Overview
- The House Oversight Committee released Sarah Kellen’s interview transcript after her May 21 testimony in which she described years of sexual and psychological abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.
- Kellen said Epstein abused her for more than a decade, including incidents she called violent and an episode in which he ordered her to undress on a Skype call from jail.
- She told lawmakers she attended a dinner at what she described as Prince Andrew’s private apartment in Buckingham Palace and was at Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday at Windsor Castle, while saying she did not witness Andrew acting inappropriately or name him as someone who assaulted her.
- Kellen characterized Ghislaine Maxwell as instrumental to Epstein’s conduct and rejected earlier portrayals of herself as a willing organizer, saying she was groomed, controlled, and victimized.
- Former UK police and prosecutors urged Thames Valley Police to interview Kellen and to obtain unredacted Department of Justice files, though no new charges have been announced and investigators say inquiries could take years.