Epstein victim sues Ghislaine Maxwell and the billionaire pedophile’s estate for damages less than a year after telling trial she was ‘raped countless times’ and forced to have an abortion

• Elizabeth Stein claims Maxwell and Epstein abused her over a three-year period
• She was lured into the sex trafficking ring as a college student by Maxwell
• The complaint claims Maxwell and Epstein forced her to have sex with them

One of the women who came forward as a victim of Jeffrey Epstein during Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial is now suing her and the late financier’s estate.

Elizabeth Stein read an impact statement at the socialite’s sentencing, saying she was a student when Maxwell approached her and brought her into the syndicate.

‘I was assaulted, raped, and trafficked countless times in New York and Florida during a three-year period,’ Stein said in court, adding that she at one point became pregnant and had an abortion.

She seeks damages in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, which names two executors for Epstein’s estate along with Maxwell.

In 1992, when Stein was a teenager attending Fashion Institute of Technology, she began interning at the now-defunct Henri Bendel department store.

Elizabeth Stein, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein, has revealed that she had to have an abortion after getting pregnant at the hands of one of the many men she was trafficked to 

She alleges that she was lured into Epstein’s sordid sex trafficking ring after Epstein approached her while she worked at a department store

Maxwell allegedly asked Stein to deliver her purchases to a hotel room, where she was later forced to have a threesome with her and Epstein

About two years into the job, when she was 21, Maxwell approached her, according to the criminal complaint.

As Maxwell shopped, she allegedly claimed that her colleague was close friends with Les Wexner, former CEO of Victoria’s Secret, whose retailing and marketing conglomerate once owned Henri Bendel.

The complaint states that Maxwell later asked Stein to deliver her purchases to the St. Regis on Fifth Avenue. There, the concierge directed her to the bar, where Maxwell and Epstein were drinking.

Stein joined Maxwell and Epstein in a hotel room to deliver the packages. The pair allegedly changed into monogrammed bathrobes before asking about Stein’s ‘personal and sex life.’

They allegedly began kissing and touching each other before asking if Stein had ever participated in a threesome.

‘Maxwell then encouraged [Stein] to join them and assured her ‘it would be fun,’ the complaint reads.

As Stein was ‘hesitant and afraid of Epstein or Maxwell hurting her physically and professionally,’ she complied. At one point, Stein allegedly asked to stop and was ignored.

The duo relented after she said her then-boyfriend was on his way home – but as she headed out, Epstein ‘handed her cash and stated it was a ‘tip,” the complaint reads.

Stein felt ‘confused, betrayed, humiliated, and completely violated’ by the gesture. What followed was ‘a three-year nightmare,’ according to the complaint.

Despite her efforts to get away from the duo, Maxwell tracked Stein down when she began working at a different store and invited her to a party in fall 1995, the criminal complaint says

She was allegedly raped by Epstein while Maxwell restrained her, then raped by an unknown man

To ‘make up for the assault,’ Maxwell invited Stein on a vacation to Epstein’s Palm Beach home, where she was raped while other guests looked on, the complaint states

In 1994, Stein was asked to be an assistant manager at Henri Bendel, but she declined the role to focus on her schooling.

Months later, Maxwell called Stein, furious that she turned down the job offer that ‘Maxwell and Epstein were involved in securing,’ the complaint says.

Stein took a job at Bloomingdale’s after graduation. But Maxwell allegedly came in a few months later and ‘befriended’ her again.

In the fall of 1995, Maxwell invited Stein over to Epstein’s home for a dinner party, where Stein was brought to a room with a massage table. According to the complaint, she was made to ‘engage in sexual acts with others in the room.’

Months later, Maxwell allegedly invited Stein to a New Year’s Eve party at the Waldorf Astoria and bought her a dress to wear.

Stein later learned that her ‘date’ was Maxwell and Epstein, who allegedly told her to have sex with them.

When she resisted, the duo ‘became physically aggressive,’ made fun of her for taking the subway to the party, and said they were ‘going to show her what a train is tonight.’

Epstein then raped her vaginally, anally and orally while Maxwell held her down, the complaint says.

Afterward, Stein was allegedly raped by an unknown man as she was restrained by Maxwell and Epstein before they all went downstairs. The complaint states that Stein left after she started vomiting.

‘To make up for the New Year’s sexual assault,’ Maxwell invited Stein on a Florida vacation, the complaint alleges.

In Florida, Stein was taken to Epstein’s Palm Beach home, where she was ‘sexually assaulted by the pool while other guests watched.’

According to the complaint, Stein began to resist the abuse, which resulted in her being punished. She was allegedly barred from leaving Florida for several days, which led to her being fired from her job.

Maxwell was convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment last year

She earned the nickname ‘prison Karen’ after filinh more than 400 complaints over the unfavorable conditions at FCI Tallahassee

After returning home, she learned she had gotten pregnant and was allegedly forced by Maxwell to get an abortion.

The duo ‘continued stalking her with repeated phone calls and cabled messages to her,’ the complaint reads.

Stein first attended Maxwell’s trial in 2021, watching the proceedings as a member of the public.

She returned to Manhattan for the heiress’s sentencing in June 2022 and read a victim impact statement, describing the events as ‘so traumatizing that to this day I’m unable to speak about them.’

She said Epstein and Maxwell ‘terrified’ her and threatened to kill her if she told anyone what they did.

 Epstein was found dead in his jail cell in 2019 as he awaited trial. His death was ruled a suicide.

Maxwell was convicted two years later and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.

She earned the moniker ‘prison Karen’ at FCI Tallahassee in Florida after filing over 400 complaints about prison conditions.

In May, accuser Carolyn Adriano – whose testimony helped put Maxwell behind bars -was found dead in a hotel room of a suspected overdose.

Following Maxwell’s sentencing, Adriano spoke with Dailymail.com, saying she was glad that her voice had been heard.

‘It’s so important because I have my own daughters now,’ she said during an exclusive interview in 2022.

During the trial, Carolyn didn’t use her last name, but revealed it to help empower other abuse victims.

‘I’m not ashamed at being a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell,’ Adriano said.

‘For other girls that have been victimized, I want them to know that it is OK to come out and tell somebody – even if you don’t want to be identified – and the sooner the better.’

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