Sarah Ransome claims she was ensnared in Jeffrey Epstein’s dark empire, forced under coercion and fear into sexual acts with powerful men—including Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz—while Epstein allegedly recorded explicit videos as blackmail material.
In court documents from Virginia Giuffre’s case, Ransome alleged multiple encounters with Dershowitz at Epstein’s properties, describing a pattern of trafficking young women to elite figures. She insisted Epstein kept secret sex tapes of Dershowitz and others to maintain control over his influential circle.
Dershowitz has fiercely denied ever meeting Ransome or participating in any misconduct, labeling her claims false and citing her own later admission that she fabricated stories about certain tapes involving figures like Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew to escape danger or gain leverage—though she maintains key elements of Epstein’s abuse are true.
The explosive accusations, revealed in unsealed files, continue to ignite fierce controversy over truth, credibility, and accountability.
Sarah Ransome claims she was ensnared in Jeffrey Epstein’s dark empire, forced under coercion and fear into sexual acts with powerful men—including Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz—while Epstein allegedly recorded explicit videos as blackmail material.
Sarah Ransome, a South African model who met Epstein in 2006 through a modeling connection in New York, alleged she was trafficked and abused by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell between 2006 and 2007. In court documents from Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 defamation lawsuit against Maxwell (unsealed in batches through 2024), Ransome described being coerced into sexual encounters at Epstein’s properties in New York, Palm Beach, and Little St. James island. She specifically claimed multiple sexual interactions with Alan Dershowitz, Epstein’s former lawyer and close associate, at various locations. Ransome also alleged Epstein maintained a collection of secret sex tapes featuring prominent figures—including Dershowitz—to exert control and blackmail over his influential network. These accusations surfaced in emails, depositions, and filings, portraying Epstein’s operation as a systematic trafficking ring targeting young women for elite clients.
Dershowitz has fiercely denied ever meeting Ransome, let alone engaging in any sexual misconduct. He labeled her claims “categorically false,” “fabricated from whole cloth,” and part of an extortion scheme. In legal filings and public statements, Dershowitz pointed to Ransome’s own later admissions undermining her credibility. In 2016 emails (unsealed in the Giuffre-Maxwell case), Ransome claimed Epstein possessed sex tapes of figures like Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and Richard Branson. However, she retracted these in follow-up correspondence, and in a 2019 New Yorker profile, she admitted to The New Yorker’s Connie Bruck that she had “invented” the tapes to draw attention to Epstein’s behavior, protect herself by making him believe she held damaging evidence, and deter potential harm from him or Maxwell. Despite this retraction, Ransome has maintained in subsequent interviews (including a 2024 ITV appearance) that she believes videos of Epstein’s activities exist, though she clarified her earlier specific claims about certain individuals were exaggerated out of fear.
The explosive allegations, revealed in unsealed files from the Giuffre v. Maxwell case, ignited fierce controversy. Ransome’s deposition and emails were highlighted by Dershowitz’s legal team to challenge her reliability, arguing her shifting stories demonstrated a lack of credibility. No sex tapes involving Dershowitz, Clinton, Prince Andrew, or others have ever been publicly produced or verified in court. Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting federal sex-trafficking trial, and Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on related charges, receiving 20 years. Dershowitz settled a separate defamation suit with Giuffre in 2022 without admitting wrongdoing.
Ransome’s accounts, though contested, contribute to the broader narrative of Epstein’s predatory network shielded by wealth, connections, and intimidation. They underscore ongoing debates over victim credibility, the reliability of retracted statements made under duress, and the challenges of holding powerful figures accountable in cases involving coercion and fear. While some elements of her testimony align with patterns described by other survivors, the fabrications she admitted have fueled skepticism and legal defenses, leaving the full truth amid conflicting claims and unresolved questions in one of the most scrutinized scandals of recent decades.
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