Ghislaine Maxwell ‘tried to recruit teen beauty queen’ Molly Skye Brown in Florida gym when she was just 14
More shocking claims have emerged about the alleged activities of Jeffrey Epstein’s “madame” Ghislaine Maxwell and her attempts to “recruit” young girls for the paedophile.
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Ghislaine Maxwell was reported to the FBI by a former teenage beauty queen after allegedly trawling gyms and shopping centres to recruit schoolgirls as masseuses.
Molly Skye Brown, 42, says she was picked out at the age of just 14 by the British socialite while working out at a kids’ gym in Palm Beach, Florida, close to paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion.
Another one of Molly’s friends also complained that Maxwell used to regularly prowl around one of Florida’s largest shopping malls in Orlando.
Former high school model and singer Molly, who once sang before a Miami Dolphins American football game, was allegedly spotted by the heiress in 1992.
Molly told The Sun: “Maxwell tried to recruit me.
“I was 14, I was starting to get more into modelling, acting, singing and pageants with the expectation of making some scholarship money or grant money to further my education.
“I was working at a gym in Palm Beach county in the childcare facility – they gave you a free membership if you worked there two to four hours at the weekend.
“I was on the elliptical machine working out, which is by the front window. I was half-naked, a young girl with an exercise outfit on, showing my body.
“I saw Maxwell walk by and she stopped. I was the only one in there.
“She looked me up and down, then came into the gym, walked to the front counter and I could hear her say: ‘I’m not going to be long, I just want to talk to this girl’.
“She walks towards me and hands me her business card. She introduced herself, said she was a modelling scout and asked: ‘Do I do any modelling?’
“I said I did. She said: ‘Well, you have the look, how I old are you?’ I told her my age and she said: ‘Oh my God, you look so much older, you could easily pass for 18’.”
Maxwell is said to have offered Molly glamorous work as a Victoria’s Secret model, but also working as a masseuse.
However, the teen, who was born with congenital hip dysplasia, which left her with a limp, knew she would not make it as a catwalk model and was not persuaded.
“Maxwell painted a picture of international travelling, modelling, massages and opportunities with Victoria’s Secret. It was going in one ear and out the other.
“I’ve had reconstructive surgery, but my knees are dislocated, I limp, and I’ve already been told by professional agencies that I was never catwalk modelling material.
“I told Maxwell I really preferred acting, singing and musical theatre. She said: ‘Well, if you change your mind, I have a lot of modelling opportunities’.
“She was just a predator prowling the streets I have no doubt. I’ve now had others tell me that I’m exactly the type – I fit the bill perfectly.”
The teenager was later told that Maxwell used to prowl around the Altamonte Mall, in Orlando, handing out her card to girls.
“Another girlfriend of mine told me that Ghislaine used to come up to scout up there – she’d be roaming the shops, handing out her card. It happened regularly.”
Molly, who is also a childhood rape victim, is speaking out in the hope of more sexual assault victims talking and inspiring a community between them.
The activist, who runs a successful podcast called “Let’s Be Frank” and website dedicated to self-discovery, says she reported Maxwell to the FBI last year.
But she added: “They told me that I didn’t have a case.”
Maxwell is now locked up in a New York jail, facing child grooming charges linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.
EPSTEIN'S SICK ‘RULES’ FOR ‘SEX SLAVES’
Deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein fed girls fruit platters while they paraded naked around his mansion, it’s been claimed.
Epstein, who hanged himself in prison, is said to have kept an eye on the diets of his “victims” as he wanted them to look skinny and “pre-pubescent.”
Epstein “sex slave” Virginia Giuffre claims that Ghislaine Maxwell also monitored what they were eating.
The disgraced British socialite has been accused of being Epstein’s ‘madam’ although she denies the claim.
She is awaiting trial for her alleged role in his sex trafficking operation but has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.
Giuffre – also known as Virginia Roberts – told the ‘Broken: Seeking Justice’ podcast: “We would lay out completely naked … Jeffrey did not like tan lines.
“He wanted tanned bodies, petite bodies, pre-pubescent bodies.
“Jeffrey had us on these ridiculous diets. It was all organic … It was never like carbs, you can’t just fill up, they wanted you to look a specific way.”
Ms Giuffre went on to claim Epstein’s girls were given iced tea and fed fruit platters leaving them feeling “starving.”
She also alleged Epstein’s former chef Adam Perry Lang saw her and other girls walking around naked.
However, Mr Lang told the podcast he never saw sexual activity or nudity and was not aware of any depraved acts committed by Epstein.
There is absolutely no suggestion of wrongdoing by Mr Lang.
The chef reportedly volunteered himself to the FBI after Ms Giuffre, 37, pleaded with him: “Please don’t be an enabler. Be a hero to me.”
EPSTEIN ‘SEX SLAVE’ SUES GHISLAINE
A woman who alleges she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has sued Ghislaine Maxwell for helping the dead paedophile recruit her as a “sex slave” when she was just 14.
The lawsuit filed in a Manhattan Supreme court, under the Child Victims Act, alleges that Maxwell used Epstein’s wealth and power as a method to recruit her and other female victims.
“Ms Maxwell fulfilled Epstein’s compulsive need for sex with young females by preying on their personal, psychological, financial, and related vulnerabilities,” states Ms Araoz in the court papers.
According to the New York Post, the 32-year-old alleges that Maxwell provided “organisational support to Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, identifying and hiring the recruiters of underage girls for Epstein’s sexual pleasure.”
Maxwell also scheduled “massage” appointments for Epstein with the girls.
Maxwell gave “organisational support to Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, identifying and hiring the recruiters of underage girls for Epstein’s sexual pleasure,” Ms Araoz said in court papers.
Araoz states that Maxwell “fulfilled Epstein’s compulsive need for sex with young females by preying on their personal, psychological, financial, and related vulnerabilities.”
The suit, filed in a Manhattan Supreme court, alleges that Maxwell booked appointments for Epstein with the girls for a “massage.”
Araoz stated that the conspiracy between Maxwell and Epstein has caused her “physical injury, pain, emotional distress, psychological trauma, mental anguish, humiliation, embarrassment, loss of self-esteem, loss of dignity, invasion of her privacy and a loss of her capacity to enjoy life.”
In July 2019, Araoz was the first Epstein accuser to sue his estate under New York’s Child Victims Act – but it was tossed out after his death.
Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was awaiting trial for new sex trafficking charges in August 2019 when he was found unresponsive inside his Manhattan jail cell.
His death was ruled as suicide.
Araoz’s latest suit is also filed under the Child Victims Act.
In August 2019, Araoz sued Maxwell, Epstein’s estate and three unnamed household staff members who were female, and the lawsuit is still in process.
After Maxwell was denied bail in July, Araoz said, “I am once again able to take another breath as Ghislaine Maxwell will be in jail until at least her trial date next July.”
“Knowing that she is incarcerated for the foreseeable future allows me, and my fellow survivors, to have faith that we are on the right path,” Araoz said.
Maxwell is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn.
A few weeks ago, two of Maxwell’s lawyers visited her for nearly four hours, while visitor allowances were still restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic and visits were capped at an hour each.
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Maxwell, a British socialite, is awaiting trial for her alleged role in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.
Prosecutors allege that, from 1994 to 1997, Maxwell brought girls to Epstein who were as young as age 14 and trained them to do as he pleased.
Maxwell has plead not guilty.
Originally published as Ghislaine Maxwell ‘tried to recruit teen beauty queen’ Molly Skye Brown in Florida gym when she was just 14