abuse. >> in my opinion she might have been equally as bad as he was. >> reporter: jennifer arod told nbc news she was 15 when epstein raped her though she won't be expected to testify with allegations mostly from the 1990s. >> reporter: will we see maxwell testify? >> i don't know. there is a risk of testifying but i think they'll make a game day decision based on how they believe the government's case has gone in. >> reporter: maxwell insists she is innocent. awaiting her trial from behind bars. she described it as a living hell telling "the daily mail" i am weak, i am frail. her siblings pleading with the united nags to help get her out calling maxwell's pretrial detention unprecedented discrimination. >> she is treated as gill. she has been there 500 days. they are hoping no doubt the authorities that they'll be able to put her away for 20, 30, 40, 50, 80 years. well, let justice decide.