Overview
- Marina Lacerda says she met Jeffrey Epstein as a 14-year-old and was drawn in by a $300 massage offer before abuse that she says lasted about four years.
- Lacerda is the person identified as “Minor Victim 1” in the 2019 federal indictment, and reporting says her role was key to the charges brought before Epstein died in custody that year.
- She recounts that Epstein groomed her and used her as a “doll” to demonstrate how he wanted other girls to behave during encounters.
- She says she was told to recruit teenagers with student IDs and recalls Epstein rejecting girls he considered too old or too dark-skinned.
- Lacerda first spoke publicly in a September 2025 Daily Mail interview and says she is sharing her story to warn others about grooming.