She is suing the three unidentified women, claiming they knew Epstein was a pedophile but did nothing to stop him.
Maxwell “identified and hired the recruiter on behalf of defendant Epstein to procure underage girls from Talent Unlimited High School and other schools, and oversaw the process that lead [sic] to the recruitment and grooming of Ms. Araoz,” the suit alleged.
More Epstein victims are expected to file lawsuits against the perv’s estate after the Child Victims Act went into law, opening up a one-year period in which child sex abuse survivors can sue no matter how long ago the incident happened.
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate and Maxwell did not immediately return messages.
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