Case 1:17-cv-00616 Document 1 Filed 01/26/17 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Plaintiff, VS. JEFFREY EPSTEIN GHISLAINE MA3CWEL LESLEY GROFF, AND Defendants. COMPLAINT JURY TRIAL DEMANDED CASE NO.: Plaintifl by and through her undersigned counsel, for her claims against Defendants Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Lesley Grog and alleges upon personal knowledge with respect to her own acts and status and upon information and belief as to all other matters, as follows: 1. This cause of action arises under federal statutes and jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. 2. Plaintiff files this Complaint under a pseudonym in order to protect her identity because this Complaint makes allegations of a sensitive sexual nature and disclosure of Plaintiffs name publicly will cause further harm to her. 3. At all times material to the events alleged in this cause of action the Plaintiff was 1 EFTA00285423