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The story of a victim of Epstein, from trips on a billionaire's yacht to the abuses.

The episode would date back to 1997, while public documents do not reveal a direct connection between the two.

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A victim of Jeffrey Epstein claimed she was sent by the pedophile financier - as part of his minor trafficking - to Mohamed Al Fayed, who allegedly abused her on his yacht. This is reported by the British press. The woman, referred to by the pseudonym Natalie, recounted being targeted by Epstein at the age of 17 before being "sent" two years later, in 1997, to the owner of Harrods.

Natalie claims she flew to Saint Tropez, on the Côte d'Azur in France, where she alleges the billionaire, described as "a much older man," met her aboard his superyacht Jonikal. Princess Diana and Al Fayed's son, Dodi Fayed, were photographed on that yacht in 1997 just days before dying in a car crash. Natalie says she did not see either of them during her visit. She recounts that Al Fayed began telling her he wanted to "try new things" with her and that he did not allow her to leave the luxurious vessel until it docked. Natalie told The Sunday Times that it was then that the mogul sexually abused her. "I felt like I had reached a point where I had gotten used to this treatment," she said.

The woman claims she only recently realized it was Al Fayed who had abused her when she saw a news story about him online last November. Natalie, who comes from a country where the deceased billionaire is not a well-known figure, says she is willing to speak with the British police. "I was definitely on that boat and it was definitely that man," she stated. "I remember his face. These things are not forgotten," she added.

Epstein was known for trafficking women to powerful, high-profile associates, but there is no documented evidence that he did so for Al Fayed. In the millions of documents on Epstein recently released by the Department of Justice, there is no reference to a direct connection between the two men.