Nadia Marcinko Explained

Nadia Marcinko
Other Names:Nada Marcinkova
Native Name:Naďa or Nadežda Marcinková
Occupation:Pilot, model
Birth Place:Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Nationality:Slovak
Known For:Pilot for Jeffrey Epstein

Nadia Marcinko, also known as Nada Marcinkova (Slovak: Naďa Marcinková) (born 1986), is a Slovakian-born pilot, flight instructor, and the CEO of Aviloop, an aviation website. She is known for being a co-conspirator of financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell.

Career

In multiple sources, references are made by Marcinko herself, to being a model, particularly in her teen years. However, it is not clear whether her references to modeling are about her early life in Europe or the period after she came to the United States. She describes her transition from modeling to becoming a pilot by saying she was "ready for longer runways" and went from "runway to runway".

In August 2019, Business Insider reported that depositions taken in relation to the Epstein case disputed that she had been a model.[1] Other sources also dispute her modeling background.[2] [3]

Marcinko started flight training at a flight school at the Palm Beach County Florida Airport, and with 250 hours in her logbook, she accepted an offer from Jeffrey Epstein to obtain her Gulfstream II rating and was certified shortly thereafter.[4] [5], she held three rating certificates: for single-engine aircraft, multi-engine aircraft, and various Gulfstream business jets (have individual certificates).[6]

Marcinko became known on social media, under her label "Gulfstream Girl".[7] Gulfstream Aerospace filed a trademark infringement suit (Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation v. Aviloop LLC et al.) against her on November 18, 2013.[8] Marcinko and Gulfstream reached an out-of-court settlement, filed on January 6, 2014, after which Marcinko changed her online name to "Global Girl".[9]

, she remained CEO of her aviation business, Aviloop, described by Wired as a "supremely odd aviation branding business, whose website features flawless shots of her with Gulfstreams."[9] [4] The business is based at an address in New York, that is in a property controlled by Mark Epstein, brother of Jeffrey Epstein.[10]

Association with Jeffrey Epstein

Over the years, several news outlets have reported that Marcinko, previously known under the name of Nada Marcinkova, worked as a long-term assistant to Jeffrey Epstein and was a regular pilot of Epstein's so-called Lolita Express.[9] It was reported that she was one of four of Epstein's accomplices (including Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, and Lesley Groff) that were given immunity from prosecution in Epstein's non-prosecution agreement from 2008 which saw him serve a sentence of just over a year. The Guardian reported that Marcinkova was questioned in 2010 concerning Epstein, who was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution.[11] [9]

In 2015, The Daily Telegraph reported that Marcinko, during questioning regarding alleged underaged sexual activities had "invoked her right not to incriminate herself, protected by the US constitution's Fifth Amendment, when she was asked about the Duke of York", who was a frequent guest of Epstein.[12]

According to the Miami Herald, Marcinko visited Epstein "more than 70 times when he was in Palm Beach custody," after his first criminal conviction.

In 2019, in written testimony given by Epstein's underage victims, Marcinko is also described as having encouraged and engaged in sexual acts with the underaged girls, sometimes involving sex toys, at the suggestion of Epstein. In one account, according to police, Epstein told one victim Marcinkova was his "sex slave", and that Epstein had "purchased her" when she was 15 from her family in the former Yugoslavia,[13] [14] [15] [16] a claim journalist Philip Weiss had made in New York Magazine in 2007.[17] [18]

In September 2019, CNN stated that Marcinko could be considered as a "victim" of Epstein, rather than an "accomplice". CNN quoted Marcinko's lawyers who said: "Like other victims, Nadia Marcinko is and has been severely traumatized", and that "She needs time to process and make sense of what she has been through before she is able to speak out".[19]

Personal life

She was born Nada Marcinkova in eastern Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).[11] [5] Her father, Peter Marcinko, is an architect from Prešov, Slovakia.[20]

It was incorrectly reported that Marcinkova was from Yugoslavia.[21] According to her father, she was not brought as a young girl to the U.S. to live with Epstein. After leaving Epstein, she changed her name to Nadia Marcinko.[22]

