A former employee of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein—who was indicted for running a sex trafficking ring involving underage girls in the US and found dead in prison while awaiting trial—revealed how the system worked in an interview with the BBC. The woman, using the pseudonym Anya and concealing her identity for security reasons, described the structure Epstein built as cult-like.
According to Anya, Epstein saw himself as the leader of this structure. She said he first gathered women around him with enticing job offers, then began to control almost every detail of their lives.