(Newswire.net — January 14, 2015) Darwin, NT — Most of their claims have been settled out of court, preventing their accounts of his alleged crimes from being made public — but Virginia Roberts is proving harder to shake off.
The mother-of-three says she spent four years in Epstein’s employment after being hired to perform ‘erotic massages’ for him when she was a vulnerable girl of 15.
The story it tells begins in 1998, when Virginia Roberts was a troubled 15-year-old. Raised in a broken home, she was first introduced to Epstein — then aged 45 — by Ghislaine Maxwell, after meeting her at a Florida spa where Roberts.
After telling her she was interested in studying massage therapy, Roberts alleges she was ‘prompted by Ghislaine to come to Jeffrey’s mansion in Palm Beach that afternoon to make some extra money, and to learn about massage.
It is claimed that for more than half an hour, Ms Maxwell, who was then 36, and Epstein instructed her to give him what was ‘actually a real massage’.
But then, she alleges, the mood changed. ‘He turned over on the other side, to expose himself fully,’ she recalls.
‘Then Ghislaine told me that she wanted me to undress and began to take off my shirt and skirt… she also took off her skirt and got undressed, and so I was there with just my undies on.’
‘Jeffrey told me to wash him up and down with a bar of soap. After the encounter was finished, he told me I did well and I have a lot of potential to become a massage therapist’
Virginia Roberts
The naked Maxwell then instructed 15-year-old Roberts to perform a series of sex acts on Epstein, the account states. ‘Fearful’ of ‘upsetting or disappointing’ the powerful duo, the teenager agreed. Afterwards, ‘Jeffrey told me to wash him up and down with a bar of soap’, she alleges. ‘They were very pleased with me.
‘After the encounter was finished, the sexual encounter, [Epstein] told me I did well and I have a lot of potential to become a massage therapist, and if I’d like I could return tomorrow, you know, and do the same thing and get paid $200 an hour.’So began a sordid relationship, which Roberts says endured for four years. Epstein gave her an apartment in Palm Beach, and began paying her to fly from city to city with him as his ‘travelling masseuse’. He would ask her for erotic massages on an almost daily basis, always paying her immediately afterwards. Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2597308/The-bombshell-court-document-claims-Prince-Andrew-knew-billionaire-friends-abuse-age-girls.html#ixzz3OmtLqVot
Local Darwin Massage Therpist, Louanne of massagedarwin.com is made fully aware of the demand, as people talk about the “services” they have received in Darwin and she is constantly asked for “extras”.
Darwin is full of massage parlours and some are degrading the profession as they lack proper, professional training and most workers have only had a few hours of instruction. In TV, internet and newspaper advertising “massage” has become a codeword for impersonal and commercial sex. There is a shortage of women in Darwin and there is a subsequent high demand for sex workers sometimes serviced by fly in fly out prostitutes. A lot of men now turn to the illegal massage parlours for the extra services provided.
Louanne has been a massage therapist of 20 years and heard it all.
“These “extra” services offered in massage parlours are usually completed by relatively unskilled, non English speaking workers, or young girls, just like Virginia Roberts who have very little training in human anatomy. These services are a double edge sword for my business because they think that I would offer this as well. You either get a “extra service” but get an absolute crap massage or you can receive a great massage with no other extra services.
“My website specifically says “No Adult Services Offered” but I constantly get asked. I actually feel sorry for the legal prostitution industry as I think they are being ripped off by these illegal massage parlours. The other problem is that Asia is on our doorstep, they can get these services there and this is breeding the same culture here”.
“When men ask me on the phone, what do you look like? Or what extra services do I offer?, I know I am not the right therapist for them. I am a professional remedial therapist. I have professionally treated people from all walks of life, from celebrities to tradies, professional sports people to house wives. I treat all people with the utmost respect and professionalism. My techniques result in a treatment that is not just a massage, it’s a journey! News flash for everybody: IT’S NOT OKAY TO GET SEXUAL DURING A LEGITIMATE MASSAGE SESSION! I don’t care who it is! Even if its a Royal!” Says Louanne.
“I’ve been a certified massage therapist for 20 plus years and would never accept the behavior in which you guys engage. No matter what you’ve experienced or how many “therapists” you’ve known, you’re obviously seeing sex workers, not massage therapists. Sexual activity is never allowed during any legitimate massage session by a licensed or certified professional. Any one who has studied for a Diploma of Remedial Massage therapists knows that they risk losing their credentials for sexual behavior in the massage room, as it’s a huge breach of ethics. Would a physician tolerate you jerking off during a routine visit? Get real!“. Says Louanne
To sum up, don’t confuse massage therapy with prostitution–healthy, compassionate touch doesn’t equal sex, and the confused belief that it does leads to a lot of misguided behavior.
Massage works by soothing soft tissue and encouraging relaxation. Modern studies show that massage can successfully treat a range of disorders, including back pain, anxiety and high blood pressure. Different types of massage include aromatherapy massage, Bowen technique, remedial massage and relaxation/Swedish massage.