A JEFFREY Epstein survivor has told how she thought she was “going to die” as he sexually assaulted her on his private jet.

Juliette Bryant, now 43, broke down as she recalled being attacked within seconds of take-off on the so-called Lolita Express in 2002.

NINTCHDBPICT001059380914Juliette Bryant, a survivor, recounted her assault on Epstein’s private jet in 2002Credit: Sky News FILES-US-AUSTRALIA-SUICIDE-GIUFFRE-CRIME-EPSTEINShe described being forcibly touched mid-air, fearing for her life during the attackCredit: AFP

Bryant claims women who recruited her in Cape Town laughed as the twisted paedophile began assaulting her mid-air.

She told Sky News : “He patted the chair next to him… and then I went and sat there. It was such a confusing situation for a young person to be in.

“As the plane took off, he started forcibly touching me in between my legs, and I just freaked out and I suddenly realised – oh my God, my family aren’t going to see me again, these people might kill me, you know?

“They [the women] were laughing. I was really petrified.”

Bryant, then a 20-year-old first-year university student and aspiring model, says she was recruited in Cape Town in September 2002 when Epstein was visiting South Africa.

Within three weeks, she was flown to New York on what she said was her first trip outside South Africa.

She claimed that hours after landing she was driven to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and put on Epstein’s private Boeing 727 bound for his private island in the Caribbean.

“It just seemed like my dreams were all coming true because our family was struggling financially and I just really wanted to try and make a difference for my family,” she said.

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