nederlands model breekt stilzwijgen over epstein: 'het was traumatisch'

2026-02-02 roddel

Amsterdam, maandag, 2 februari 2026.
Sylvia Geersen, destijds een 21-jarig model, beleefde een schokkend moment in New York in het appartement van Jeffrey Epstein. Hij bevredigde zich in haar bijzijn. Ze voelde zich volledig overweldigd en zweeg er twintig jaar lang over. Het incident komt nu boven tafel in de Epstein-files. Geersen noemt de herinnering een trauma. Tot voor kort hielp Epstein haar met haar carrière en regelde zelfs een borstverkleining. Later werd hij opdringerig en drong hij aan op contact met andere modellen. Haar naam verschijnt samen met die van Yfke Sturm in de documenten. Begin januari kreeg Geersen contact van een advocaat over mogelijke schadevergoeding.

netherlands model breaks silence on epstein encounter

Sylvia Geersen, a Dutch model, has spoken publicly for the first time about her traumatic experience with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein [1]. The incident occurred approximately twenty years ago when Geersen was 21 years old [2]. She visited Epstein at his apartment in New York where he masturbated in her presence [3]. Though he did not physically touch her, she described feeling completely overwhelmed and shocked [4]. For two decades, Geersen remained silent about the event until its emergence in newly released court documents known as the Epstein-files [5].

initial support followed by inappropriate demands

Prior to the disturbing incident, Epstein presented himself as supportive of Geersen’s modeling career [6]. He helped arrange breast reduction surgery with a leading surgeon in New York, which he claimed would benefit her work as a Victoria’s Secret model [7]. Epstein also connected her with industry contacts such as music executive Tommy Mottola [8]. However, the relationship shifted when he began pressuring her to introduce him to other young female models from the Netherlands [9]. Geersen denies ever facilitating such introductions but acknowledges sending messages indicating willingness to provide ‘fun girls’ around ages 20–21 [10].

legal outreach and connection to earlier revelations

In early January 2026, Geersen received an email from a U.S.-based law firm representing numerous Epstein victims [11]. The firm offered assistance in pursuing compensation related to past interactions with Epstein [12]. Her testimony now emerges alongside renewed scrutiny of another Dutch model, Yfke Sturm, whose extensive communications with Epstein were detailed in prior reporting [13]. While Sturm acknowledged her association was a serious miscalculation made out of naivety, Geersen frames her own experience through lasting psychological harm [14]. Both women appear in official records released by the U.S. Department of Justice on February 2, 2026 [15].

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