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Two more women accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens: lawsuit

Jeffrey Epstein drugged and raped a 13-year-old “babysitter” then used her as “fresh meat” at gatherings, a new lawsuit claims.

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Two more women have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teenagers — including one who says she was lured to his home for a babysitting gig despite there being no kids there, court papers show.

One accuser, Jane Doe 4, said that she was 13 years old in 1984 when Epstein contacted her for babysitting services at his Hilton Head, South Carolina, holiday home only to find she was the youngest person there, according to court papers filed late Monday in Manhattan federal court, the New York Post reports.

Instead, Epstein gave Jane Doe 4 alcohol and drugs and raped her, papers charge. Over the next several years, Epstein made more trips to Hilton Head and allegedly repeated the same pattern — and took nude photos of her without her consent.

“Epstein was supplying a teenage girl alcohol and illicit drugs and subsequently assaulting and violent raping her,” the new filing states.

Another accuser, identified as Jane Doe 3, said Epstein forced himself on her in 1990 at an Upper East Side residence when she was 15 years old during a modelling casting call.

The new accusers join two existing plaintiffs who filed a $100 million suit against Epstein’s estate in August.

Epstein was convicted of raping an underaged woman and is accused of sexually abusing many more. Picture: Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images.
Epstein was convicted of raping an underaged woman and is accused of sexually abusing many more. Picture: Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images.
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in prison this year. Picture: New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP.
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in prison this year. Picture: New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP.
Jeffrey Epstein and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
Jeffrey Epstein and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

The two original plaintiffs, identified in court papers as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, both say they worked as hostesses at the now-shuttered Coffee Shop in Union Square in 2004 when a female recruited them to give Epstein massages at his East 71st Street residence.

The new filing also names the executers of Epstein’s estate, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, as defendants in the case.

Epstein’s fortune is valued at $577 million, according to his will.

The 66-year-old hedge funder died by suicide on August 10 while in custody at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, just days after a federal judge denied his request to be released on bail while he awaited trial on child sex-trafficking charges.

A lawyer for Epstein’s estate did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This article originally appeared in the NY Post and was republished here with permission.

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