A woman who says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein as a minor is speaking publicly for the first time, sharing a shocking plan she devised to stop him.
Roza Gilles told CNN she tried to contract a sexually transmitted disease, believing it would kill Epstein and end her suffering.
Gilles was hired as a secretary by Epstein when her modeling career stalled. One of her tasks was to massage his feet.
At the time, Epstein was in a 12-hour-a-day work-release program after pleading guilty to solicitation of prostitution.
Gilles said she noticed his ankle monitor during the massage.
She said Epstein asked her to remove her top, then began groping her and masturbating.
The abuse became a traumatizing cycle that lasted for years, first at his Florida mansion and later in New York.
Gilles said she felt she would die if she spoke out, and did not trust the government to intervene.
Her plan to contract an STD was a desperate attempt to take matters into her own hands.
She is now sharing her full story in hopes it encourages others in similar situations to come forward.
Epstein's work-release program lasted about nine months under a controversial plea deal. He died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
