WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice's release of millions of unredacted documents from Jeffrey Epstein investigations publicly revealed survivors' identities, prompting one woman to speak out about her abuse. Joanna Harrison decided to tell her story after her name appeared in the files without redaction, according to public records.

"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. She had initially not wanted to speak about the abuse she faced from Epstein.

Harrison met with four other Epstein survivors in person for the first time. During their discussion, the survivors studied photos of themselves from when they first met Epstein and showed supportive gestures and cried.

"It's not normal to see your abuser's face every day for six years on TV," she said. Harrison described meeting Epstein in Florida when she was 18, with their first encounter beginning with a massage. She said Epstein raped her on his birthday and expressed doubt that she and other survivors would ever get justice now that Epstein was dead.

Another survivor, Chauntae Davies, shared never-before-seen images of her traveling with Epstein on his private plane to Africa. The images included Ghislaine Maxwell, Kevin Spacey, and former President Bill Clinton.

Davies, a massage therapist, said she was raped by Epstein on his private island after being hired to give him massages. She said most of the assaults happened at Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. "I have my darkest memories from Zorro Ranch," Davies said.

"It had a cold, dark, eerie feeling in there," Davies said.

The Department of Justice files prompted New Mexico to reopen a criminal probe into Epstein's Zorro Ranch, according to public records. The state had shelved its initial investigation in 2019 following a request from federal prosecutors in New York.

Actor Kevin Spacey has publicly called for the release of all the Epstein files. "For those of us with nothing to fear, the truth can't come soon enough," Spacey said.