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Jeffrey Epstein accuser ends 'sex slave' lawsuit against prominent psychiatrist

Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photo taken for the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry
April 04, 2025
Jonathan Stempel - Reuters

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former model on Friday ended her lawsuit that accused a prominent psychiatrist who was once close friends with Jeffrey Epstein of helping enable the disgraced late financier's sex trafficking, and turning her into a "modern-day sex slave."

The unnamed model, using the pseudonym Jane Doe 11, voluntarily dismissed her civil lawsuit against psychiatrist Henry Jarecki, according to a Manhattan federal court filing.

Her dismissal was with prejudice, meaning she cannot pursue the case against the longtime Yale University faculty member again. Jarecki has denied wrongdoing.

Doe sought unspecified damages last June when she sued Jarecki, who was 91 at the time.

She had accused Jarecki of raping her dozens of times starting in 2011, after Epstein referred her for mental health treatment following his own sexual abuses.

Doe also said Jarecki shared confidential medical information with Epstein, and shielded him from law enforcement. Doe said she had no contact with Jarecki after 2014.

Jarecki was listed in Epstein's now-public address book.

In a statement confirmed by her lawyers, Doe said she withdrew her complaint after reviewing the history and evidence of her relationship with Jarecki.

She said she now believes Jarecki "did not mean me any harm," adding that she traveled with him voluntarily, was not his patient, and was not referred to him by Epstein.

A lawyer for Jarecki declined to comment.

In seeking a dismissal, Jarecki's lawyers labeled Doe's allegations "ludicrous," and called Jarecki a "respected doctor, businessman, and philanthropist." They also said Doe waited too long to sue.

Jarecki's works include the book "Modern Psychiatric Treatment."

He also became wealthy trading commodities and from selling MovieFone, which he and his son co-founded, to America Online for about $388 million in stock in 1999.

Many people, including Britain's Prince Andrew and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, have been sued over their ties to Epstein, who killed himself in jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

The case is Doe v Jarecki, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 24-04208.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New YorkEditing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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