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Sarah Kellen Epstein Discover here the true story of Sarah Kellen, a key co-conspirator in pervert Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
During Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing hearing in 2022, a judge said Kellen was ‘criminally responsible’ for the Epstein sex-trafficking scheme.
Find out about her shrouded past which reveals the web of deceit and abuse that Epstein and his friends perpetuated for decades.
Sarah Kellen Epstein
- In a few short years, Sarah Kellen went from being a teen bride living in Hawaii to flying on Epstein’s jets with former President Bill Clinton. A judge said she was ‘criminally responsible’ for the Epstein sex-trafficking scheme.
- On our podcast, we explore how she escaped a fundamentalist religion to eventually helping Epstein get away with his appalling crimes.
- Plus: why are so many more people complicit?
What was the relationship between Sarah Kellen and Jeffrey Epstein
The relationship between Sarah Kellen and Jeffrey Epstein was complex, secretive and the subject of intense scrutiny since the shocking sex trafficking revelations were made public.
Sarah Kellen Epstein
- Known as Sarah Kellen, Sarah Bonk, Sarah Vickers and Sara Kensington, she married in Hawaii a member of her church, a man named Ryo Noa Bonk.
- The North Carolina student was aged about 17 at the time.
- Her marriage didn’t work out, so they separated a few years later.
- Soon after she lived with a male photographer in Hawaii where she modelled for him.
- Moreover, after leaving Hawaii to work for Jeffrey Epstein, she was allegedly part-administrator, part-recruiter and part-abuser, according to court documents.
According to The Sun, “Kellen was said to have been drawn into Epstein’s circle after she became friends with one of his female employees. The woman is said to have been commuting between Hawaii and the mainland US which her boyfriend didn’t like so she volunteered Kellen for her job and set up an interview.”
Because Sarah was extremely fortunate not to have been jailed after the Florida investigation.
POLICE WERE CLOSE TO ARRESTING IN 2006 FOR CHARGES RELATING TO SEXUAL BATTERY OF MINORS.
But a controversial non-prosecution deal authored by lawyer Alan Dershowitz let her live a glamorous and worry-free life for more than a decade.
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s pilots, David Rogers, told the court in the Guiffre v Maxwell defamation case that Sarah Kellen was “like an assistant to Ghislaine.”
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She also allegedly kept the names and numbers of all the girls who gave Epstein massages, according to Palm Beach police.
Moreover, Kellen would call them whenever the sex offender was in town, asking the girls if they were ready to “work,” the 2006 police report said.
Survivor Sarah Ransome told CBS: “You know when Jeffrey wanted me, you know, Sarah Kellen or Ghislaine would call me into his bedroom, and I had no choice but to go,” she said. “Ghislaine was always on the phone, and Sarah Kellen was always on her laptop organizing things.”
As well, Ms Ransome also said Kellen had booked all her flights.
Spencer Kuvin, who is representing several survivors, told The New York Times: “Sarah was really running that organization, bringing girls and getting them in and out of the Palm Beach home.”
On Lifetime’s documentary Saving Jeffrey Epstein, Sarah Kellen was quoted as saying she was very sorry for any hurt she may have caused.
After she departed Epstein, Sarah took up study in interior design at a university in Hawaii. She had a life full of social events, luxury and travel.
Moreover, newspapers show she was also a fixture on the Palm Beach social circuit, along with another Epstein associate Story Cowles.
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Because life was a whirl of parties and events for Sarah. She changed her name to Sara Kensington and dyed her fair hair dark.
Firstly, she started her own interior design company in 2016 called SLK Designs. Her clients were listed as living in France, the Caribbean and the US.
But she was also photographed with Epstein in 2012, just after his jail stint, which indicates they may have had an ongoing relationship.
According to The Miami Herald, Epstein was alleged to have given her US $250,000 just before he died.
Because Kellen was alleged to have been a constant force behind the doors of Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.
