Second accuser says Ghislaine Maxwell asked her to find young women for Epstein

The second accuser in the New York sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell alleged on Monday the Briton asked her to find young women for sexual encounters with the financier Jeffrey Epstein, because his demands were insatiable.

The accuser, who testified in federal court in Manhattan under the pseudonym Kate, said she was 17 when she met Maxwell in Paris around 1994. She gave Maxwell her phone number, she said.

Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose associates included Prince Andrew and former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, killed himself in a New York City jail in August 2019, while awaiting his own sex-trafficking trial.

Kate said Maxwell invited her over for tea, during which Maxwell talked about Epstein.

Maxwell introduced her to Epstein on another occasion not long thereafter and also at her London townhouse, Kate said. Maxwell called, she said, to say Epstein was in town and could she come over to meet him?

Maxwell, Kate said, led her upstairs into a room with a table in it. Epstein was in the room, wearing a robe, which he took off to be naked. Maxwell closed the door, Kate alleged, saying Epstein initiated sexual contact. Kate left the room, she said, and went downstairs, where she saw Maxwell.

Kate said she did, and he engaged in a sexual encounter.

Kate communicated with Epstein into her 30s, she said, as she was worried about what would happen if she stopped.