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In an interview with BBC Newsnight, five women abused by the disgraced financier describe the impact of their shared ordeal.
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Like many survivors, she says Epstein's assault filled her with shame and embarrassment. But after her name was unintentionally made public in the release of millions of files by the US government, she told BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire she felt she had to speak out.
"It gets to a point where you're being suffocated and you need to breathe, and I feel this is my way of trying to breathe," Harrison said.
BBC Newsnight brought Harrison and four other Epstein survivors together for the first time in the same room. During the hours-long discussion that followed, there were supportive gestures and, as they studied photos of themselves from the time when they first met Epstein, there were tears.
In the wide-ranging interview, the survivors told their stories of grief and anger. Some revisited Epstein's infamous private island, Little St James, while others recounted "eerie" moments at his New Mexico ranch.
They said they believed the powerful figures with whom he associated himself would most likely have known what was going on.
Millions of documents related to the various investigations of Epstein were released by the US Department of Justice, but some of the unredacted material failed to obscure the identity of his victims.
Harrison was one of those people whose name was made public.
"This is my way of trying to breathe," says Joanna Harrison on speaking about Epstein for first timeShe told BBC Newsnight she never wanted the files to be released, fearing she would lose her anonymity.
"It's not normal to see your abuser's face every day for six years on TV," Harrison said.
She recounted meeting Epstein in Florida when she was 18, and like other survivors, she said everything began with a massage.
"Everything seemed normal," Harrison said. "When he began to masturbate, I completely froze. I don't think I said two words in the car in
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