Roza Gilles and the Abuse That Continued During Epstein’s Sentence (Part 2) (7/21/26)

Roza Gilles and the Abuse That Continued During Epstein’s Sentence (Part 2) (7/21/26)

From Jeffrey Epstein: The Coverup Chronicles by Bobby Capucci

July 21, 2026 · 16 min

About this episode

Roza Gilles shares her harrowing experience of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein during his work-release sentence.

Roza Gilles was an 18-year-old aspiring model from Uzbekistan when she came to the United States in 2009 and became financially indebted to MC2 Model Management for her visa and housing. She was offered weekend administrative work at Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida Science Foundation office in West Palm Beach while Epstein was supposedly serving his jail sentence under an extraordinarily permissive work-release arrangement. Gilles said that during one of her first encounters with Epstein, he ordered her to undress, and when she froze, another woman removed her blouse and bra. She later realized that the device on Epstein’s ankle was a monitoring bracelet and that the man abusing her was technically still an inmate. Gilles’s account offers a disturbing illustration of how Epstein’s 2008 plea agreement and work-release privileges allowed him to continue operating in an environment filled with employees, vulnerable young women and even uniformed law-enforcement officers. She recalled seeing a sheriff at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence and concluding that Epstein was so protected that nothing she did could stop him. After eventually leaving his orbit, moving to New York and becoming…

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Host: Bobby Capucci

Guest: Roza Gilles

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Organizations: MC2 Model Management

Places: Uzbekistan, Florida, West Palm Beach, New York, Midwest

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