BBC Newsnight brought Joanna Harrison and four other Epstein survivors together for the first time in the same room. The survivors said they believed the powerful figures associated with Jeffrey Epstein would most likely have known what was going on. Joanna Harrison's name was unintentionally made public in the release of millions of files by the US government, and she had never previously come forward publicly about her abuse.
Joanna Harrison said Jeffrey Epstein began to masturbate during a massage, causing her to freeze.
It gets to a point where you're being suffocated and you need to breathe, and I feel this is my way of trying to breathe.
Chauntae Davies shared never-before-seen images with BBC Newsnight of her time traveling with Jeffrey Epstein on his private plane to Africa. The pictures included Ghislaine Maxwell, Kevin Spacey, and former President Bill Clinton. Kevin Spacey and Bill Clinton were traveling on a humanitarian trip to promote AIDS prevention. Chauntae Davies described the trip as traveling to five different countries in five days. She said the trip was tainted by what was happening behind closed doors, according to The Independent - Main.
Chauntae Davies reacted to testimony from former President Bill Clinton about his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, according to The Independent - Main. Chauntae Davies gave Bill Clinton a neck massage during the trip, helped him pick out jewelry as a gift for his daughter Chelsea, and wrote fondly about him in her diary, according to The Independent - Main. Bill Clinton denied any wrongdoing in relation to Jeffrey Epstein and said of Chauntae Davies that he wished she had told him, but he did not think it was unusual, according to The Independent - World.
Everything seemed normal. When he began to masturbate, I completely froze. I don't think I said two words in the car in the ride home.
All of the women interviewed said their experiences with Jeffrey Epstein began with them giving him a paid massage and escalated into sexual assault, according to The Independent - Main. Survivors were introduced to Jeffrey Epstein by a friend and agreed to give him a massage as a way to make money, according to The Independent - Main. Chauntae Davies said the majority of the assaults happened at Zorro Ranch, according to The Independent - Main. A survivor described Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch as cold, dark, and having an eerie feeling, according to The Independent - Main.
A survivor appearing in silhouette with the pseudonym Nicky preferred to maintain her anonymity, according to The Independent - Main. Nicky described an incident where Jeffrey Epstein wore no underwear, was covered by a towel, told her to take her top off, pulled at her jeans, and began masturbating in front of her, according to The Independent - Main. Nicky said Jeffrey Epstein urged her to drink from a bottle of Fiji Water, after which she had no recollection for a minimum of 12 hours and woke up feeling sick, sluggish, and heavy, realizing she had been raped while unconscious, according to The Independent - Main. A survivor said Jeffrey Epstein drugged and raped her at his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, when she was 19, according to The Independent - Main.
I have questions I'll never get an answer to.
Chauntae Davies said the legacy of her ordeal ruined her marriage and left her paranoid about her daughter's interactions with men. Chauntae Davies described triple-locking her garage door, checking for car bombs, and experiencing other weird, strange fears.
The survivors were unanimous in their belief that Jeffrey Epstein did not take his own life in August 2019, according to The Independent - Main. The survivors maintained that Jeffrey Epstein's personal arrogance indicated he always believed he would get away with his crimes, according to The Independent - Main.
I described it in my journal at the time as the most eclectic group of people that you could put together... it was almost like a camp feel because you were travelling to five different countries in five days.
That's where the majority of the assaults happened. I have my darkest memories from Zorro Ranch.
It had a cold, dark, eerie feeling in there.
I don't think there's an aspect of my life that hasn't been affected by it.
I was a lot more innocent then. I don't smile the same way anymore.
I wrote at the time that he was kind and charismatic and humble and a great storyteller and I even remember saying that I wished he were my father.
When I first saw that I actually said out loud, 'I wished I had too.' But I don't think I even... What would he have done really? I don't know. Could he have stopped it? I guess we'll never know.
I don't plan on quitting and I still have a lot more to say that hasn't been said. I feel like there has already been people who have been silenced permanently and I don't see why we would be left off that list.
Justice is to be able to... not go to bed at night feeling like the world, in a way, turned on for speaking about what I've been through.