Ghislaine Maxwell swam naked at Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, where his recruits were made to massage her while she was undressed, according to newly released documents.
The disturbing deposition has alleged that the disgraced socialite was groped by Epstein while the girls she called her ‘children’ worked on her.
Johanna Sjoberg – who was recruited by Maxwell when she was a 20-year-old student – said she was paid £200 for every massage from the pair, which was increased by £100 when she did something sexual for Epstein.
In newly disclosed court documents Sjoberg paints a graphic picture of Epstein’s island and the horrific practices of the evil pair who thought they were untouchable.
In further documents already revealed she has claimed she knew Virginia Giuffre was underage when she says she was forced in 2001 to have sex with Prince Andrew and claims she herself was groped by the Royal in in Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse.
He has always denied all accusations of sexual activity with Epstein’s accusers, and denied any wrongdoing.
The disturbing deposition alleged that the disgraced socialite was groped by Epstein while the girls she called her ‘children’ worked on her. Pictured: Maxwell massaging Epstein’s feet on the Lolita Express
Johanna Sjoberg (pictured) said she was paid £200 for every massage from the pair, which was increased by £100 when she did something sexual for Epstein
Sjoberg’s testimony was unsealed on Friday night – part of a trove of detailing Epstein’s relationships, friendships and actions.
The documents are from a 2015 defamation suit filed by Roberts – now married as Virginia Giuffre – against Maxwell. The documents were sealed in 2017 and have been made public this week.
In her deposition in 2016 Sjoberg recalls giving between five and ten massages to Maxwell – in all of which the disgraced socialite was naked under a towel.
And in one she remembers Epstein coming in mid-massage and groping her subject – although Sjoberg says Maxwell, who she describes as ‘funny’, never behaved in a sexual manner towards her.
She said: ‘I do recall an instance where I was massaging her and Jeffrey came into the room and he did something sort of sexual to her, whether it was fondling her or slapping her butt or something, and she brushed him off like she was embarrassed.’
And responding to a question about whether Maxwell was ever nude or topless by the pool, she added: ‘I don’t recall. She was nude when she went swimming in the ocean.’
Talking about the massages she gave Epstein, she added that she would perform them naked ‘somewhere between 25 and 50 per cent’ of the time.
Speaking about her time on the notorious island, she remembered photos being ‘everywhere’ – including a picture of Maxwell topless in her own bathroom.
In her deposition in 2016 Sjowberg recalls giving between five and ten massages to Maxwell – in all of which the disgraced socialite was naked under a towel
Epstein appears with his arm around Ghislaine as he takes a phone call in this evidence photo
A photo of Sjoberg herself hung in Epstein’s master bathroom.
Sjoberg denied seeing any sexual images of underage women, but remembered ‘staged’ nude photos of a selection of girls, including her.
And in a bizarre moment, a lawyer had to confirm that a picture Maxwell had taken with the Pope was not one in which she was topless.
In disturbing descriptions, she further elaborated on the relationship between Maxwell and the girls on the island with them.
Sjoberg said the socialite ‘went to bed and kissed us all on the head and called us her children.’
And she claims Maxwell repeatedly implied that having other girls around took the pressure off her ‘sexually’.
She further confirms her description of victim Virginia Giuffre as being ‘orphan-like’.
She continued: ‘At the time I was getting an impression that she did not have a family or she had walked away from her family.
Sjoberg further revealed that she had agreed to take at least three girls to the island for Epstein, and Maxwell rewarded her financially for at least one of those. Pictured: Epstein with his hand on Maxwell’s stomach
‘And it seemed to me, you know, they had just sort of adopted her, not as a child, but they would take care of her.’
Sjoberg further revealed that she had agreed to take at least three girls to the island for Epstein, and Maxwell rewarded her financially for at least one of those.
One was a girl she had worked alongside in a restaurant, and another was a physical fitness instructor, who gave him two training sessions.
She said: ‘I did bring one girl… that I had worked with at a restaurant. And I recall Ghislaine giving me money to bring her over; however, they never called her to come.’
Graphically describing the fitness instructor working with Epstein, she continued: ‘At one point he lifted up her shirt and exposed her bra, and she grabbed it and pulled it down.’
She added: ‘That was the conversation that he had told her that he had taken this girl’s virginity, the girl by the pool.’
In previously released documents, Sjoberg testified that in May 2016, when she was a 20-year-old student at Palm Beach Atlantic University when Maxwell, a stranger approached her and offered her a job as a personal assistant.
Sjoberg began working for Epstein in 2001, and was immediately forced to perform sex acts.
Virginia Roberts (pictured) has been fighting for almost a decade for justice
Sjoberg said that she knew another of the young women in Epstein’s orbit, Virginia Roberts, was underage.
Roberts had been recruited by Maxwell the year before, in 2000, while she was working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.
According to claims in the documents, Roberts and Sjoberg would go on to encounter a long list of famous faces – among them Prince Andrew. He has always denied all accusations of sexual activity with Epstein’s accusers, and denied any wrongdoing.
Maxwell, the daughter of British media mogul Robert Maxwell, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for Epstein. She is the only person to be tried and convicted for their role in the Epstein sex trafficking ring.
She was sentenced in June 2022, and is appealing her conviction.
Epstein socialized with Wall Street titans, royalty and celebrities before pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008. He took his own life in 2019 at age 66 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.
Sigrid McCawley, Roberts’ lawyer, said some questions about who enabled Epstein have still not been answered.
‘The unsealing of these documents gets us closer to that goal,’ she said in a statement on Wednesday.