A native of Uzbekistan, who introduced herself as Rosa, publicly spoke for the first time about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of American financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, BBC reports.
According to the woman, she grew up in a poor family in Uzbekistan. At the age of 18, she was offered a modeling job in New York. The recruitment was carried out by Epstein’s longtime associate, French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, founder of the MC2 Model Management agency, created with financial support from Epstein.
Later, Brunel was found hanged in a Paris prison cell, where he was awaiting trial on rape charges.
The girl said that shortly after moving, the agency informed her of a $10,000 debt. After that, Epstein offered her a job at his scientific foundation.
According to her, he openly talked about his arrest, boasted about his connections in power, and told her that girls visited him even during his detention. The woman emphasized that the harassment began during the period when Epstein was under house arrest for charges of child molestation.
Years later, she decided to file a complaint, but did so anonymously — under the pseudonym “unknown.”
According to the woman, her real name became public due to a mistake by the US Department of Justice when publishing documents related to Epstein’s case.
“One day I woke up and saw that my name was mentioned more than 500 times. While the rich and powerful remain hidden behind censorship, my name was exposed for all to see,” she said.
In January 2026, the US Department of Justice released over three million pages of materials related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case, as well as about two thousand video recordings and 180 thousand photographs.
UN experts described the published data as “alarming credible evidence” of extensive sexual violence and human trafficking.
Epstein died in federal prison in 2019 — according to the official version, the cause of death was suicide.
