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Annie Farmer

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aliasesAnnie Farmer

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Known forOne of four women whose testimony was the evidence at the trial at which Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted12
ProfessionPsychologist3
In the criminal caseNamed in the original June 2020 indictment of Maxwell; identified by her own counsel as “Minor Victim-2”45
CounselBoies Schiller Flexner LLP (David Boies, Sigrid S. McCawley)67
Civil actionAnnie Farmer v. Darren K. Indyke, et al., No. 19-cv-10475 (LGS) (S.D.N.Y.)8

Annie Farmer is an American psychologist and one of the four women whose testimony was the evidence at the 2021 federal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell in the Southern District of New York.31 The account of Epstein and Maxwell set out below is her own testimony and her own statements to the courts; Maxwell pleaded not guilty and disputed that account at trial, at sentencing and on appeal, and her positions are set out below under “Maxwell’s position.”931 Farmer spoke on the record under her own name at four court proceedings between 2019 and 2022, beginning with Jeffrey Epstein’s bail hearing in July 2019.10111213 The government’s sentencing memorandum states that she was among the victims interviewed after Epstein was charged in July 2019, and that the original indictment obtained against Maxwell in late June 2020 “related to the abuse of Jane, Kate, and Annie Farmer.”4 Her sister, Maria Farmer, is described in filings in the criminal case as the person who introduced her to Epstein, and Annie Farmer told a federal court in 2019 that Maxwell had assaulted her sister.14311

Identification in the record

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, which represents her, told the district court in March 2021 that “BSF represents Minor Victim-2 (Annie Farmer) and Virginia Giuffre.”5 Maxwell’s counsel wrote in September 2021 that “Annie Farmer is believed to be the alleged victim referred to in the superseding indictment as ‘Minor Victim 2.’”8 At Maxwell’s arraignment on July 14, 2020, an Assistant United States Attorney told the court that “the victim wishes to speak in her true name, which is Annie Farmer”; the three other women whose testimony formed the trial record are identified in the case as “Jane,” “Carolyn” and “Kate.”121 The district court noted that it had permitted certain victim witnesses to testify using a pseudonym or a first name.15

Maxwell’s February 2021 motion to dismiss for pre-indictment delay states that FBI records reflect that “Accuser-2” was interviewed on November 14, 2006 as part of the government’s investigation of Epstein, in case file 31-E-MM-108062-49, and that the 2006 interview “contained some of the allegations made in the Indictment.”16 Her counsel confirmed in April 2021 that Farmer was interviewed by the FBI in 2006.17

The account in the record

New York, December 1995

In its summation the government told the jury that Farmer testified about meeting Epstein in New York in December 1995, when she was 16 years old, and that Epstein held her hand and rubbed her arm during a visit to a movie theater.18 The government’s sentencing memorandum gives the same account, citing the Pre-Sentence Report.19 At Epstein’s bail hearing on July 15, 2019 Farmer told the court, “I was 16 years old when I had the misfortune of meeting Jeffrey Epstein here in New York.”10

New Mexico, spring 1996

The sentencing memorandum states that in the spring of 1996, at Epstein’s request, she was sent to Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico for what was presented as a retreat for a group of 20 to 25 academically gifted students to discuss college plans and international trips.20 It states that she was reluctant to go after the New York incident but felt more comfortable once she understood that Maxwell would be there, and that on arrival she found herself alone at the ranch with Epstein and Maxwell.19 The memorandum then recounts, from the Pre-Sentence Report and the trial transcript, that Maxwell asked whether she had ever had a professional massage, told her to undress, and gave her a massage on a massage table during which Maxwell exposed and touched her breasts; the memorandum quotes her trial testimony that she wanted “badly to get off of the table and have this massage be done.”19 It further states that Epstein later got into her bed on the same trip and that she extricated herself by going to the bathroom.21 In the section of the memorandum addressing the seriousness of the offense, the government wrote that “Annie described a terrifying encounter in which she found herself alone with Maxwell at Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico.”22

