Jeffrey Epstein’s Assistant Drops Bombshell Claims

A woman long described as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest aides is now telling Congress she was not his willing accomplice, but one of his victims.

Sarah Kellen, the disgraced financier’s former personal assistant, testified before the House Oversight Committee that Epstein allegedly groomed, manipulated, sexually abused and controlled her for years, painting a disturbing portrait of life inside the convicted sex offender’s world of money, power and exploitation.

Kellen, now 46, has been a controversial figure for years because of her alleged proximity to Epstein’s operation. She was granted immunity in Florida as part of Epstein’s widely criticized 2008 non-prosecution agreement, a deal that has long fueled outrage among survivors and critics who say the wealthy sex offender received a sweetheart arrangement because of his elite connections.

But in newly released testimony, Kellen insisted she was also trapped by Epstein.

“He groomed me, sexually and psychologically abused me, controlled me, manipulated me, dominated me, and gaslit me until I could no longer tell which thoughts were mine and which were his,” Kellen testified. “It was like living with a permanent virtual-reality headset on.”

Kellen said she first entered Epstein’s orbit in the early 2000s, believing he could help her pursue a career as an underwear model. Instead, she claimed, she wound up working for him for free before being offered a paid assistant job under horrifying circumstances.

According to her testimony, Epstein instructed her to draw him a bath on his private island, then ordered her to undress and get in with him. She said he then told her, “The job is yours.”

Kellen testified that she began earning $25,000 a year in 2001, but said the arrangement was not a normal job.

“Only after Jeffrey confirmed that I would submit to his sexual abuse did he begin paying me,” she told lawmakers. “I understood the math exactly. I was being paid, in part, to be raped.”

Her testimony adds another explosive layer to the long-running Epstein scandal, which has continued to haunt some of the world’s most powerful institutions years after his death in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. Epstein’s case has become a symbol of how wealth, influence and political connections can shield predators while victims are left fighting for answers.

Kellen also alleged that Epstein’s abuse sometimes became physically violent.

She described one incident at a Palm Beach gym, claiming Epstein blasted music so loudly that no one could hear what was happening before he choked and raped her.

Even Epstein’s time behind bars allegedly did not stop the abuse, Kellen claimed.

After Epstein was jailed for soliciting prostitution of a minor, Kellen testified that he contacted her from inside the Palm Beach County Stockade using Skype and ordered her to undress on camera.

“He even Skyped me from a computer inside the Palm Beach County Stockade and ordered me to undress for him on camera,” she said.

The claim raises fresh questions about how Epstein was treated while in custody and whether he received special privileges that an ordinary inmate never would have been allowed to access.

Kellen also blamed Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell for what she described as years of coercive control that left her psychologically damaged and unable to trust her own judgment.

“As a result of the years of abuse, constant sleep deprivation, and coercive control inflicted by Jeffrey and Ghislaine, psychological conditions hampered my ability to identify my own emotions, differentiate reality from Jeffrey’s manipulated reality, and crippled me from making decisions or asserting agency when it mattered most,” she testified.

Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 for helping Epstein abuse underage girls, has long been accused by survivors of playing a central role in Epstein’s trafficking network.

Kellen has also been viewed by some Epstein accusers as a key figure who may know far more about the late financier’s inner circle than she has publicly revealed.

According to one insider, Kellen may eventually tell her story in a book, documentary or major television interview.

“She has so much to say, to plead her case,” the source claimed. “What she knows about Epstein and Maxwell would shock the world.”

For now, Kellen’s testimony has once again thrown a spotlight on the scandal that refuses to disappear. Epstein is dead, Maxwell is behind bars, but the unanswered questions about who helped them, who protected them and who still has something to hide continue to pile up.