Henry Jarecki and Christine Corcoran attend the annual Freedom Awards charity event hosted by the International Rescue Committee on November 5, 2014 in New York City.
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A woman who says she was a victim of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against the company on Monday. famous psychiatristentrepreneurs and commodity traders Henry Jareckialleges Jarecki raped and sex-trafficked her after Epstein sent her for psychiatric treatment.
The federal civil lawsuit filed by the unidentified woman in Manhattan federal court alleges that Jarecki, 91, was a “close friend” of late fund manager Epstein, who committed suicide in a New York prison in 2019.
The lawsuit alleges that Epstein allegedly sent other young women to psychiatrists for secret “treatment” to avoid drawing unnecessary attention to Epstein’s sexual abuse of the young women.
“Jaretzki also understood that the women sent by Epstein were under Epstein’s control and that Jarecki himself could attempt to sexually abuse them without risking reporting,” the lawsuit states. ” wall street journal.
The complaint, which refers to the woman as “Jane Doe 11,” alleges Jarecki “raped” her “repeatedly” starting in 2011 until December 2014.
It also claims that the Moviefone co-founder and filmmaker used testosterone drugs to increase “his libido” and “began inviting other men over and forcing Jane Doe 11 to have sex with other men in his presence, which he did on a number of occasions .
The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages for sexual battery, sex trafficking and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
“This is an important lawsuit brought by a brave young woman and we are honored to represent her,” Brad Edwards, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in an email to CNBC.
“We hope her bravery will encourage others to feel safe coming forward,” said Edwards, co-counsels on the case are David Boyce and Sigrid McCauley.
Their lawsuit comes a year after the same lawyers secured a $290 million settlement from the banking giant JPMorgan Representing Epstein victims alleges the bank benefited from and facilitated Epstein’s sex trafficking operations.
Jarecki’s attorney, Sarita Kedia, said in a statement to CNBC that “these accusations will be proven to be completely false and baseless.”
“Dr. Jarecki never engaged in any abusive behavior toward the complainant or anyone else,” Kedia said.
Jarecki, an adjunct professor at Yale School of Medicine, was awarded the Pardes Mental Health Humanitarian Award last November by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. He is co-author of the textbook Modern Psychiatry.
In the 1980s, Jarecki was called the “Dean of the U.S. gold market” by the New York Times when he served as chairman of Mocatta Metals Corp.
In 1999, he and his son Andrew Jarecki, the documentary filmmaker who made “Capturing the Friedmans,” sold their online ticketing site Moviefone to Moviefone for nearly $390 million in stock. AOL.
Epstein, 66, committed suicide in a New York federal prison in August 2019 after being arrested a month ago on child sex trafficking charges.
Epstein had many famous and wealthy friends over the years, including Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Britain’s Prince Andrew.
This is developing news. Please check back for updates.
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