(CBS) A woman who says she suffered lasting damage from sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 17 years old sued his estate on Thursday. Teala Davies is joining other women who are speaking publicly about pain they have long confronted largely alone.
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Davies, 34, joined the growing list of women who have sued the wealthy financier who died in August after he was found unresponsive in his jail cell in what a medical examiner labeled a suicide. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for Epstein’s estate.
She filed her lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, where a magistrate judge on Thursday urged lawyers for the estate and victims to negotiate how victims can be compensated for injuries. Bennet Moskowitz, an attorney for the executors of Epstein’s estate said there is “an extraordinary opportunity” to avoid litigation and “conserve judicial resources.” He said a team of three would manage future claims, including Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw the process for paying claims to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the BP oil spill.
Davies appeared at a news conference with attorney Gloria Allred, who read a statement from her client that described herself as the “perfect victim” for a predator who took advantage of vulnerable underage teenagers and young women.
Allred showed an undated photo of Davies with Epstein in a helicopter that she said showed them flying over the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under the photo was a caption: “She is smiling because she did not yet realize he had a predatory plan for her.”
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Allred said her client had a difficult childhood that included being homeless for a year at age 11.
According to the lawsuit, Davies was raped and sexually abused by Epstein at his residences in New York, Paris, Florida, New Mexico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“It took me a long time to break free from his mind control and abuse,” Davies said in her statement. “I still have flashbacks. It still hurts.”
She said she was speaking publicly “to set an example and inspire all victims of sexual abuse to conquer their fear and tell someone.”
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, said the abuse ended when Epstein sent her home for good after she told him she was suffering from bulimia.
It was not the first time Davies had appeared publicly. She also spoke along with other women at an August court hearing after Epstein’s death.
“I’m still a victim because I am fearful for my daughters and everyone’s daughters. I’m fearful for their future in this world, where there are predators in power, a world where people can avoid justice if their pockets run deep enough,” Davies said at the hearing.
The Davies lawsuit was filed a day after another woman anonymously sued in Manhattan federal court against Epstein’s estate, alleging she was manipulated at age 16 by Epstein to be completely dependent on him before he repeatedly sexually assaulted her.
The woman said in the lawsuit that she came to the United States as a young child with her parents from a war-torn region of the world. The lawsuit said she was living in New York and enjoying success as a model with numerous spreads in major fashion magazines when she met Epstein in 2004.
The abuse over more than a year led her to quit modeling and feel humiliated, angry and suicidal, the lawsuit said.
CBS News does not identify alleged victims of sex crimes unless they give their consent, which several Epstein accusers have done.
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