A Jeffrey Epstein accuser is talking out about previous claims she made that the late pedophile stored video footage of his varied buddies having intercourse at his residence, saying it’s completely true and that she solely recanted her story years in the past out of concern following threats.
“It’s no secret that everything was recorded,” Sarah Ransome, who settled a civil go well with with Epstein and his madam Ghislaine Maxwell in 2018, advised “Good Morning Britain” on Tuesday. “Multiple victims have come forward confirming my account, along with others. I have also seen recordings in his office.”
These recordings supposedly present former President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and British enterprise magnate Richard Branson having intercourse with an unnamed lady, Ransome claimed in 2016 emails that have been printed Monday as a part of a defamation lawsuit introduced by fellow Epstein accuser, Virginia Giuffre.
The newly launched court docket paperwork additionally embody images of Ransome, Maxwell, Epstein and different younger girls on Epstein’s non-public Caribbean island.
Ransome mentioned she recanted the tapes’ existence years in the past as a result of Maxwell, “amongst others, regularly enforced that if I ever did come forward, myself and my family would be harmed,” she advised Good Morning Britain.
Epstein died in a New York City jail in 2019 whereas Maxwell is at present behind bars serving out a 20-year sentence associated to serving to him commit his intercourse crimes.
Ransome first got here ahead together with her allegations to a New York Post reporter in 2016. She mentioned the girl who allegedly had intercourse with the lads had personally recalled her experiences with Ransome, notably the girl’s one-on-one time with Trump, based on the court docket paperwork.
“She confided in me about her casual ‘friendship’ with Donald,” Ransome wrote of the girl in a single e mail to the Post reporter. “Mr. Trump definitely seemed to have a thing for her and she told me how he kept going on about how he liked her ‘pert nipples.’”
She added: “I also know she had sexual relations with Trump at Jeffery’s NY mansion on regular occasions.”
Ransome retracted these claims to the Post reporter shortly after, saying going public would deliver “only bad things” and “pain for my family.” The story was not printed.
Then in 2019, Ransome advised The New Yorker that she solely invented the video claims. She mentioned she needed to attract consideration to Epstein’s crimes and make him imagine that she had “evidence that would come out” if he went after her, based on her interview on the time.
No such tapes have been made public, nor has proof supporting their existence.
Ransome advised “Good Morning Britain” on Monday that she’d be prepared to testify about their existence.
