Jeffrey Epstein victims specific ‘disgust and worry’ at dealing with of information

The 2 victims, who weren’t recognized, requested in separate letters filed in a Manhattan courtroom Monday, that any information associated to Epstein be reviewed to guard their privateness earlier than being launched to the general public. Epstein died in jail in 2019 as he confronted sex-trafficking costs.

The request comes amid an issue sparked by the Trump administration’s determination final month to not launch paperwork that would reveal a few of Epstein’s shoppers. Within the wake of the backlash, Lawyer Common Pam Bondi requested courts in New York and Florida to unseal grand jury paperwork regarding the investigation and prosecution of Epstein for intercourse trafficking.

In one of many letters, an Epstein sufferer stated they had been writing “in disdain, disgust and worry” of how the Justice Division has handled the promise to launch info within the case, saying the scenario ought to have been dealt with with “extra respect in the direction of and for the victims.”

“I’m not some pawn in your political warfare,” stated the sufferer. “What you could have achieved and proceed to do is consuming at me day after day as you assist to perpetuate this story indefinitely. Why not be utterly clear? Present us all of the information with solely the mandatory redactions! Be achieved with it and permit me/us to heal. You defend your self and your highly effective and rich ‘pals’ (not enemies) over the victims, why?”

The US on July 18 requested US District Judges Richard M. Berman and Paul Engelmayer to launch transcripts of the proceedings within the case in opposition to Epstein and his affiliate, Ghislaine Maxwell, and each judges have given victims till Tuesday to answer the requests.

Spokespeople on the Justice Division didn’t instantly return a request for remark. President Donald Trump has acknowledged a friendship with Epstein, however says it ended years earlier than Epstein’s dying.

Bloomberg Information reported final week that the FBI redacted Trump’s identify and people of different high-profile people from authorities information associated to Epstein, citing three folks conversant in the matter who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to debate the matter publicly. The names had been withheld below privateness protections as a result of these people, together with Trump, had been non-public residents when the federal investigation into Epstein started in 2006, the folks stated.

The fabric seemingly comprises info past the grand jury testimony sought within the New York and Florida instances.

One other sufferer requested Berman to have a 3rd social gathering evaluate any paperwork to make sure no victims’ names or likenesses are revealed via the method, saying that it appeared the Justice Division’s precedence is to guard “rich males.”

“To be taught that our personal president has utilized 1000’s of brokers to guard his id and these high-profile people is monumentally mind-blowing,” the sufferer wrote. “That’s their focus? Wow!”

Maxwell is presently serving a 20-year jail sentence for her function in serving to Epstein sexually abuse underage ladies. She met final month with Deputy Lawyer Common Todd Blanche in a low-security jail in Tallahassee, Florida, and has been subpoened to testify earlier than Congress about Epstein and is demanding immunity in trade. She was subsequently moved to a minimum-security facility in Texas.