Sarah Ransome

Sarah Ransome (born 1984) is a South African-born advocate and author. In 2006, she moved to New York as a 22-year-old and met Jeffrey Epstein, who provided her with financial support. Ransome alleges she was trafficked and abused by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for a period of 9 months. In 2016, Ransome told a reporter that she possessed copies of sex tapes of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Richard Branson, which she claimed were filmed on hidden cameras by Jeffrey Epstein for blackmail purposes. In 2019, Ransome admitted to fabricating the claim in The New Yorker. In 2017, Ransome said that Epstein ultimately "banished" her, and purchased her a plane ticket back home to South Africa. In later accounts, she has alleged that Epstein threatened to kill her and her family, prompting her to escape and fly to the United Kingdom. In 2021, Ransome published her book Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey to Hell and Back.