Standing in front of the Capitol Hill, on September 2025, Marina Lacerda broke her silence publicly for the first time about her sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. “After all these years, I was free,” she said. Lacerda, also identified as “Minor Victim 1” in the 2019 federal investigation against Epstein, was only 14 years old when she was recruited by him in 2002. was amongst many women who were sexually abused by Epstein when they were minors. Epstein was an American financier who sexually abused and exploited underage girls.This is not just a story about one man’s crimes. It is about the systems that enabled him. It is about the long shadow of trauma. And it is about what it means for a survivor to stand in front of the nation’s seat of power and say: I will not be silent anymore.
In this deeply moving and urgent conversation with Mrinalini Dhyani, Marina Lacerda shares her journey — from abuse to testimony, from fear to freedom.
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