‘He liked the fear in our eyes,’ Epstein survivors tell BBC
'He liked the fear in our eyes,' Epstein survivors tell BBC7 hours agoShareSaveAna FaguyWashingtonShareSaveFrom left to right: Jena-Lisa Jones, Wendy Pesante, Victoria Derbyshire, Joanna Harrison, Chauntae Davies and Lisa PhillipsWarning: This story contains graphic sexual descriptions
Joanna Harrison never wanted to speak about the abuse she faced at the hands of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Like many survivors, she says Epstein's assault filled her with shame and embarrassment. But after her name was unintentionally made public in the release of millions of files by the US government, she told BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire she felt she had to speak out.
“It gets to a point where you're being suffocated and you need to breathe, and I feel this is my way of trying to breathe,” Harrison said.
BBC Newsnight brought Harrison and four other Epstein survivors together for the first time in the same room. During the hours-long discussion that followe..
