BBC News | Victim or enabler? Epstein girlfriend who could face questions despite plea deal
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Nadia Marcinko, a Slovak‑born former model who became Jeffrey Epstein’s main girlfriend for seven years after his split with Ghislaine Maxwell, is now back in the spotlight as legislators consider probing the 2008 plea‑deal that granted her and three other women immunity. Marcinko, who visited Epstein 67 times while he served a 13‑month sentence, has never been charged, but prosecutors and investigators say she helped recruit women for Epstein and was subjected to physical and emotional abuse, including choking, forced plastic surgery, and coercive control over her life. Email evidence shows the pair planned a family, exchanged affectionate messages, and that Epstein demanded she learn domestic skills, read extensively, and scout additional sexual partners, while also providing her with pilot training and financial support. After Epstein’s 2019 death, Marcinko cooperated with the FBI and has since disappeared from public view, though her lawyer claims she wishes to speak out as a victim. Lawmakers now debate whether a victim of such coercion can also be deemed an accomplice, with calls to investigate all four women named in the original plea deal.
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