A woman who says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein has given a new and graphic description of the convicted sex offender’s body, claiming his genitals were “extremely deformed” and “shaped like a lemon,” and suggesting the abnormality may have played a role in his predatory behaviour. Rina Oh, a 46-year-old artist who has long alleged she was groomed and assaulted by Epstein, set out the account in a recent interview with journalist Tina Brown on Substack, adding another disturbing detail to the already extensive record of accusations surrounding the disgraced financier and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Oh said that when she first encountered Epstein naked she believed he might be physically incapable of normal penetrative sex. “He had an extremely deformed penis,” she told Brown, explaining that while others had previously described it as “the shape of an egg,” she thought it looked more like a lemon and “really small” even when erect, estimating it at “probably like two inches.” She went on to speculate that the combination of its size and deformity could have been a factor in what prosecutors later characterised as a pattern of coercive, transactional sexual encounters with girls and young women.
The description has drawn attention in part because it aligns with earlier, under-oath testimony given years before Epstein’s death. In a 2009 civil deposition, released publicly in recent years, a lawyer representing several alleged victims questioned Epstein directly about what one witness had called his “egg-shaped” penis. According to a transcript and resurfaced video of the exchange, the attorney asked whether it was true that Epstein’s penis was “oval-shaped,” “thick towards the bottom” and “thin and small towards the head portion.” Epstein’s own lawyer immediately objected, calling the question argumentative and designed to embarrass his client, and threatened to end the deposition if the line of questioning continued. Moments later the session was adjourned and Epstein left the room without answering.
Oh’s interview, and the renewed focus on the deposition, come at a time when the late financier’s activities are again under intense political and public scrutiny. US lawmakers in both parties have pushed legislation ordering the release of a cache of federal documents related to investigations into Epstein and Maxwell, dubbed the “Epstein files.” The measure, which passed Congress by overwhelming margins, would require the US Department of Justice to make public a wide range of records, including interview notes, internal memos and other material, subject to limited redactions to protect victims and any ongoing investigations.