survivor Sarah Ransome still wakes from nightmares of the brutal abuse inflicted by him and his ruthless enforcer, Ghislaine Maxwell. In a raw new interview, the author of Silenced No More confronts the lingering scars—suicide attempts, shattered trust, a life forever altered—while openly questioning whether Maxwell’s 20-year sentence truly delivers the full justice victims were promised.
Jeffrey Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome confronts the lingering scars of her horrific abuse while questioning whether Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sentence truly delivers the justice she was promised.
Ransome, now in her late 30s and living in England, was recruited into Epstein’s sex trafficking ring in 2006 at age 22.
Lured with promises of modeling opportunities and education at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she endured months of degradation on Epstein’s private island and New York properties.
In her 2021 memoir Silenced No More, and victim impact statement at Maxwell’s 2022 sentencing, Ransome described being raped multiple times daily, threatened with harm to her family, and trapped in what she called a “dungeon of sexual hell.”
The trauma led to alcoholism, two suicide attempts, and profound loss of trust and self-worth.
“You broke me in unfathomable ways,” Ransome told Maxwell directly in court, “but you did not break my spirit.” Outside the courthouse, she declared, “Ghislaine must die in prison” for the devastation inflicted over 17 years.
Maxwell received a 20-year sentence in June 2022 for conspiring with Epstein to abuse minors. Prosecutors hailed it as accountability, but Ransome and others saw it as partial justice—Epstein evaded trial through suicide, and many alleged enablers remain untouched.
As of late 2025, with Maxwell appealing her conviction amid ongoing Epstein file releases, Ransome’s scars persist: shattered dignity, ongoing therapy, and advocacy for survivors.
She has spoken of victim-blaming and gaslighting that compounded her pain. While Maxwell’s imprisonment brought validation—”I will never doubt myself again,” Ransome wrote post-sentencing—the fight continues.
True justice, she implies, requires exposing the full network and ensuring no survivor is silenced again.