Two streaming giants are locked in a bidding war for the explosive story of Sarah Kellen, Jeffrey Epstein's former assistant known as his 'Sex Scheduler,' according to a senior production source. The documentary threatens to heap fresh shame on Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson over their friendships with the late paedophile financier.
Bidding War Between Netflix and Apple
At least two major studios, believed to be Netflix and Apple, are competing to win the rights to Kellen's story. Kellen worked closely with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former British socialite now serving 20 years in federal prison for trafficking underage girls to Epstein. She was alleged to have managed his diary, though she has strenuously denied being one of Maxwell's lieutenants, claiming she was a victim who was groomed into joining Epstein's network.
Our source said: 'Sarah kept rigorous notes on the movements of every one of Epstein's rich and powerful friends – and who, exactly, entertained them and where.'
Kellen's Testimony and Book Deal
Kellen, now 46 and divorced last year after a 10-year marriage to Brian Vickers, a former top American racing driver on the Nascar circuit, is now ready to tell her story, according to the Hollywood source. They said: 'She has been talking with an agent and as well as a documentary, both are talking about a book deal with the kind of detail that will make Epstein's friends shudder in horror.'
Kellen first came to the attention of authorities in 2008, when she was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Florida case that saw Epstein serve 13 months of an 18-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution. But she has only now become the subject of a frantic bidding war among major Hollywood studios and US publishers after testifying in Congress last month to the House Oversight Committee investigating the late billionaire financier's empire.
Kellen Claims Victimhood
Kellen claimed that she too was a victim of her former employer, insisting: 'I was trapped inside Jeffrey Epstein's world. He groomed me, sexually and psychologically abused me, controlled me, manipulated me, dominated me and gaslit me until I could no longer tell which thoughts were mine and which were his.' Earlier she insisted: 'I've been made out to be such a monster – but it's not true. I'm a victim of Jeffrey Epstein.'
Our Hollywood source said: 'It became crystal clear from her evidence to Congress that she had a front row seat to everything that was playing out in Epstein and Maxwell's twisted, debauched world. It's obvious that her detailed recollections could earn her millions from either a documentary or a memoir or both.'
Related Epstein Projects
Both Apple and Netflix were approached for comment. The bidding war for the documentary rights to Kellen's story follows Sony Pictures Television having greenlit a multi-part drama series on Epstein, his powerful friends and their victims. As the Sunday Express revealed in April, a string of Hollywood stars are vying for roles in the production, which is based on the bestselling book by Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K Brown, Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story.
