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How Jeffrey Epstein Built Emotional Dependency Around Teenage Models in New York

A teenage model alone in New York believed Jeffrey Epstein was guiding her future. Legal documents later described a pattern of emotional dependency, financial normalization and coercion.

By Jeff Reinholds

Published on May 28, 2026

How Jeffrey Epstein Built Emotional Dependency Around Teenage Models in New York

NEW YORK — During the late 1990s and early 2000s, parts of New York’s modeling ecosystem operated with remarkably little oversight for the teenagers entering it.

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