A woman who says she was abused by convicted sex offender and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein at 17 is preparing to file a lawsuit against the dead financier’s estate after the New York City Council on Tuesday passed legislation reopening a one-year window for survivors of gender-motivated violence to bring civil claims.
Karine Silva, who publicly disclosed for the first time last month that she was abused by Epstein, told amNewYork on Tuesday that she was introduced to Epstein by a friend at age 17 with the promise of a job as a masseuse at his Upper East Side townhouse. Instead, she said, sexual abuse occurred.
