The first alleged victim to testify against Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex-trafficking trial said Wednesday that she was introduced to former president Donald Trump by Jeffrey Epstein and once flew with Prince Andrew on one of the financier’s private planes.
The accuser, who testified under the pseudonym “Jane,” recalled the two encounters while being quizzed by Maxwell’s defense attorney, Laura Menninger.
Jane responded affirmatively when asked if Epstein drove her to Mar-a-Lago in a “dark green car” when she was 14 years old in the 1990s.
When she was at the Palm Beach estate, Jane said she was introduced to the former president.
She was also briefly asked about flying on Epstein’s private planes by Menninger and said she had flown on the same flight as the British royal Prince Andrew.
On Tuesday, Jane described in detail about how she was abused as a teenager by Epstein and Maxwell after meeting the pair while eating ice cream on a bench at a Michigan art camp when she was 14 years old.
She recalled “orgies” that included Epstein, Maxwell and a host of other girls, as well as a time when she was abused by just the duo.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s siblings Kevin and Isabel Maxwell speak outside the courthouse in Manhattan on Dec. 1, 2021. Alec Tabak for NY Post“They started to sort of like fondle each other,” she said of the 1994 encounter, adding that they were “casually giggling” as she stood there.
“He asked me to take my top off,” Jane added. “Then there were hands everywhere and Jeffrey proceeded to masturbate again. And Ghislaine was like rubbing on him, kissing on him.”
On Wednesday, she cried on the stand when she was asked by prosecutors about receiving some $2.9 million from a Jeffrey Esptein victim compensation fund.
The accuser paused for about 30 seconds and wiped tears from her eyes with a tissue after she was asked by a prosecutor to describe what cash meant to her.
Witness “Jane” previously settled a civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell. UNTV/Handout via REUTERS“I wish I would have never received that money in the first place because of what happened,” the accuser responded, her voice breaking.
“In this country, compensation is the only thing you could get when you try to move on with your life and the pain and abuse and suffering I received … and try to fix myself,” she added.
Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe then asked her if she had any financial stake in the outcome of Ghislaine’s criminal trial.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate accused of sex trafficking, looks at her brother Kevin Maxwell and sister Isabel Maxwell during her trial in a courtroom sketch. Reuters“No,” the alleged victim told jurors in the federal courtroom in Manhattan.
The accuser’s payout from the fund came up as she was questioned by the defense — in an attempt to undercut her credibility.
Jane was awarded $2.9 million from the Epstein compensation fund in 2020. She had to agree to settle a civil suit she brought against Maxwell and the dead financier’s estate to receive the payout.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense lawyer, Laura Menninger (left), questioned a $2.9 million payout witness “Jane” received from a victim compensation fund. REUTERS/Jane RosenbergBefore she cried on the stand, Jane testified that she agreed to work with federal prosecutors because she wanted to get “closure” decades after her alleged abuse by Epstein and Maxwell.
“This is something I have been running from my entire life,” she said.
“I am just tired of it. I was just hoping that I could help in any way to make that happen and find some peace … finally,” she added.
