Sarah Kellen, a former personal assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, testified Thursday in a closed-door deposition on her yearslong connection to the convicted sex offender, saying she was a target of his abuse as she managed logistics of his relations with girls and young women.
The House Oversight Committee took her deposition as part of its ongoing investigation into the federal government's handling of cases involving Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Kellen's name appears in the recent files released by the Department of Justice, Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown's famous investigative series and civil lawsuits pursued by Jane Doe plaintiffs who survived Epstein's abuse.
She was identified as one of four potential co-conspirators named in Epstein's 2007 "non-prosecution agreement." Authorities, members of Congress and some Epstein survivors have wrestled whether to deem this group of young women as accomplices in his crimes or victims themselves.
Kellen, who has denied wrongdoing, wrote in her opening statement to the committee that Epstein sexually and psychologically abused her for more than a decade. Through the help of therapy, Kellen now sees herself as a survivor as well, she wrote.
