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s them inside. She introduces ter. Jenny is sixteen years old. table, they see that she's ner- id fidgeting, she tells them that house.
But nothing much happened. some time in the kitchen is all.
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money working for Jeff. She was de a massage for Jeff... She was
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Just as she did with Mary, a woman named Sarah had taken Francine upstairs and into a bedroom. Then Epstein had entered the room, wearing only a towel.
She kept her clothes on during the massage. She advised sometime during the massage, Epstein grabbed her buttocks and pulled her close to him. Francine said she was [made] uncomfortable by the incident involving Jeff. At the conclu- sion of the massage she was paid $200.00 for the massage.
“Do you have any formal training in massages?” the offi- cers ask.
“No,” says Francine.
But she does have one more thing to tell them.
Sarah's been calling Francine’s cell phone.
It could mean any number of things. The police know already that Epstein’s caught wind of their investigation. Now it appears he's doing something about it, or at least he’s delegating the responsibility. This troubles the cops. But then, on that same day, they get one more break: Jenny calls and says that without her parents around she’s willing to make a sworn statement.
It turns out that Jenny’s visited with Epstein several times. And, it turns out, she’d done much more than sit in the
| kitchen. Without her parents around, she’s much more willing to ) talk about it.
The first time she'd gone to the house on El Brillo Way, she
4 Says, Epstein had tried to take off her shirt. She’d become upset,
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