Lisa Phillips
| Field | Documented information |
|---|---|
| Public name | Lisa Phillips |
| Public role | Former model, survivor advocate and host of From Now On |
| Her account of first contact | An island visit during a Caribbean modeling assignment in 2000 |
| Period she describes | Abuse beginning in her early twenties and continuing until 2004 |
| Earlier document mention | Palm Beach police OCA 06-001078, later filed as Giuffre v. Maxwell ECF 21-7 |
| Parliamentary record | Named April 2026 visit and a statement read on her behalf in June 2026 |
| Research checked | October 8, 2026 |
Key takeaways
- Phillips has chosen to describe her experience publicly and built a wider platform for survivor voices.
- She says Epstein used modeling opportunities and personal attention to draw her back after an initial assault.
- An older police narrative contains another woman’s account involving Phillips. It is not a finding of criminal responsibility.
- Her public campaign combines disclosure demands with protection for survivors’ identities and calls for further investigation.
Public identity and From Now On
Lisa Phillips is a former model and survivor advocate who hosts From Now On, a podcast about abuse, coercive power and recovery. Her official site describes a platform for survivors to tell their own stories and for discussion of accountability and healing. The project addresses experiences beyond the Epstein case and is part of her professional public life. 1
In her PBS interview, Phillips described the difficulty of understanding and speaking about what happened to her. She said news of Epstein’s death in 2019 brought back experiences she had suppressed, and emphasized the importance of having support when a survivor becomes ready to talk. 2
Her account of Epstein’s approach and abuse
Phillips says she met Epstein in 2000 after traveling to the Caribbean for a modeling assignment. In her account to PBS, another model invited her to visit his island during a day off. She said Epstein showed an intense interest in her background and ambitions, then told the visitors they could not leave that evening. She described being called to provide a massage that became a sexual assault. 2
In an October 2026 interview with Ms., she said she initially resisted repeated requests to see Epstein again. She said he later arranged a meeting with Katie Ford and that she became a Ford model. Phillips described that career opportunity as a reason she returned to his circle, where she alleged further assaults by Epstein and some other powerful men. 3
Phillips also alleged that agency arranged events brought young models into contact with powerful men and that some encounters led to abuse. Ms. reported that Katie Ford had not issued a public response addressing its described allegations. Phillips’s account of introductions and career influence does not itself establish what any agency employee knew about abuse. 3
In February 2026, Phillips told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the abuse continued until 2004. She described having been 21 at the first island encounter. Her account concerns abuse beginning in adulthood; it should not be confused with the accounts of survivors who were children when Epstein targeted them. 6
The earlier Palm Beach police record
Police material later filed in Giuffre v. Maxwell contains an earlier named reference to Phillips. In a narrative recording an August 17, 2006 telephone call, another adult model said Phillips had suggested meeting Epstein in Palm Beach in 2003 or 2004 to advance her modeling career. The report says the woman called Phillips after Epstein requested a massage, and that Phillips reassured her it would be a paid massage. The woman then described unwanted sexual conduct by Epstein. 4
The document is a police record of that woman’s report. It is not Phillips’s sworn testimony, a charge against Phillips or a judicial finding that she knowingly facilitated abuse. The exhibit contains no response from Phillips to that specific allegation. Its verified identifiers are Palm Beach OCA 06-001078 and ECF 21-7 in No. 1:15-cv-07433, PDF pages 49 and 50. 4
Transparency advocacy and survivor privacy
On CNN in November 2025, Phillips explained that her public reference to survivors compiling a list was intended to press authorities to act. She said survivors had supplied information to the appropriate authorities and wanted records that could help them understand their own experiences. That statement does not authenticate a definitive list of offenders. 5
After the 2026 release, she told the ABC that exposing survivors while leaving important questions unanswered had caused new harm. Her advocacy distinguishes public access to evidence from publication of victims’ intimate information. Speaking publicly about her own experience is not consent to disclose every detail in investigative files. 6
In reporting published October 7, 2026, Phillips described the collective organizing that developed after survivors gathered on Capitol Hill in September 2025. She expressed optimism about further investigations. That is an account of an advocacy movement and its objectives, rather than proof that a requested investigation has produced charges or findings. 11
