Wednesday was filed a lawsuit from the victims of the deceased Jeffrey Epstein against him FBI. The accusation made in USA It refers to cover up their inability to investigate him, which allowed his criminal acts of sex trafficking to continue for more than 20 years.
All under the pseudonym ”Jane Doe,” the victims claim that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had obtained evidence in 1996 that Epstein trafficked young women and girlsbut they did not investigate the victims or communicate what was known to federal and local law enforcement.
According to them, The FBI only began an investigation in 2006.but surprisingly ended it two years later when Epstein pleaded guilty to a prostitution charge in the State of Florida, and then continued to ignore clues about his criminal activity until his subsequent arrest in 2019, which It finally led to his suicide just a month later.
“As a direct and subsequent cause of the FBI’s negligence, the plaintiffs would not have continued to be victims of sex trafficking, abuse, rape, torture and threats”says the lawsuit, which seeks to “get to the bottom – once and for all – of the FBI’s role in Epstein’s criminal sex trafficking ring.”
He United States Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, New York City, and which requests damages from the US governmentthe only defendant.
It cites a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee held on December 5 of last year, in which the director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, was asked why the agency was not doing more about it. He promised to meet with his team and find out if there is more information that could be provided.
Victims previously reached about $500 million in settlementsbefore deduction of legal fees and costs, with a program financed by Epstein’s estate and with two of the defendant’s banks, JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank.
It is unclear whether the 12 plaintiffs received compensation from those settlements. His attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The number of Epstein’s victims is believed to be well over a hundred.
Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew groped her
A woman who said she was a victim of the deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein declared that the prince Andrew from the United Kingdom He put his hand on his chest in the house Epstein in Manhattan in 2001according to court documents revealed Wednesday.
The incident, which has been previously reported and which Andrew has denied, was one of the details revealed in a series of previously redacted documents.
Epstein He socialized with Wall Street titans, royals and celebrities before pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008. He took his own life in 2019 at age 66 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
Dozens of women have accused Epstein of forcing them to provide sexual services to him and his guests on his private Caribbean island and in houses he owned in New York, Florida and New Mexico.
Andrew has been stripped of most of his royal titles due to his association with Epstein. Last year he reached a civil settlement with Giuffre for an undisclosed sum and has denied any wrongdoing. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
Which celebrities are on Jeffrey Epstein’s list
Firstly, one of the names that resonated the most was that of the former president of USA, Bill Clinton, who supposedly “liked young people, meaning girls,” a witness remarked.}
On the other hand, Stephen Hawking He would also be involved in the case. The British scientist allegedly participated in an underage orgy.
More personalities involved in the list
At the same time, Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and politician, was marked on the same payroll, since Epstein supposedly forced a minor to have sexual relations with the Harvard law professor.
Thomas Pritzker, Meanwhile, he was allegedly involved in sexual activities. A victim of Epstein confirmed that he was with the president and CEO of the Pritzker Organization. “How many times have you had sex with Tom Pritzker?” “I think I was with Tom once,” she noted.
David Copperfield The historic and renowned illusionist was also a participant in the dark encounters, as stated by a young woman: “He asked me if I knew that girls were paid to find other girls.”
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