Ghislain Maxwell couldn’t do all her dirty deeds within the Espstien cabal without a lot of help.

The one person she relied on most was a young girl named Sarah Kellen.

Kellen became such a trusted confidant that she is referred to as Maxwell’s “top lieutenant.”

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Young Sarah worked as Espetien’s “assistant” for 10 years, and she stands accused of being a “key player,” and playing a pivotal role in helping Ghislaine get the girls, and coach them. She was known as the ‘lieutenant’ to Ghislaine Maxwell and she’s expected to be the next one arrested.

But her parents say she should be treated as a “victim,” not a predator.

From Daily Mail

She is accused of playing a pivotal role in Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory empire: procuring girls, coaching them on how to pleasure the warped financier and acting as a ‘lieutenant’ to his alleged former Madame, Ghislaine Maxwell.

But according to her devoutly religious parents, Sarah Kellen should be treated as a victim rather than a co-conspirator because she too was groomed and manipulated after falling out with her family and going to work for Epstein in her teens.

Thomas and Mary Kellen, both Jehovah’s Witnesses, told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that their daughter was naive and vulnerable when she met the billionaire pedophile and could now pay a heavy price for being swept into his vile world.

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‘What happened to all those girls is horrendous but I do feel that Sarah was also a victim. I’m not a psychologist or a psychiatrist but I can see she was maneuvered or brainwashed.

‘I just hope someone doesn’t go and kill her. There are a lot of prominent, powerful people out there that don’t want anything said.’

‘I think she was manipulated by Epstein due to her age and the circumstances. In my opinion she’s a victim just as much as some of the others.

‘She was told what to do and what to say. I feel she is still probably afraid to say anything – even now that he’s gone.’

I think calling Kellen a “victim” is a bit of a stretch.

She’s 41-years-old now, but back in the day, she was a girl who wanted a glamorous life and left behind her family and church to chase after a career in modeling. She worked for Epstein for 10-long-years and as far as we know, she never went to the police or corroborated any of his victim’s stories. As a matter of fact, she’s taken “the fifth” in most of her past depositions on the matter.

That doesn’t sound like a “victim” to me.

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Kellen has reinvented herself. She married a NASCAR driver, changed her name and her hair color, and is now an “interior designer.”

But new hair, name, and career aside, one lawyer for the Epstein victims says Kellen was really running that organization, bringing girls and getting them in and out of the Palm Beach home.

It is believed that Epstein paid Kellen $200K a year.

 

This piece was written by Missy Crane on July 17, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.

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