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encounter with Epstein. The woman had not wanted to make a Then, Alicia told the cop formal complaint at the time. But she had taken the cop's card, her will while acting as though and now he was happy to hear that she'd changed her mind. had stopped Epstein, and left In a shaky voice, Alicia described Epstein as a tallish man— ; incident. five feet eleven or six feet in height was her guess—with gray At the top of his crime hair and brown eyes. He was the owner of a large black four-door F Battery.” But Epstein was ne Mercedes and was a regular at Shutters on the Beach, which was | Santa Monica Police Departme the kind of place that cost one thousand dollars a night and was t : allegations of improper condu frequented by actors, agents, and other Hollywood types. ‘ ; no action on this 1997 comp Alicia told the cop that she was a model and actress herself. b attorney, Jack Goldberger, told She'd known Epstein for about a month. They had a friend in “The cops said it'd be my common, and she'd sent him her head shots. ei j paper. “And since he had a’ Then, through an assistant, Epstein had invited her to meet 4 3 thought much about it since, 1 in his room at the hotel. i ‘ now, I want everybody to i Alicia said she was having reservations, the officer wroteinhis been.”
report, because generally interviews are not conducted in hotel
rooms. According to her, things turned frightening quickly.
She was unsure she was safe because although she wanted to land the job as a ‘Victoria's Secret’ catalog model she felt as though Epstein was attempting to get her to act in an unpro-
fessional manner for a model. Epstein wore navy blue sweatpants and a white T-shirt, she 4 recalled. The T-shirt had the letters USA printed on it in patriotic
red, white, and blue.
Epstein told her to undress and actually assisted her to do so
while saying ‘let me manhandle you for a second.
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