\u201cThey were really naughty. You know, they took girls from very underprivileged families. They gave them accommodation, they gave them food, gave them money for transportation, you know, private planes, etc, etc.,\u201d Ransome said in a deposition, according to the court filings reported by the Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, all the girls kind of reported to Ghislaine. Ghislaine was like the mama bear, if you know what I mean. She called the shots; we had to listen to Ghislaine,\u201d Ransome added in the documents, the NYP reported. \u201cAnd Ghislaine was Jeffrey\u2019s right-hand woman, so, you know, whatever Jeffrey wanted went through Ghislaine and then filtered through.\u201d<\/p>\n
This document was one of many that were made public on Monday as part of the defamation case that Virginia Giuffre, who accused Epstein of wrongdoing, filed against Maxwell. In December, Judge Preska issued an order that, starting on Wednesday, started releasing the court documents.<\/p>\n
Giuffre, an Epstein victim, and Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker and the disgraced financier\u2019s longtime girlfriend and madam, had the papers sealed in a 2015 lawsuit, Fox News\u00a0noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Giuffre\u2019s legal team, the images \u201cunequivocally\u201d prove that Maxwell was on Epstein\u2019s island when she deposed under oath that she was \u201chardly around.\u201d<\/p>\n