Marcinkova has reportedly been missing since early January of 2024. Her disappearance may be linked to the release of the final batch of Epstein documents that same month.[23]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The New York City Building at the Center of Jeffrey Epsteins Web. Bluestone. Gabriel. 5 August 2019. Business Insider. 12 August 2019.
  2. Book: Filthy Rich. Patterson. James. Connolly. John. Malloy. Tim. Little Brown and Company. 2016. 9780316274050. New York. 129–130, 282–283.
  3. Web site: Nada Marcinkova: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Winikoff. Janet. 2019-08-13. Heavy.com. en. 2020-02-06.
  4. Web site: Girls In Tech . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816180419/http://www.nycfirst.org/news/girls-in-tech/girls-in-tech-articles. dead. 2013-08-16. New York City First . nycfirst.org . 2014-03-01.
  5. Web site: Learning To Fly: All About Priorities PlaneAndPilotMag.com. planeandpilotmag.com. 22 January 2013. 26 July 2019. Mark C. Lee. Unfortunately, travel was a way of life for the young teen, who was discovered by a modeling agency in her native Slovakia. .
  6. Web site: FAA Registry – Airmen – Airmen Inquiry - Main. amsrvs.registry.faa.gov. 2014-03-01.
  7. Forbes: Facebook's Gulfstream Girl Takes Off With An Uplifting Message . https://web.archive.org/web/20131123080325/http://www.forbes.com/sites/businessaviation/2013/11/19/facebooks-gulfstream-girl-takes-off-with-an-uplifting-message/ . dead . November 23, 2013 . . Miller. Jeff . 19 November 2013 . 26 July 2019. As Gulfstream Girl, more than 77,000 people have 'liked' Marcinko's Facebook page in less than 18 months. That makes her a veritable Facebook phenomenon. By contrast, Gulfstream Aerospace has 18,000 'likes'..
  8. Web site: 'Gulfstream Girl' Accused Of Ripping Off Jet Co.'s Trademark - Law360. law360.com. 2014-03-01.
  9. Heffernan. Virginia. 23 July 2019. The Twisted Flight Paths of 'Global Girl' and the Lolita Express. Wired. 26 July 2019.
  10. Vanessa Grigoriadis. Vanessa Grigoriadis. 18 July 2019. "I Thought, Wow, Rich People Are Weird": Two Women Who Flew with Epstein Reveal Secrets of His Private World. Vanity Fair. Two alleged accomplices, now in their 30s, Nada Marcinkova and Sarah Kellen, who have since changed their names to Nadia Marcinko and Sarah Kensington, opened businesses this decade with an address at a business controlled by Epstein's brother, Mark. Marcinkova, a pilot, now calls herself "Global Girl" and had a website that sold flying lessons..
  11. News: Jeffrey Epstein scandal: women with new identities run firms from Epstein-linked property . Jon Swaine . . 7 January 2015 . 26 July 2019.
  12. News: Prince Andrew's friend Jeffrey Epstein 'used aggressive witness tampering to prevent truth coming out'. Daily Telegraph. 5 January 2015. 26 July 2019. They include Nadia Marcinkova, described as "Epstein's live-in sex slave", who invoked her right not to incriminate herself, protected by the US constitution's Fifth Amendment, when she was asked about the Duke of York.. Gordon Rayner.
  13. The "Girls" Were Always Around . . Daniel Engber . 2 August 2019 . 2 August 2019 . One young, Slavic-looking woman who spent lots of time with Epstein was his pilot and alleged sex slave, Nadia Marcinko (also known as the Gulfstream Girl). According to police reports, Epstein told at least one of his alleged victims that Marcinko had been "purchased from her family in Yugoslavia.".
  14. News: Where Are Jeffrey Epstein's Alleged Accomplices Now?. Pilar Melendez. 9 July 2019. 26 July 2019. Nadia Marcinkova, Epstein's alleged "sex slave" who was accused of participating in sexual encounters with underage girls, is now an FAA-certified commercial pilot and flight instructor. Marcinkova, 33, who was allegedly brought from the former Yugoslavia to live with Epstein, now goes by the named "Global Girl" on social media, and has changed her last name. . The Daily Beast.
  15. Web site: Will Jeff Epstein's Popular "Global Girl" Face Sex Crime Charges Too?. 9 July 2019. 26 July 2019. Christine Negroni. Christine Negroni.
  16. News: EPSTEIN ALLEGATIONS: Billionaire perv's 'Number One girl'. Toronto Sun. 16 July 2019. 26 July 2019 . Brad Hunter . Nada Marcinkova was Jeffrey Epstein's "sex slave" and engaged in threesomes with him and other underage girls..
  17. The Fantasist. Philip Weiss. Philip Weiss. 7 December 2007. 26 July 2019. A couple of the girls said they went all the way into the experience—one told police she visited 50 times, another hundred of times, both having sex with Epstein and Nada Marcinkova, a then-19-year-old beauty who Epstein told one of them was his "sex slave"; he'd purchased her from her family back in Yugoslavia.. New York Magazine.
  18. Web site: Did Popular Aviatrix Right-Seat for Epstein in Royal Sex Scandal?. Christine Negroni. Christine Negroni. 22 January 2015. 26 July 2019.
  19. Web site: As prosecutors go after Epstein's alleged co-conspirators, the line between accomplice and victim may be blurred. CNN. 27 September 2019. Erica Orden. Kara Scannell.
  20. Web site: Felšöci Rusnáková. Vanda. 2019-09-03. Otec krásnej Slovenky z pedofilného škandálu Epstein: Svoju dcéru sme nepredali, tvrdí Marcinko. 2020-06-11. plus7dni.pluska.sk. sk.
  21. Web site: August 2, 2019. Miliardář Epstein si nechal dovézt nezletilou Slovenku coby otrokyni - Novinky.cz. 2020-06-11. Novinky CZ.
  22. Web site: Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark. Miami Herald. Julie K. Brown. Julie K. Brown. 28 November 2018. 26 July 2019.
  23. News: McHardy . Martha . 2024-01-09 . Who is Nadia Marcinko? Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘sex slave’ missing since documents released . 2024-06-20 . The Independent . en.

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