The former personal assistant of Jeffrey Epstein is said to be terrified that federal officials will attempt to arrest her next after the high-profile capture of his longtime girlfriend and associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Sarah Kellen is accused of acting as Maxwell’s “lieutenant” squarely in charge of finding young women and girls for Epstein, who the medical examiner ruled died by suicide at a Manhattan correctional facility in 2019. But Kellen’s parents, who are both Jehovah’s Witnesses, believe their daughter was another victim in a long line of women who were groomed at a young age to work for the disgraced financier.
“After Maxwell, I think Sarah’s next,” Mary Kellen told the Daily Mail in an interview published Friday. “What happened to all those girls is horrendous, but I do feel that Sarah was also a victim. I’m not a psychologist or a psychiatrist, but I can see she was maneuvered or brainwashed. I just hope someone doesn’t go and kill her. There are a lot of prominent, powerful people out there that don’t want anything said.”
Maxwell was arrested in New Hampshire by the FBI earlier this month and will wait until next July to face trial for charges of sex trafficking after her request for bail was denied.
Kellen’s father claimed that his daughter had been “manipulated” by Epstein and suggested that she may be hiding secrets because she is scared for her life.
“I think she was manipulated by Epstein due to her age and the circumstances. In my opinion, she’s a victim just as much as some of the others,” he said. “She was told what to do and what to say. I feel she is still probably afraid to say anything — even now that he’s gone.”
But Kellen appeared to participate willingly in the comings and goings of Epstein’s palatial Florida estate, where Epstein took advantage of young girls and possibly others. During the 2008 prosecution of Epstein for prostitution of minors, Kellen was named as a “potential co-conspirator” but didn’t face charges due to a sweetheart deal brokered for Epstein.
“Sarah was really running that organization, bringing girls and getting them in and out of the Palm Beach home,” lawyer Spencer T. Kuvin told the New York Times.
Kellen, who is married to NASCAR driver Brian Vickers, could be charged by New York federal prosecutors, who said they do not have to abide by the 2008 ruling protecting her.
