Police Handling of Model's 1997 Sexual Battery Complaint Against Jeffrey Epstein Under the Microscope

Arden said that when she met Epstein in his Santa Monica hotel room, she was there for an audition, the New York Times reported. When she arrived, however, Arden said Epstein grabbed her and tried to undress her. Arden claimed she went to the police the following day. She was reportedly worried that he was leveraging his Victoria’s Secret connections to get close to other vulnerable young women. She then went back to the police a week later to file a complaint.