Her campaign in the United Kingdom
Hansard records a parliamentary question on April 29, 2026 in which Mims Davies identified Phillips’s visit to Parliament on April 16. Alex Davies-Jones responded that she had met the survivors referred to and discussed the government’s work with police leadership. This is a parliamentary record of the visit, not a transcript of evidence given by Phillips to a select committee. 7
On June 3, Davies-Jones read a statement from Phillips during the Commons debate on the Mandelson disclosures. Phillips said she had met Prince Andrew on Epstein’s island on the night Epstein assaulted her, and asked for a full public inquiry into Epstein, Maxwell and people who enabled or benefited from their crimes, including conduct on British soil. The statement was read by an MP on her behalf. The sighting she described does not establish that Andrew participated in her assault. 8
Her response to Lesley Groff’s congressional account
Groff told the House Oversight Committee on June 9, 2026 that, to her knowledge, she had never met the women who provided massages and had not been told they were minors or abused. Phillips subsequently told CNN she had met Groff in person. 910
CNN reported in July that the committee was discussing survivor affidavits. Groff’s lawyer said she stood by her testimony. This was a dispute over her account and a possible evidentiary step, not a completed finding that she knowingly lied. 10
Verified appearances in the public record
| Record | Verified identifier | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| Police narrative in civil litigation; Epstein Data copy | Giuffre v. Maxwell, 1:15-cv-07433, ECF 21-7, pages 49 and 50 | Another model’s reported account naming Phillips; not Phillips’s own deposition. 4 |
| Parliamentary visit mentioned in Commons | Hansard, April 29, 2026, columns 879 and 880 | An MP identifies her April 16 visit. 7 |
| Statement read on her behalf | Hansard, June 3, 2026, columns 1226 and 1227 | Her request for a public inquiry, delivered by Alex Davies-Jones. 8 |
| Public response to congressional testimony | CNN reporting, July 15, 2026 | Her named challenge to Groff’s claim about meeting massage providers. 10 |
Status and limits of the record
The records described here establish Phillips’s public statements, a named police reference and her advocacy before lawmakers. They do not supply a verified individual civil docket, compensation amount or judgment resolving her own allegations. Her interviews and campaign statements should be read as her account; inclusion in a court exhibit or parliamentary debate does not convert an allegation into an adjudicated fact.
Related pages
- Jeffrey Epstein
- Ghislaine Maxwell
- Lesley Groff
- Epstein Files Transparency Act
- Six survivors challenge Groff’s congressional account
Sources
- Lisa Phillips official biography and podcast. Personal website, checked October 8, 2026. Establishes her public professional identity and the purpose of From Now On.
- Inspire: Lisa Phillips, A Survivor. KTWU and PBS interview, July 9, 2026, season 6, episode 16. Full published transcript, especially the account of the 2000 island visit and her discussion of speaking publicly.
- Survivors Describe How Epstein Used Their Modeling Dreams to Abuse Them. Justine Andronici, Ms., October 2, 2026. Phillips interview and the publication’s statement about Katie Ford’s response.
- Palm Beach police material filed in Giuffre v. Maxwell. No. 1:15-cv-07433, ECF 21-7, filed December 10, 2015, PDF pages 49 and 50. OCA 06-001078, narrative recording an August 17, 2006 call about an encounter in 2003 or 2004. Redacted Epstein Data copy, EFTA02778814, pages 49 and 50; Bates EFTA02778862 and EFTA02778863.
- Lisa Phillips and Sharlene Rochard discuss the disclosure vote. CNN This Morning, November 19, 2025, 6:30 a.m. segment. Published interview transcript.
- Phillips describes the harm caused by the records release. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 13, 2026. Interview about her account of abuse from 2000 to 2004 and objections to exposing survivors.
- House of Commons record of Phillips’s parliamentary visit. Hansard, April 29, 2026, columns 879 and 880. Mims Davies names the April 16 visit; Alex Davies-Jones responds.
- Phillips’s statement read by Alex Davies-Jones. Hansard, June 3, 2026, columns 1226 and 1227, PDF pages 42 and 43. Debate on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address.
- Lesley Groff transcribed congressional interview. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 9, 2026, page 14, lines 21 through 23; pages 76 and 77. Groff’s own account, not findings by the committee.
- Congress discusses affidavits about Groff’s testimony. MJ Lee, Annie Grayer and Nicky Robertson, CNN, published by KTVZ, July 15, 2026. Names Phillips and records Groff’s lawyer’s response.
- Former models and survivors describe their accountability campaign. Justine Andronici, Ms., October 7, 2026. Phillips’s assessment of the survivor movement and its development after September 2025.