The question is – why? Was Epstein trying to pay witnesses off so they would not testify against him?
Moreover, it is alleged she saw hundreds of girls go up the Palm Beach house’s spiral staircase to Epstein.
- According to police reports, Sarah was Epstein’s chief Palm Beach organiser.
- She has been credibly accused of recruiting and scheduling up to six sessions a day in the Palm Beach mansion in the early 2000s.
- Sarah was also well paid, as Epstein divulged in a 2005 interview, he paid his closest assistants $200,000 a year. She was seen zipping around Palm Beach in a sports car in the late-2000s.
- She also spent more time with Epstein when he was in jail than almost anyone else.
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Who is Sarah Kellen Epstein Boss
The now-43-year-old greeted countless girls at the door of Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.
But Sarah today lives a life of luxury with ex-NASCAR driver husband Brian Vickers.
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According to her family, Sarah was cast-out of her extremely conservative church community due to “Nude modelling.”
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Moreover, during a raid on Epstein’s house in 2005, police found phone logs, allegedly signed by Sarah Kellen, with the names of teenagers who were called for ”work.”
In discussing the scope of Maxwell’s role in Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme, Judge Alison Nathan described Kellen as “a knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy” and said she was “a criminally responsible participant.”
There have been other serious allegations against Sarah Kellen, some as recent as from 2008.
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Because Kellen now lives a life of luxury in penthouses in New York and Miami. One of their properties in Miami is described as: “residents enjoy luxurious amenities and sprawling views of the Atlantic Ocean and coastline, Fisher Island and the Port of Miami.”
“This two tower resort-style condominium offers twelve expansive acres of manicured grounds, a four-story gym and spa, three tennis courts, two lagoon-style pools, one open-air restaurant and much more.
Situated on the southernmost 1,000 feet of Miami Beach’s waterfront, and bordering South Pointe Park, the Continuum South Beach offers the tranquility of oceanfront living in close proximity to world class dining and nightlife.”
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Because the couple also share another $5million penthouse in Soho, New York City. They live in a two-bedroom in the Mercer Greene building, where Mr Vickers is president of the condo board.
According to neighbours, there are constant renovations underway inside the penthouse.
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Tara Palmerie in Politico wrote earlier this year about the long-standing role Kellen played in the Epstein operation.
“It’s Kellen whom Courtney Wild, 33, remembers most vividly from the day she first walked through Epstein’s doors in Palm Beach in 2002. Wild was just 14, still in middle school with a mouth full of braces. To her, Kellen’s friendliness made the situation seem normal, ” she wrote.
“You’re 14 years old and you go to a mansion, and then Sarah Kellen—I mean, she’s a beautiful woman, too, she’s very nice, you know—escorts me upstairs,” Wild said in an interview. “It’s weird. But I just kind of went with the flow of what everybody else was doing.”
Because Epstein essentially was running a sex trafficking enterprise at Royal Palm Beach High School.
“Wild was living in a trailer park at the time with a mother who struggled with addiction. She told me she feared she would become homeless without the money she was earning from Epstein,” Palmerie wrote.
She told Palmerie ”it’s upsetting for her to hear that Kellen calls herself a victim. “How could you do this?” she said tearily. “She was over the age of 21 … so I feel like she was in a state of mind to make good and bad decisions, and she repeatedly made the wrong decision.”
Sarah Kellen Epstein Boss
But during Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing hearing on June 28, Judge Nathan said: “The defendant (Maxwell) was Epstein’s No. 2 and the lady of the house,” Nathan said. “At some point, Kellen took over some of the defendant’s duties. But even after that time, the defendant retained her leadership position, as evidenced by Carolyn’s testimony.”
Witnesses at the trial testified that as children, Kellen scheduled sexualised sex abuse massages for them with the financier/money launderer.
To date, Sarah Kellen has not helped law enforcement (as far as we know) and has rarely spoken about her time with Epstein.
