I was 14 when Epstein recruited me. He asked the girls to show their school ID cards

Jeffrey Epstein demanded that young girls show their school IDs to prove they were minors.

Marina Lacerda, who was abused by Epstein from the age of 14, said the pedophile was “furious” when the 18-year-old was brought to her and immediately sent her away.

Ms Lacerda, now 37, was forced to recruit other victims, and told the Telegraph that Epstein instructed her to only present herself to girls with student school IDs.

Ms. Lacerda, who was born in Brazil, said Epstein stopped abusing her when she was 16 or 17 because he thought she was too old and he didn’t get girls younger than him.

“I brought her to somebody when she was 18, and he took her out… he just looked at her and knew she wasn’t 14, 15 or 16. And he was really, like, ‘Got the — out’… he was aggressive,” Ms Lacerda said.

“He turned to me, and he was like, ‘I’m done.’ He says, ‘After bringing the girls here, I have to start bringing ID cards… I need a school ID card.’

After the partial release of the Epstein files, Ms. Lacerda accused the government of orchestrating a “cover-up” by redacting pieces of documents and failing to release everything that was held to “protect” powerful people.

The US Justice Department released thousands of files on Friday and Saturday, but hundreds of pages were heavily redacted, and a large tranche of documents has yet to be released.

Ms Lacerda’s testimony about her years of abuse was key to securing 2019 charges against the pedophile before she died in prison.

She is called “Minor-Victim 1” in the 2019 indictment and spoke publicly for the first time in September to call for the release of the Epstein files.

She said she looked at some of the recently released files and notes about Epstein to see the girls’ IDs, information that came from her interview with the FBI in 2019, two months before Epstein’s arrest.

On Saturday, she also said the pedophile would “pretend” he was being massaged by a “beautiful girl” when he called his powerful friends, and have them say hello.

“We talked to a lot of people on the phone who, you know, were politicians, some were princes… [they] There were a lot of important people,” she told the Telegraph.

He “makes it clear that he knows everyone and he owns everyone … He manipulated us,” she said.

After sleeping in for a massage, Epstein would “talk business and always bring up the fact that, ‘Oh, you know, I have this nice, young, beautiful girl giving me a massage'”.

He would give her the phone and tell her to “say hi,” Ms. Lacerda said. He calls out to the men, “Hey, how are you?” He would say something. But no “deep” discussion.

Ms. Lacerda said Epstein clearly told powerful men she was not a minor.

She met a Hollywood star whom she spoke to personally on the phone, but was not molested by them or anyone else except Epstein.

Ms. Lacerda is one of several Epstein survivors who are calling for the full release of the files, believing there is information about the men in his class that has not been disclosed.

‘100 percent total cover up’

Only a fraction of government files on the pedophile have been released, some of which have been heavily redacted, prompting bipartisan outrage about the alleged cover-up.

At least 16 files containing photos of US President Donald Trump have also been deleted from the Justice Department’s website after they were published on Friday.

In a statement on Friday, dozens of photos of Bill Clinton, including one of the former US president topless in a hot tub, were published for the first time, along with pictures of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sprawled across the arms of five women smiling with Ghislaine Maxwell at the royal family’s Sandringham retreat.

“Everything has to be improved,” Ms Lacerda said, adding that it was “100 per cent total cover-up”.

“It’s almost like a joke, right? Like, we have to look at it like it is, it’s supposed to be a comedy show. Like, why did you put all these files out there?”

He added: “Who are we really trying to protect? Are we protecting survivors, or are we protecting these powerful people?… We’re tired of this. It’s gotten to the point where, you know, we’ve protected these powerful people for a long time.”

There is no suggestion that Mr. Clinton did anything wrong. The former president, who admitted to traveling on Epstein’s private plane, wrote in his memoirs that he “ceased contact” with Epstein before he was first arrested in 2005 for soliciting a child for prostitution.

He said he had always thought Epstein was “strange” but had “no idea of ​​the crimes he committed”.

Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was ordered to leave Royal Lodge, his residence in Windsor, after weeks of investigation into his relationship with Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, his accuser. He has always denied the claims and any other wrongdoing.

Ms. Lacerda met Epstein in 2002 when she was recruited by a friend, who gave no details other than that he could make money massaging someone.

Ms Lacerda, a Brazilian immigrant, was sharing a single bedroom with her mother and sister at the time and saw it as an opportunity to support her family.

“It got to the point where I think I was really desperate for money,” she said. However, he could not cope with more work after being forced to recruit young women.

She said: “I don’t want to bring any other underage girls because I’m 17 and have some knowledge of what’s going on.

“You had no choice but to bring him someone because he’s so determined and he just wanted a new face, a new girl.”

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