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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN
AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: CACE 15-000072
BRADLEY J. EDWARDS and PAUL G.
CASSELL,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ,
Defendant.
DECLARATION OF
1. My name is                     and I was born in August, 1983.
2. I am currently 31 years old.
3. I grew up in Palm Beach, Florida. When I was little, I loved animals and wanted
to be a veterinarian. But my life took a very different turn when adults — including Jeffrey
Epstein and his close friend Alan Dershowitz -- began to be interested in having sex with me.
4. In approximately 1999, when I was 15 years old, I met Ghislaine Maxwell. She is
the daughter of Robert Maxwell, who had been a wealthy publisher in Britain. Maxwell asked
that I come with her to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion for the purposes of teaching me how to
perform "massages" and to train me professionally in that area. Soon after that I went to
Epstein's home in Palm Beach on El Brillo Way.
5. From the first time 1 was taken to Epstein's mansion that day, his motivations and
actions were sexual, as were Maxwell's. My father was not allowed inside. I was brought up
some stairs. There was a naked guy, Epstein, on the table in the room. Epstein and Maxwell
forced me into sexual activity with Epstein. I was 15 years old at the time. He seemed to be in
his 40s or 50s. I was paid $200. I was driven home by one of Epstein's employees.
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6. I came back for several days following and did the same sorts of sexual things for
Epstein.
7. After I did those things for Epstein, he and Maxwell said they were going to have me
travel and were going to get an education for me. They were promising me the world, that I
would travel with Epstein on his private jet and have a well-paid profession. Epstein said he
would eventually match me up with a wealthy person so that I would be "set up" for life.
8. So I started "working" exclusively for Epstein. He took me to New York on his big,
private jet. We went to his mansion in New York City. I was shown to my room, a very
luxurious room. The mansion was huge. I was very young and got scared because it was so big.
Epstein brought me
to a room with a massage parlor. Epstein made me engage in sexual activities with him there.
9. You can see how young I looked in the photograph below.
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10. Epstein took me on a ferry boat on one of the trips to New York City and there he
took the picture above. I was approximately 15 or 16 years old at the time.
11. Over the next few weeks, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trained me to do
what they wanted, including sexual activities. The training was in New York and Florida, at
Epstein's mansions. It was basically every day and was like going to school. I also had to have
sex with Epstein many times.
12. I was trained to be "everything a man wanted me to be." It wasn't just sexual training
- they wanted me to be able to cater to all the needs of the men they were going to send me to.
They said that they loved that I was very compliant and knew how to keep my mouth shut about
what they expected me to do.
13. Epstein and Maxwell also told me that they wanted me to produce information for
them in addition to performing sex on the men. They told to me to pay attention to the details
about what the men wanted, so I could report back to them.
14. While I had juvenile hopes of bettering my life, from very early on 1 was also afraid of
Epstein. Epstein told me he was a billionaire. I told my mother that I was working for this rich
guy, and she said "go, go far away." Epstein had promised me a lot, and 1 knew if I left I would
be in big trouble. I was a witness to a lot of illegal and bad behavior by Epstein and his friends. If
I left Epstein, he knew all kinds of powerful people. He could have had me killed or abducted,
and I knew he was capable of that if 1 did not obey him. He let me know that he knew many
people in high places. Speaking about himself, he said "I can get away" with things. Even as a
teenager, I understood what this meant and it scared me, as I believe he intended.
15. I visited and traveled with Jeffrey Epstein from 1999 through the summer of
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2002, and during that time I stayed with him for sexual activities at each of his houses (or
mansions) in locations including New York City, New York; the area of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Palm Beach, Florida; an island in the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Paris, France. I had sex with him
often in these places and also with the various people he demanded that I have sex
with. Epstein paid me for many of these sexual encounters. Looking back, I realize that my only
purpose for Epstein, Maxwell and their friends was to be used for sex.
16. To illustrate my connection to these places, I include four photographs taken of
me in New Mexico (shown below). The first one is a museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We
had gone sightseeing for the day. Epstein took this picture of me. I was approximately

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