One of Ghislaine Maxwell's victims has called for the socalite-turned pimp to "die in prison".
Speaking outside court ahead of Maxwell's sentencing in New York today, Sarah Ransome said she's spent the "past 17 years in her own prison".
"I've been to hell and back", she told SkyNews.
Hours ago Ransome's harrowing victim impact statement was released ahead of the hearing.
She is set to tell the court how she wanted to kill herself by jumping into shark-infested waters surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's Paedo Island rather than being raped again.
In it she tells how she escaped the "hellish trap set by Epstein, Maxwell and others," and how she continues 17 years later "to suffer from the horrific trauma it caused".
For more on Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing, click here for our blog
Speaking about how she arrived in New York aged 22, Ms Ransome wanted to start her life over after what she said was "an incredibly abusive relationship".
Ms Ransome said: "Soon after arriving, I met an Epstein/Maxwell recruiter named Natalya Malyshev in a club.
"She befriended me and, soon after that, arranged for me to meet Jeffery.
"She described him as a kind philanthropist who could help me get into FIT [Fashion Institute of Technology] and provide much-needed support, something which was alien to me.
"Over the next seven to eight months, I became, against my will, nothing more than a human sex toy with a heartbeat and soul for the entertainment of Epstein, Maxwell and others.
"Sometimes I was subjected to sexual predation multiple times per day, both in his New York mansion and on his private island, St Little James in the US Virgin Islands.
"On one visit to the island, the sexual demands, degradation and humiliation became so horrific that I tried to escape by attempting to jump off a cliff into shark-infested waters, but was caught by Maxwell and company moments before jumping.
"At the time, the extremely risky escape seemed more appealing than being raped one more time."
She added: "In several instances, Ghislaine by her own hand forced me into Epstein's room to be raped.
"Epstein and Maxwell were masters at finding young, vulnerable girls and young women to exploit.
"Upon targeting a vulnerable girl/young woman, they would ingratiate themselves to her, giving her compliments and small gifts, telling her how special she was.
"They would tell her that Epstein was a very wealthy, generous man whose primary purpose was to help the less fortunate.
"He and Maxwell were sophisticated, worldly adults with deep ties to important people, world leaders and institutions who could give her the lifeline she needed to make her dreams reality.
"However, soon after lulling me and others into a false sense of comfort and security, they pounced, ensnaring us in their upside-down, twisted world of rape, rape and more rape.
"Like Hotel California, you could check into the Epstein-Maxwell dungeon of sexual hell, but you could never leave."
Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced today for her role in an elaborate child sex abuse case.