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Update January 9, 2022: Kate Briquelet from The Daily Beast interviewed Epstein victims’ attorney Brad Edwards.
He said this about Kellen: “Sarah is the easiest person to get whether she testifies or not, and yet she’s holding out hope that somebody will forget about her,” Edwards added.
“To me, the best way for her to be forgotten is to be remembered as the person who grew a conscience at some point in time and turned around and helped.
He added: “The way that I see it is: Sarah has been given dozens if not hundreds of chances to potentially reposition herself in this narrative. You’re either on the side of the victims or the other side, which is the side of the bad guys.”
Edwards said while Kellen has never aided victims’ civil lawsuits, he plans to file new ones.
How did she go from a teen bride from North Carolina to working around the world for the pervert Epstein?
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Because the former fitness model has a significant internet footprint having once lived with the photographer in Hawaii.
The now-NASCAR wife is pictured (below) at her 2010 Florida deposition stemming from legal action relating to Epstein’s crimes in Palm Beach, Florida.
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There have been other serious allegations against Sarah Kellen, some as recent as from 2008.
During a testimony in a defamation court case, a butler, Renaldo Rizzo, who worked for billionaires Eva Dubin and Glenn Dubin, alleges:
“She (a 15-year-old girl) just lets it rip, and what she told me was unbelievable,” Rizzo testified.
“And She proceeded to tell my wife and I… ‘I was on the island and there was Ghislaine, and there was Sarah (Kellen),’ and she said, ‘They asked me for sex. I said no.’”
The butler later clarified, “She didn’t specify who asked for sex. She said they asked for sex.”
Rizzo testified that when she refused to have sex, Sarah Kellen took her phone and passport and gave them to Maxwell. “And at that point, she said she was threatened,” he said.
The Epstein coconspirator applied for a foreign worker visa under the badge of her design company.
Moreover, the application was requested under one of her aliases, Sarah Kensington.
Sarah Kellen Epstein
The information reveals request was for her interior design company and it was granted by the government (see below).
The US H1B visa was designed for temporary workers in certain occupations.
US Citizenship and Immigration says it was is for holders to perform “specific services.”
Was it part of Epstein’s immigration rort
“Typically, companies file for individuals to come to the U.S. to perform services in a specialty occupations; these positions normally require bachelor’s degrees (or higher) in a specialty field,” it said on its website.
A Mrs Sarah Kellen used an apartment owned by Epstein’s brother, Mark, as her business address.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s alleged lieutenant claims she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, and may also be stating she’s a victim of cult abuse.
We found new information concerning Kellen, the woman described as an Epstein coconspirator. It came to us via her husband’s website.
Sarah Kellen Jehovah Witness
In her latest personal reinvention, it looks like Sarah Kellen is claiming she’s a cult victim.
We found some new information recently concerning the alleged Jeffrey Epstein coconspirator via her husband Brian Vickers’ website. It may show her defence has recently taken on this mind control element, as she has previously told the media she was a victim of Epstein.
Her husband is the three-time NASCAR champ Brian Vickers. He supports charities in the justice area. One is even a cult information group, the Foundation Against Cult Threats.
According to husband Brian Vickers: “Justice and prison reform are very important to my wife and I. We have both been wrongfully accused of things in our personal and professional life before, so this always resonated for us.”
He adds: “Even outside of the justice system, in general, I would say that society’s shift towards a mentality of “guilty until proven innocent” is wrong and very dangerous. You see this sometimes inside the justice system but the justice system also has other systemic problems.”
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In the newly updated section of Vickers’ website, he has added FACT, The Sunny Centre and APJ to the list of organisations he supports.
In other words, her main client was probably Epstein. In our opinion. She also had two other names over the years – Sarah Bonk and Sara Kensington.
She has sported different hair colours and lived in multiple cities to attempt to reinvent herself.
What we would like to ask Sarah Kellen
We contacted Sarah’s public relations representative in 2021 to ask the following questions. Unfortunately, this person said they no longer worked for Kellen.
