Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant is “quietly awaiting” the upcoming dump of sealed court documents that threaten to further pull back the curtain on his sex-trafficking operation, The Messenger has learned.
Sarah Kellen, 44, worked for Epstein for several years starting in the early 2000s — allegedly scheduling his "massages" where he sexually abused his victims.
But, she and her husband live almost completely out of the public eye, including reportedly at a luxury Miami Beach condo — even after Epstein died in jail in 2019 and his partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022.
“They have enjoyed basic anonymity and privacy and freedom for many years,” the source close to Kellen and her husband, former NASCAR driver Brian Vickers, said.
Sarah Kellen is married to former NASCAR star Brian Vickers (pictured together in May 2015.)Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for the 141st Kentucky Derby - Unbridled Eve Gala
“They don’t want any changes. So the pattern for which they live, which by the way is very careful — almost to the point of paranoia, is not without purpose,” the source added.
Public attention has turned back to Epstein and his powerful former friends after a federal judge ordered the names of more than 150 people connected to the Epstein case — and other related court documents — to be unsealed shortly after the New Year.
Among those high-profile names expected to be revealed in the unsealing is former President Bill Clinton, according to a new report.
It's not clear if new details about Kellen will emerge in the unsealed documents, which are part of a defamation suit that Maxwell settled in 2017.
Sarah Kellen is pictured in an undated photograph entered into evidence at Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial.US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
The source said Kellen could write a tell-all book or ink a documentary deal to share all she knows about him and Maxwell.
“She had a front row seat to the debauchery. What she knows would shock the world,” the source said.
“She has so much to say, to plead her case,” they added.
But, she views her information as a "get out of jail free card."
"It’s more valuable for her to hold onto the information should she need it to stay free," the source said.
She and her husband have lived in a "fortress" condo in Miami Beach, according to the source. The property at the Continuum oceanfront tower has private entrances that ensure she can't be surprised with subpoenas, the source added.
Kellen and her husband live in The Continuum, a luxury tower in Miami Beach, Florida and have fashioned their condo as a "fortress," a source said.Marc Averette/Wikimedia
Public records from Miami-Dade County tie both Kellen and Vickers to the building, including a "notice of commencement" filed by Vickers in August for the "installation of impact windows/doors."
Kellen defended herself to the U.K. newspaper The Sun in December 2020, saying, "I’ve been made out to be such a monster — but it’s not true."
She added: "I’m a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. I was raped and abused weekly.”
Kellen, who has not been charged with a crime, is already publicly named in court records in the defamation suit, as well as in numerous other lawsuits brought by victims of Epstein and Maxwell.
She was also repeatedly mentioned at Maxwell’s federal criminal trial in Manhattan and at her sentencing in June 2022.
Ghislaine Maxwell (left) supervised Sarah Kellen (center), who worked as Jeffrey Epstein's (right) assistant for more than a decade. This photograph was entered into evidence at Maxwell's criminal trial.US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York; Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images
“[Maxwell] supervised Sarah Kellen, who was a knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy,” Judge Alison Nathan said at the sentencing.
One of the victims who testified at Maxwell’s trial using only her first name, Carolyn, told jurors that Kellen arranged “massage” appointments where she would be abused by the pedophile and took nude photographs of her.
On Dec. 18, Judge Loretta Preska ordered documents in a defamation suit brought against Maxwell by longtime accuser Virginia Giuffre be unsealed after a request by the Miami Herald.
According to Preska’s order, a vast majority of the names that will be unsealed have longtime and public ties to Epstein and Maxwell.
They include at least two journalists who investigated Epstein, as well as witnesses who testified at Maxwell’s trial and victims who have spoken out publicly.
Kellen did not return a request for comment from The Messenger.
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Sarah Kellen, 44, worked for Epstein for several years starting in the early 2000s — allegedly scheduling his "massages" where he sexually abused his victims.
But, she and her husband live almost completely out of the public eye, including reportedly at a luxury Miami Beach condo — even after Epstein died in jail in 2019 and his partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022.
“They have enjoyed basic anonymity and privacy and freedom for many years,” the source close to Kellen and her husband, former NASCAR driver Brian Vickers, said.
Sarah Kellen is married to former NASCAR star Brian Vickers (pictured together in May 2015.)Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for the 141st Kentucky Derby - Unbridled Eve Gala
“They don’t want any changes. So the pattern for which they live, which by the way is very careful — almost to the point of paranoia, is not without purpose,” the source added.
Public attention has turned back to Epstein and his powerful former friends after a federal judge ordered the names of more than 150 people connected to the Epstein case — and other related court documents — to be unsealed shortly after the New Year.
Among those high-profile names expected to be revealed in the unsealing is former President Bill Clinton, according to a new report.
It's not clear if new details about Kellen will emerge in the unsealed documents, which are part of a defamation suit that Maxwell settled in 2017.
Sarah Kellen is pictured in an undated photograph entered into evidence at Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial.US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
The source said Kellen could write a tell-all book or ink a documentary deal to share all she knows about him and Maxwell.
“She had a front row seat to the debauchery. What she knows would shock the world,” the source said.
“She has so much to say, to plead her case,” they added.
But, she views her information as a "get out of jail free card."
"It’s more valuable for her to hold onto the information should she need it to stay free," the source said.
She and her husband have lived in a "fortress" condo in Miami Beach, according to the source. The property at the Continuum oceanfront tower has private entrances that ensure she can't be surprised with subpoenas, the source added.
Kellen and her husband live in The Continuum, a luxury tower in Miami Beach, Florida and have fashioned their condo as a "fortress," a source said.Marc Averette/Wikimedia
Public records from Miami-Dade County tie both Kellen and Vickers to the building, including a "notice of commencement" filed by Vickers in August for the "installation of impact windows/doors."
Kellen defended herself to the U.K. newspaper The Sun in December 2020, saying, "I’ve been made out to be such a monster — but it’s not true."
She added: "I’m a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. I was raped and abused weekly.”
Kellen, who has not been charged with a crime, is already publicly named in court records in the defamation suit, as well as in numerous other lawsuits brought by victims of Epstein and Maxwell.
She was also repeatedly mentioned at Maxwell’s federal criminal trial in Manhattan and at her sentencing in June 2022.
Ghislaine Maxwell (left) supervised Sarah Kellen (center), who worked as Jeffrey Epstein's (right) assistant for more than a decade. This photograph was entered into evidence at Maxwell's criminal trial.US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York; Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images
“[Maxwell] supervised Sarah Kellen, who was a knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy,” Judge Alison Nathan said at the sentencing.
One of the victims who testified at Maxwell’s trial using only her first name, Carolyn, told jurors that Kellen arranged “massage” appointments where she would be abused by the pedophile and took nude photographs of her.
On Dec. 18, Judge Loretta Preska ordered documents in a defamation suit brought against Maxwell by longtime accuser Virginia Giuffre be unsealed after a request by the Miami Herald.
According to Preska’s order, a vast majority of the names that will be unsealed have longtime and public ties to Epstein and Maxwell.
They include at least two journalists who investigated Epstein, as well as witnesses who testified at Maxwell’s trial and victims who have spoken out publicly.
Kellen did not return a request for comment from The Messenger.
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