Maria Kristine Farmer (born 1970) is an American visual artist and figurative painter, renowned as one of the earliest whistleblowers and accusers against financier Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. A talented painter and student at the New York Academy of Art in 1995, she was recruited by Epstein, a trustee of the academy, and Maxwell, with her recruitment allegedly facilitated by academy administrators, including Eileen Guggenheim encouraging her to cater to Epstein's demands. In the mid-1990s, she was hired by Epstein to create artwork for his New York residence, where she and her younger sister, Annie Farmer, experienced sexual misconduct, assault, and imprisonment by Epstein and Maxwell. Farmer alleged she was held at the Wexner estate in 1996 while Abigail was resident. Farmer, the older sister, introduced Annie to Epstein and co-reported the abuse in 1996 after escaping their control. She became the first known victim to file a formal criminal complaint against the pair, reporting the incidents to the New York City Police Department and the FBI that year, though no immediate action was taken, allowing Epstein's abuses to continue. In 2002, she provided detailed accounts to Vanity Fair, but the magazine chose not to publish her story. Her experiences remained largely suppressed until the 2019 resurgence of Epstein-related scandals, when she publicly shared her testimony and connected with other survivors including Virginia Giuffre, with whom she collaborated professionally and in advocacy efforts. Farmer's allegations highlighted Epstein's pattern of grooming and assaulting young women, particularly those in artistic and academic circles. In recent years, she has become a vocal advocate for survivors, providing affidavits for legal cases, speaking publicly about the systemic failures that allowed Epstein to operate for decades, and contributing to documentaries and legal testimonies. She continues to work as an artist focusing on themes of resilience and justice and remains an active voice in survivor networks, despite battling significant health issues, including a brain tumor diagnosed in 2019. Her case underscores systemic failures in law enforcement, media coverage, and institutional oversight of high-profile predators, with ongoing controversies around why her 1996 report was ignored.