These are our questions we would like her to answer:
Hello Tracy,
We are journalists from Bolton St Productions in Australia and we have been podcasting on the Jeffrey Epstein case for almost two years.
As reporters, we are seeking to understand Sarah’s situation with Jeffrey Epstein. We want to go beyond the one-dimensional portrayal of Sarah, as we did this week on our show with alleged coconspirator Lesley Groff.
To this end, we have put together some questions for Sarah in the hope she may answer them. Moreover, we understand that revisiting these issues can be hard but she may wish to challenge some of the public misconceptions.
We are aware she cannot talk about Ghislaine Maxwell due to the federal trial but:
- Firstly, on a personal note, how Sarah found Ghislaine in their interactions
- How would she describe the past few years since JE died?
- We know she is in flight logs with Prince Andrew, does she recall anything about him? Is there anyone else she’d like to mention from the flight logs?
- How did she meet Epstein & come to be employed by him?
- How long did she work for him?
- What were your duties and was she ever sent to recruit girls?
- When did you finish working for JE?
- We know that you continued to work for Epstein after your marriage. Did you feel threatened or compelled to do so?
- When was the last time she spoke to Epstein? How did she feel when he died?
- Has she reunited with her family?
- Was there anyone who was kind to her during her Epstein years?
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Here is the 2006 Palm Beach probable cause document citing Sarah Kellen:
There have been other serious allegations against the long-time Epstein staffer.
Sarah said in 2019 she had also been abused by Jeffrey Epstein.The allegations against her are grave, shocking and extremely serious
Was Sarah in contact with Epstein recently?
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Her Love Story Inside Creepy Epstein Compound
Inside the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking horror and against all odds, two of his staffers fell in love.
The lovers were Sarah Kellen, known also as Sarah Bonk/Kensington/Vickers, and Story Cowles, a blue-blooded socialite.
Because these two spent more time with Epstein when he was in jail than almost anyone else. So what did they talk about?
She is now known as Sarah Vickers, which is her married name, and in 2021 officially changed her names to Vickers.
The question is – why? Moreover, we know Sarah is also covered by the shocking 2008 Epstein immunity deal from Florida where she was listed as an unindicted coconspirator.
Her Florida socialite boyfriend visited Epstein in jail in Florida almost 130 times between 2010-11.
At times, Cowles signed in as a paralegal, which he was not. He was working for years for Epstein.
He spent six or seven hours a day with Jeffrey Epstein.
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How does a girl cast out of her Jehovah’s Witness community end up on the arm of a professional athlete?
Listen to our exclusive podcast episode on Sarah’s shocking past
But if you search inside YouTube videos, there are some answers about their puzzling relationship..
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The main question I hear about these two is – why did he marry her? Well this article below from The Tampa Bay Times says the marriage is a true love match from the perspective of Brian Vickers.
All I can think when I read this article is – where was Sarah going on the day Vickers won his race in New Hampshire? She made a big show of embracing him on her way out to an airport.
“His fiancée, Sarah Kensington, came sprinting into victory lane (from just off track property after she left before the finish to catch a ride to the airport), and Casey Mears and Jimmie Johnson stopped by to offer congratulations,” wrote USA Today.
There is more than meets they eye when it comes to Brian Vickers.
Maxim reported: “The night is ending-or nearly. BV’s (Brian Vickers) crew wanders thirstily into the Hiro Ballroom. To a female companion, Vickers wonders aloud who the hottest chick in the room is, and they agree on a willowy blonde looking bored on the dance floor with a banker type.
“I’m going to go give her a ride,” Brian Vickers says. “Hell, what do I have to lose?”
Moreover, they have both also lived together in Miami for more than a decade.
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Sarah Kensington (as she was known in those days) was constantly by his side when he almost died twice from blood clots.
As well, he was an investor behind a company which made breast implants.
