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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore in New York

Epstein survivors say financier lured them with promise of college education

a man and a woman smile while embracing each other
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York on 15 March 2005. Photograph: Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

A New York City artist who said Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell shopped her around to men is among the survivors claiming that Epstein used the lure of a university education to ensnare her in their sexual abuse network.

Rina Oh was a 21-year-old art student when she was introduced to Epstein in 2000 by Lisa Phillips, a model and Epstein survivor who has since emerged as a powerful voice in the survivors’ network pressuring for full accountability in the long-running money, sex and power scandal.

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