Maxwell’s position

Maxwell pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on July 14, 2020.9 The government’s sentencing memorandum states that in a 2016 civil deposition Maxwell “denied, among other things, having given Annie Farmer a massage,” and the memorandum asserts that the trial evidence established that the denial was a lie; the district court recited the same list of deposition denials at sentencing on June 28, 2022.2324 In her February 2021 filing Maxwell’s counsel declined to use the word “victim” for the women named in the indictment, writing that “there has been no finding by any court or jury that these now-adult women are in fact ‘victims,’” and referring to them as “Accusers.”16 Before Farmer testified, the trial court instructed the jury that the alleged physical contact in New Mexico “was not, quote, illegal sexual activity, end quote, as the government has charged in the indictment”; Maxwell’s counsel returned to that instruction in her summation and told the jury that Farmer is “a psychologist who primarily works as a therapist.”3 On appeal Maxwell’s brief described the New Mexico episode as a massage in which “Maxwell massaged her pectoral muscles,” and emphasized the same limiting instruction.1 Maxwell’s counsel had also argued, in letters filed in Farmer’s civil case and quoted by Boies Schiller Flexner, that Farmer’s account was uncorroborated and financially motivated.25 The Second Circuit affirmed Maxwell’s conviction on September 17, 2024.26

Statements to the courts

Epstein bail proceedings, July and August 2019

Farmer spoke at Epstein’s bail hearing on July 15, 2019, introduced by her counsel David Boies.106 She said Epstein “later flew me to New Mexico to spend time with him there,” voiced support for the government’s request that bail be denied, and disputed the defense submission that publicity would make it easier for victims to come forward.10 Asked by Judge Richard M. Berman whether she was saying that Epstein had engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct with her, she answered, “He was inappropriate with me. He was inappropriate with me. I would prefer not to go into the details of that at this time.”10 In his written decision remanding Epstein, Judge Berman recorded that Farmer opposed release because she believed other Epstein victims would “continu[e] to be victimized” and that Epstein’s wealth, privilege and notoriety would make it difficult for other victims to come forward.6 Announcing the ruling in open court on July 18, he cited the “compelling testimony” of Farmer and of a second victim who also addressed the court.27

At the hearing held on August 27, 2019 after Epstein’s death, she spoke on behalf of her sister:

“I’m here today to speak on behalf of my sister, who could not be here. Ghislaine Maxwell not only assaulted her … She risked her safety in 1996, so many years ago, to report them, to no avail.”11

She added that she was encouraged to hear “that there will be a full investigation as to how that was allowed to happen while he was in the government’s custody,” and said it was important that “the other people that were a part of what he did are held accountable.”11 Maxwell was not then charged; she was arrested in July 2020, pleaded not guilty and disputed Farmer’s account at trial and on appeal.491

Maxwell bail proceedings, July and December 2020

At Maxwell’s arraignment and bail hearing on July 14, 2020, conducted by teleconference before Judge Alison J. Nathan, Farmer said: “I met Ghislaine Maxwell when I was 16 years old. She is a sexual predator who groomed and abused me and countless other children and young women.”12 She said Maxwell had shown no remorse, had lied under oath, and was a flight risk, and asked the court to detain her until trial.12

On December 15, 2020 she submitted a written statement through her counsel opposing Maxwell’s renewed bail motion, in which she asked the court again to deny release, wrote that Maxwell had sexually abused her as a child, and said she did not believe Maxwell would stand trial if released.7 The statement was filed as an attachment to the government’s memorandum in opposition to that motion.7 Maxwell had entered a plea of not guilty at the same July 2020 proceeding and denied the conduct alleged against her.916

Rule 17 subpoenas and the civil case

In 2021 Maxwell’s counsel sought court authorization for Rule 17(c) subpoenas directed to Farmer and to Boies Schiller Flexner.28 The subpoena addressed to her, served care of the firm, sought a spiral-bound journal, a pair of boots, photographs produced in her civil case, any contingent-fee or engagement agreement, and material relating to the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program.29 Boies Schiller Flexner opposed the subpoena, describing the boots as “a pair of cowboy boots that the Defendant and Jeffrey Epstein purchased for Annie Farmer,” and arguing that the journal’s relevant pages had already been produced in civil discovery and that the requests were an impermissible search for impeachment material.2517 Maxwell’s motion states that the firm had produced photographs of the items in the civil action and that it was unknown whether the originals remained with the firm or with Farmer.8

The civil action, Annie Farmer v. Darren K. Indyke, et al., No. 19-cv-10475 (LGS) (S.D.N.Y.), named Darren Indyke and other defendants including Maxwell.8 Her counsel wrote in March 2021 that the action she had brought against Maxwell had recently been dismissed.25