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The question on the lips of many people is who exactly is Brian Vickers’ Wife?
Brian Vickers Wife – the Shocking True Story
Prince and the Pervert Podcast Episode Transcript: Hello and welcome to this special episode of The Prince and the Pervert podcast.
My name is Lisa. I’m going to take you through some information that we found out about Sarah Kellen Vickers who, as many of you may know by now, was the boss of Epstein’s Palm Beach sex trafficking operation.
Now it’s important to say from the outset that Sarah told The Sun she was a victim and quote,
I’ve been made out to be such a monster, but it’s not true.
I’m a victim of Jeffrey Epstein.
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I was raped and abused weekly.
Her former PR representative also said that Sarah’s relationship with Epstein and Maxwell went on for years and she’s extremely traumatised by what she went through at the hands of Epstein.
But how far is too far if you’re an alleged victim or when do you become a participant in the abuse?
Epstein and Maxwell survivors Virginia Giuffre, Teresa Helm and Sarah Ransome are adamant Sarah was an abuser. But was she given no choice? Was there blackmail involved?
Was it a case, she no longer had any routes in the world, except for the small circle. Moreover, she may not have had anywhere else to go as her family and her community had rejected her.
But the most important thing here is Sarah was an adult throughout.
She pled the Fifth Amendment on the Epstein allegations and was one of the beneficiaries of the much criticised Acosta Florida plea deal.
Because we may never know her full story.
Is there a cult defence in US Criminal Law? Author: Eve Epsy
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a fundamentalist religious sect with more than eight million of followers worldwide.
Its headquarters are in New York where they publish their religious literature.
They have active worship centers in 240 countries. In the United States, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have tax exempt status as a charity organization.
As the church is conservative in nature, it is promoting modesty, strict views on sexuality and on the roles of women in the household and church and tend to require members to commit to significant time in service to the organization.
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses are not unlike other conservative religious sects such as the Amish, Mormons, Orthodox Jews, Muslims or even cultural conservatism like those in Muslim counties such as Pakistan.
The word “cult” has no legal definition, nor is participating in a “cult” illegal. “Cult” carries a negative connotation, however, it is open to interpretation and tends to be defined by anti-cult organizations.
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If one is a “victim” of a cult for being raised in a fundamentalist household, then would people raised in any of the above mentioned religious or cultural sects also be “victims” of a cult?
Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses a cult?
In the US, there is not a fixed definition of a cult nor is it illegal. The legal system website HG.org states that the U.S. First Amendment rights protect religious exercise, no matter how odd or non-mainstream they may be. The illegality of cult begins with another criminal violation such as financial crimes, sexual or child abuse.
The term “cult” is considered a pejorative term for offshoot or unique religious practices and would not likely stand up in court.
The public perception of what a cult is does not match up with something that would be illegal.
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Because this is why family members have a difficult time getting adults out of one, because adults have the freedom to worship, live in a compound and give away all of their money.
It is not illegal. When a religious organization conducts fraudulent transactions, or abuses people, is when law enforcement gets involved.
The website cultwatch.com lists many different ways an offshoot religion can be labeled a cult.
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These include: a single charismatic leader, the demand for significant amounts of money, overly happy people, vague information until you get to a meeting, declarations of being the “only true religion”, hiding the teachings from the public, restrictions on who you can associate with, door-to-door solicitation, no questioning or debate about teachings or practices and demanding submission to the group.
Obviously, the Jehovah’s Witnesses tick a few of these boxes, but not all of them. They do not have a single leader, in fact, individual congregations have a group of elders, not a single leader.
They do not require a title or other mandatory financial contributions.
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But theydo believe they are the only way into heaven, as do most Christian sects. Some do go to door-to-door, they do, they do demand you adhere to a strict code of values and they frown upon associations outside of their organization. Again, they are not the only religion or Christian sect to do so.
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There is no shortage of information about what they believe by both believers and former members. I’ve listened to multiple podcast from former members clearly discussing their experiences and the belief system.
