Ghislaine Maxwell’s hand on her shoulder felt like a brand as she steered Anouska De Georgiou across the room toward Donald Trump—repeating the same chilling ritual she had used years earlier to deliver her to Jeffrey Epstein. In a haunting new account, the Epstein survivor recounts being handed over multiple times under that same dark, predatory agenda, her heart pounding with the dread of what might come next. Yet, in a startling contrast that defies the pattern, De Georgiou reveals she experienced nothing but proper behavior from Trump during every encounter—stressing firmly that her personal story does not override anyone else’s. Her words expose the calculated machinery of Maxwell’s trafficking while injecting unexpected nuance into one of the scandal’s most controversial connections. As more survivors step forward, the shadows grow longer: how many others were offered the same way, and what really happened behind closed doors?
Ghislaine Maxwell’s hand on her shoulder felt like a brand as she steered Anouska De Georgiou across the room toward Donald Trump—repeating the same chilling ritual she had used years earlier to deliver her to Jeffrey Epstein. In a haunting new account shared in a late 2025 BBC Newsnight interview, the Epstein survivor recounts being handed over multiple times under that same dark, predatory agenda, her heart pounding with the dread of what might come next. Yet, in a startling contrast that defies the pattern, De Georgiou reveals she experienced nothing but proper behavior from Trump during every encounter—stressing firmly that her personal story does not override anyone else’s. Her words expose the calculated machinery of Maxwell’s trafficking while injecting unexpected nuance into one of the scandal’s most controversial connections. As more survivors step forward amid ongoing Epstein file releases as of December 29, 2025, the shadows grow longer: how many others were offered the same way, and what really happened behind closed doors?
Anouska De Georgiou, born in 1977, was a young British model when she first entered Epstein’s orbit as a teenager in London’s glittering elite circles. She has long described a methodical grooming process that escalated into repeated sexual assaults over several years, with trips to Epstein’s homes in New York, Paris, and the infamous Little St. James island. A close friend of the late Virginia Giuffre—who tragically took her own life in April 2025—De Georgiou has become a resolute voice for survivors.
In her recent BBC interview, De Georgiou vividly recalled Maxwell’s deliberate actions: “Ghislaine Maxwell did introduce me to him [Trump] on several occasions with a clear message of my being with him in the same way that she had trafficked me and brought me to Jeffrey Epstein.” She described the physical guidance—Maxwell’s hand steering her forward—and the unmistakable implication that she was being offered up for exploitation. Corroborating reports from 1997 detail Maxwell introducing the then-20-year-old De Georgiou to Trump at a New York event, followed by a weekend at Mar-a-Lago and accommodation in a Trump-owned Manhattan apartment.
Despite the predatory intent behind these orchestrated meetings, De Georgiou was adamant about Trump’s conduct: “I can only speak for myself, and this is in no way to negate any other experiences that anyone else might have had with him, but at no time did President Trump behave with any impropriety with me.” Trump, who socialized with Epstein during the 1990s and early 2000s before reportedly distancing himself, has consistently denied any involvement in Epstein’s criminal activities.
De Georgiou’s testimony lands at a pivotal moment. In September 2025, she joined fellow survivors in a Capitol Hill demonstration demanding the complete, unredacted release of Epstein-related files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. As of December 29, 2025, the Department of Justice has unsealed hundreds of thousands of pages—including flight logs, photographs, and references to associates—though extensive redactions continue to shield victim identities and, critics argue, some powerful figures. More than a million additional documents have been located, pushing full disclosure well into 2026.
Her account lays bare the chilling efficiency of Maxwell’s role: a ritual of presentation, steering vulnerable young women toward influential men with unspoken but unmistakable expectations. That the outcome differed in De Georgiou’s case does not diminish the intent—it underscores its calculated nature. Power imbalances allowed such introductions to occur, creating opportunity even when direct harm was averted in isolated instances.
In a scandal that has already seen Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stripped of all remaining titles and honors in October 2025, De Georgiou’s measured yet unflinching voice demands deeper scrutiny. Survivors are not seeking sensationalism; they seek the full map of a network that touched the highest echelons of society. Until every introduction, every flight, every closed-door meeting is illuminated, the question remains: how many others were guided forward the same way—and what stories still wait to be told?
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