After the verdict

Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021.2 In February 2022 she moved for a new trial under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 “on the basis that a juror provided inaccurate information during jury selection”; the motion relied in part on a social-media exchange between that juror and Farmer after the verdict.3031 The district court held a post-trial hearing at which it questioned the juror under oath, wrote that he “failed to respond accurately during the jury selection process to a question on a written questionnaire about his history of sexual abuse,” found that he “testified credibly at the hearing,” held that the social-media exchange gave no basis to question that testimony, and denied the motion on April 1, 2022.3032

Sentencing, June 2022

Farmer submitted a victim impact statement dated June 22, 2022 through her counsel and asked to make an oral statement at sentencing.33 Maxwell’s counsel disputed the crime-victim status under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act of four other women who had submitted statements, did not contest Farmer’s status, and asked the court to redact portions of her statement on the ground that they raised matters not disclosed at trial.34 By order of June 24, 2022, Judge Nathan denied the redaction request, held that the statements were judicial documents subject to a presumption of public access, and granted Farmer, “Kate” and Virginia Giuffre permission to make in-person statements.35 Farmer read her statement at the podium at the sentencing on June 28, 2022.13 In it she said that Maxwell had had repeated opportunities to acknowledge her conduct and had instead continued to deny it, and asked the court to weigh the continuing effects of the crimes on the women Maxwell had abused.33 Maxwell was sentenced to concurrent terms of 60, 120 and 240 months’ imprisonment; she appealed, and the Second Circuit affirmed on September 17, 2024.26

The government did not seek restitution.36

Grand jury unsealing, August 2025

On August 5, 2025 Boies Schiller Flexner filed a letter on Farmer’s behalf with Judges Berman and Engelmayer, in response to a Department of Justice notice of July 25, 2025 inviting victims to state their positions on the proposed disclosure of the Epstein and Maxwell grand jury transcripts.37 The letter describes Farmer as “a survivor of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes” who “testified at Maxwell’s trial”; Maxwell has disputed Farmer’s account throughout, as set out above.37 The letter states that Farmer supports unsealing the transcripts and the accompanying exhibits, subject to redactions limited to victims’ names, likenesses and identifying information.38 It opposes the redaction of the names of uncharged third parties, arguing that the privacy interests recognized in the case law protect victims rather than people accused of wrongdoing, and disputes the government’s July 6, 2025 conclusion that no further investigation of third parties is supported.39

Footnotes

  1. Brief for Defendant-Appellant, United States v. Maxwell, No. 22-1426 (2d Cir.), Document 59, filed February 28, 2023, pp. 21–22 of 113, reproduced in the appellate record at corpus pages 683–684. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00020385 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. Sentencing Memorandum, p. 7 of 55. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩ ↩2

  3. Trial transcript, December 20, 2021, Document 767, defense summation at p. 114 of 257 (Tr. 2948). https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00014401 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. The Government’s Sentencing Memorandum, Document 670, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (S.D.N.Y.), filed June 22, 2022, p. 5 of 55. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. Letter from Sigrid S. McCawley to Judge Alison J. Nathan, March 22, 2021, Document 183, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed March 26, 2021, p. 1 of 7. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00002812 ↩ ↩2

  6. Decision & Order Remanding Defendant, Document 32, United States v. Epstein, No. 1:19-cr-00490-RMB (S.D.N.Y.), filed July 18, 2019, pp. 10–11 of 33. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000472 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  7. Statement of Annie Farmer, submitted by Sigrid S. McCawley, December 15, 2020, filed December 18, 2020 as Document 100-1, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, pp. 1–2 of 2. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00002198 The same letter is reproduced as an attachment to the government’s memorandum in opposition to the renewed bail motion, filed as Exhibit F on appeal in No. 21-770 (2d Cir.). https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00001142 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. Second Rule 17(c) motion, p. 3 of 10. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00005043 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  9. Transcript of arraignment and bail hearing, July 14, 2020, Document 93, p. 11 of 91 (“THE DEFENDANT: Not guilty, your Honor.”). https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00001878 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  10. Transcript of conference, July 15, 2019, Document 36, United States v. Epstein, No. 1:19-cr-00490-RMB, filed July 24, 2019, pp. 71–73 of 74; quotations read from the page image. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000511 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  11. Transcript of proceeding, August 27, 2019, Document 53, United States v. Epstein, No. 1:19-cr-00490-RMB, filed September 3, 2019, p. 58 of 86. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00019994 The name of the speaker’s sister is redacted in the transcript as released; the relationship is separately stated in the filing cited at 14. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  12. Transcript of arraignment and bail hearing (teleconference), July 14, 2020, Document 93, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, filed December 10, 2020, pp. 40–41 of 91; quotations read from the page image. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00001878 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  13. Sentencing transcript, June 28, 2022, Document 737, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed July 22, 2022, pp. 60–64 of 101. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00011520 ↩ ↩2

