First known Epstein victim to report to authorities (FBI, 1996). Artist who worked at Epstein's NYC townhouse, introduced by Eileen Guggenheim. Sister of fellow victim Annie Farmer. Interviewed on-the-record by Vicky Ward for Vanity Fair in 2002, but editor Graydon Carter cut the interview before publication.
Key Findings
- First known victim to report Epstein to FBI (1996)
- EFTA00076625: Vicky Ward's Vanity Fair profile was 'far from the whole story' — first-person accounts from Maria and Annie Farmer cut by editor Graydon Carter
- EFTA00234517: Reported to FBI that Ghislaine Maxwell told her she 'could just disappear' if she told anyone
- EFTA00092968: Art exhibition described — worked as artist at Epstein's NYC townhouse
- EFTA00105970: Identified as one of two sisters who were subjects of New York Times reporting
- Introduced to Epstein by Eileen Guggenheim through the New York Academy of Art
- Reported abuse by both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
- VIS at Maxwell sentencing: "I was held captive and assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on the Wexner estate in 1996." Developed "severe PTSD and two cancers." Maxwell "assured me that I could be killed walking down my favorite path in NYC" (us-v-maxwell Doc 674)