A Scottish former New York madam has claimed she refused an offer to provide women for billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. Anna Gristina, 54, spent four months on remand in the notorious Rikers Island prison in 2012 after she was caught in an undercover FBI sting.
Prosecutors alleged that Gristina, who grew up in Kirkliston, West Lothian, made £6 million from running a vice ring for affluent and influential men in New York's Upper East Side. She admitted a single charge of promoting prostitution and was sentenced to five years' probation and time served.
The mother-of-four, who insisted she ran a legitimate matchmaking service, has now said she once received a call from Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell to enquire about her services. Maxwell, 60, was jailed for 20 years in June after being found guilty of the enticement of minors and sex trafficking of underage girls for Epstein.