  14. Second Rule 17(c) motion, p. 4 of 10 (“Maria Farmer is the individual who purportedly introduced her younger sister to Jeffrey Epstein”). https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00005043 ↩ ↩2

  15. Opinion & Order, Document 657, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, filed April 29, 2022, p. 7 of 45 and n.2, reproduced in the appellate record at corpus page 605. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00020385 ↩

  16. Memorandum of Law in Support of Ms. Maxwell’s Motion to Dismiss Counts One Through Six of the Superseding Indictment for Pre-Indictment Delay, Document 138, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-AJN, filed February 4, 2021, p. 7 of 26 and the footnotes on that page. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00002504 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  17. Letter from Sigrid S. McCawley to Judge Alison J. Nathan, April 5, 2021, Document 247, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed April 23, 2021, pp. 10–11 of 17. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00004001 ↩ ↩2

  18. Trial transcript, December 20, 2021, Document 767, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed August 10, 2022, government summation at p. 34 of 257 (Tr. 2867). https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00014401 ↩

  19. Sentencing Memorandum, p. 13 of 55, citing PSR ¶¶ 48–52 and Tr. 2224. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  20. Sentencing Memorandum, pp. 12–13 of 55, citing PSR ¶ 49. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩

  21. Sentencing Memorandum, pp. 13–14 of 55, citing PSR ¶ 53. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩

  22. Sentencing Memorandum, p. 38 of 55, citing Tr. 2224 and PSR ¶ 52. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩

  23. Sentencing Memorandum, p. 43 of 55, citing PSR ¶¶ 75–76. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩

  24. Sentencing transcript, June 28, 2022, Document 737, p. 15 of 101. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00011520 ↩

  25. McCawley letter, March 22, 2021, pp. 2, 5 and 7 of 7. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00002812 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  26. United States v. Maxwell, No. 22-1426-cr, Document 109-1 (2d Cir. September 17, 2024), pp. 2–3 of 26. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000002 ↩ ↩2

  27. Transcript of bail decision, July 18, 2019, Document 40, United States v. Epstein, No. 1:19-cr-00490-RMB, filed July 26, 2019, p. 4 of 6. The second speaker is not named in the transcript as produced. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000605 ↩

  28. Ms. Maxwell’s Second Ex Parte and In Camera Motion for an Order Authorizing a Subpoena Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 17(c)(3), Document 336, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed September 7, 2021, p. 2 of 10. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00005043 ↩

  29. Subpoena to Annie Farmer c/o Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Exhibit 1 to the second Rule 17(c) motion, Document 336-1, filed September 7, 2021, pp. 2 and 5–6 of 60. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00005053 ↩

  30. Opinion & Order, Document 653, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed April 1, 2022, pp. 1–2 of 40. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010324 ↩ ↩2

  31. Ghislaine Maxwell’s Motion for a New Trial, Document 613, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed February 24, 2022, pp. 22–26 of 66. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00009002 ↩

  32. Opinion & Order, Document 653, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed April 1, 2022, pp. 22–23 of 40. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010324 ↩

  33. Statement of Annie Farmer, submitted by Sigrid S. McCawley, June 22, 2022, Exhibit A to Document 672, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed June 24, 2022, pp. 11–13 of 68. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010592 ↩ ↩2

  34. Letter from Bobbi C. Sternheim to Judge Alison J. Nathan, Document 672, filed June 24, 2022, pp. 2 and 5–7 of 68. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010592 ↩

  35. Order, Document 682, United States v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-PAE, filed June 24, 2022, pp. 1 and 3–4 of 4. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010744 ↩

  36. Sentencing Memorandum, p. 54 of 55. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00010536 ↩

  37. Letter from Sigrid McCawley on behalf of Annie Farmer to Judges Richard M. Berman and Paul A. Engelmayer, August 5, 2025, Document 72, United States v. Epstein, No. 1:19-cr-00490-RMB, p. 1 of 5. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000766 ↩ ↩2

  38. McCawley letter, August 5, 2025, p. 2 of 5. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000766 ↩

  39. McCawley letter, August 5, 2025, pp. 4–5 of 5. https://epstein-data.com/DOJ-OGR-00000766 ↩

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