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SocietyAt 22, Russian design student Julia Molchanova met Jeffrey Epstein by chance. She spent years trapped in his ‘cult.’

A new Wall Street Journal investigation recounts Julia Molchanova’s account of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and control. She says he lured her with an offer to help her enter New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, then groomed her as an “assistant,” restricted her life and pressured dependent women to find him new victims. Molchanova is now part of a class-action lawsuit against Bank of America.

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At 22, Russian design student Julia Molchanova met Jeffrey Epstein by chance. She spent years trapped in his ‘cult.’
At 22, Russian design student Julia Molchanova met Jeffrey Epstein by chance. She spent years trapped in his ‘cult.’Society