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Uncle Joe

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Sun Jun 21, 2026, 02:51 PM Yesterday

Survivor testifies about "trauma and torture" at Epstein's Zorro Ranch [View all]

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She said she suffered kidnapping, and torture, being forced to drown in a tank before being pulled out and revived over and over again. She said she wasn’t sure if it was an experiment, or just for Epstein.

“Sometimes I was again blindfolded, sometimes I was not blindfolded. Either way, it was horrifying. Sometimes I felt the water level rising higher and higher,” Church said. “Other times it terrorized me while I watched it rise until it engulfed me. A gag would both muffle my screams and help water enter my lungs faster.”

She said she was forced to go through the tank many times, including while pregnant as a teenager.

“I don't remember being taken out of the tank, so I have no idea whatsoever what may have happened to my babies, but I remember cramps and bleeding,” she said. “Were my babies buried at Zorro Ranch?”

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https://www.kunm.org/public-health-new-mexico/2026-06-19/epstein-survivor-testifies-zorro-ranch-subpoenas

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