As a group is the JW sexist? From what I’ve seen it seems as if women do not play a leadership role in the group or in their own households. This again is a choice as part of that religion.
Does abuse take place in the JW church? People have accused it of such, but with no formal structure, such as the Roman Catholic Church, this was handled at the local level.
Did some people cover it up? Yes. Is it wrong? Yes? Do other fundamentalist Christian groups have similar organizations and issues? Yes they do. Does this make the Jehovah’s Witnesses a cult? No, it does not.
This is not to diminish the claims of sexual abuse in the religion. It seems that parents and others put their acceptance in the local groups over the safety of their children.
Also children raised in these groups are taught to be obedient and are less likely to report abuse. I would argue that other denominations have similar issues, but they’ve yet to be reported or they are so localized, they would not be in the national spotlight.
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The religious order of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is listed as a charitable organization with the Internal Revenue System (taxing authority) of the United States and has tax-exempt status.
According to the International Cultic Studies Association, the three main characteristics of a cult are undue influence, fraud and misrepresentation. While there appears to be pressure to conform and be accepted by church leaders and elders, one could argue that is not undue influence. The Jehovah’s Witnesses are very clear about their views and expectations on their website and they do not demand financial contributions, therefore, fraud and misrepresentation would also not apply to the group.
Is that a viable excuse for someone’s criminal actions?
If one was to claim that they suffered brainwashing and mind control from a conservative religious group, then the actions they were programmed for would be fundamentalist versions of morality, sexuality and gender roles. Jehovah’s Witnesses main goal is to please Jehovah (God) through submission and service. Scheduling teenage victims, laying out sex toys and preparing a massage room does not seem like something one would be brainwashed to do having grown up in the Jehovah’s Witness faith.
A review of psychological journals reveals that people leaving a fundamentalist faith, not just the Jehovah’s Witnesses, report a sense of isolation and depression because leaving the faith often costs them all of their friendships, familial relationships and associations (Friedson, 2014). Shunning is not limited to the Jehovah’s Witnesses and would not be unique.
How would one claim they were a victim of a cult? Sarah Kellen Epstein
If a lawyer would be able to establish the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a cult, what harm would the lawyer establish towards Sarah Kellen? That she was brainwashed to be conservative? That her family shunned her when she began nude modelling? How does any of this have to do with an alleged cult? How does being raised in a strictly conservative / fundamentalist household equate to hunting new victims for sex trafficking? It is literally one extreme to the other extreme.
Would this stand up in court? Sarah Kellen
If was the prosecutor, I would challenge the establishment of the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a cult. Then I would challenge Ms. Kellen/ Bonk/ Kensington/ Vickers as to how being raised in a religion the valued sexual purity and modesty would lead to booking trafficked minors.
I would also ask her why she changed her name to Kensington? What was she hiding from? I would also challenge the $200,000+ payment she received close to the time of Epstein’s death? I would also go through her taxes with fine toothed comb to make sure those payments were reported and how were they reported? It’s well over the legal limit for a gift. Was it her salary? Or paid as salary and if so, were the proper taxes and FICA (Medicare and Social Security) taxes paid? Was she a 1099 (independent contractor, responsible for paying her own taxes) or a W-2 (employee, where employer contributes to FICA and employee contributes to FICA)?
Closing Arguments:
Ms. Kellen/ Bonk/ Kensington/ Vickers may have been raised in a fundamentalist religious organization which valued modesty, sexual purity and strict gender roles.
Firstly, Sarah married at the age of 17 with her parent’s consent and moved with her husband to Hawaii.
Moreover she chose to live against the values of her faith and took up modeling.
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Sarah left the church and was estranged from her family because of it. Then became associated with Jeffery Epstein, presumably on a quest to become a model, and became a facilitator for the trafficking and abuse of minor children.
In the end, she should be charged with child sex trafficking and probably many financial crimes.
