Cycle of Abuse

Survivor Recounts Recruiters Laughing During Jet Assault

Juliette Bryant was recruited from Cape Town by Jeffrey Epstein in 2002, at the age of 20, with promises of changing her life and helping her financially struggling family. After arriving in New York, she was immediately flown to Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean, where she was subjected to repeated rape and psychological manipulation. Her passport was confiscated, and she felt there was no way to escape, even after being returned to Cape Town and subsequently traveling to Epstein’s other properties. Bryant’s experience highlights the invisible chains of psychological bondage that kept victims ensnared, with her own unredacted emails published, which she attributes to drinking or emotional breakdowns, indicating the profound and lasting grip Epstein held over her.

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