TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ON LOCKDOWN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE WHEN
WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION.
AND NOW WE TURN TO A DIFFERENT
STORY, A NEW FRONT OPENING IN
THIS CASE OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
HIS AN APPARENT SUICIDE
REPRESENTS ONE OF THE GREAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT BREAK DOWNS IN THE
TRUMP ERA.
TRUMP ERA. AFTER HIS DEATH, ONE OF THE
MAJOR QUESTIONS I’M SURE YOU
HEARD IT WAS NOW HOW WOULD HIS
ALLEGED VICTIMS FIND JUSTICE.
>> SO SOME OF THESE ALLEGED
VICTIMS WANTED EPSTEIN ALIVE SO
HE COULD FACE JUSTICE BUT
TONIGHT SOME ACTUALLY PLAN ON
PURSUING SOME CIVIL SUITS
AGAINST HIS ESTATE AND OTHERS
WANT AUTHORITIES TO PROSECUTE
HIS ALLEGED ACCOMPLICES.
>> NEW TONIGHT AN ALLEGED VICTIM
FILING THE FIRST LAWSUIT AGAINST
EPSTEIN’S ASSET, AN EXCUSER
JENNIFER ARAOZ SAYING HE RAPED
HER WHEN SHE WAS JUST 15.
HER LAWSUIT CLAIMS SEVERAL
PEOPLE AROUND HIM BUILT AN
ALLEGED SEX TRACKING RING.
SHE SPOKE TO SAVANNAH GUTHRIE
JUST LAST MONTH AND DISCUSSED
SOME OF THESE ISSUES INCLUDING
ALLEGED RECRUITERS THAT WOULD
HELP HAD HE EPSTEIN.
>> DID SHE SAY COHELP YOU WITH
YOUR CAREER?
YOUR CAREER? >> THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF HER NOW,
YOU USE THE PHRASE YOU SAID THE
RECRUITER YOU FELT LIKE SHE WAS
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE FOR HIM.
>> 100% YEAH.
>> DID HE RAPE YOU?
>> YEAH, HE RAPED ME.
FORCEFULLY RAPED ME, KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING.
AND I DON’T THINK CARED.
>> THE NEW SUIT COMES AS
INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO PROBE
WHETHER THOSE GUARDS WHO WERE
UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S
OVERSIGHT MADE MISTAKES, ERRORS,
FELL ASLEEP DURING GUARDING THIS
VALUABLE PRISONER.
VALUABLE PRISONER. EPSTEIN REPORTEDLY WENT HOURS
WITHOUT BEING CHECKED ON BY
STAFF, ANOTHER VIOLATION OF THE
RULES.
RULES. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY JENNIFER AN
OZ’S ATTORNEY.
OZ’S ATTORNEY. KIMBERLY LERNER.
KIMBERLY LERNER. AT BOTTOM, WHAT IS THIS SUIT
ABOUT AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
>> THIS IS JENNIFER HAVING HER
DAY IN COURT AND GETTING
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. SINCE JEFFREY EPSTEIN KILLED
HIMSELF, SHE WILL NEVER HAVE THE
CLOSURE OF CONFRONTING HIM IN A
COURT OF LAW.
HOWEVER, SHE IS STILL GOING TO
GO FORWARD AND GO AFTER HIS
ACCOMPLICES AND GO AFTER HELP
THE U.S. ATTORNEY IF SHE CAN
HELP BRING JUSTICE TO ALL THE
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. >> YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HE’S
ACCUSED OF DOING, WHAT YOUR
LAWSUIT THEN BUILDS ON ALLEGE
ALLEGED DETAILS AND YOUR CLIENT
HAD ALREADY SAID SHE DIDN’T JUST
WANT TO SEE HIM OUT OF HIS TOWN
HOUSE OR BEING HELD BEFORE
TRIAL.
TRIAL. BUT WANTED TO SEE JUSTICE DONE
WHICH IN HER VIEW WAS SHE WAS
HOPING FOR A CONVICTION AND A
LENGTHY JAIL SENTENCE.
THE DEATH EXTINGUISHES THAT.
LET’S HEAR HER WORDS.
>> WHAT WOULD JUSTICE LOOK LIKE
TO YOU?
TO YOU? >> JUSTICE FOR ME WOULD BE FOR
HIM REALLY TO SPEND THE REST OF
HIS LIFE IN PRISON.
AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE LIKE
THIS YOU KNOW ARE NOT ALLOWED
YOU KNOW TO HARM YOUNG KIDS.
>> CAN YOU TELL US HOW SHE VIEWS
HIS SUICIDE?
HIS SUICIDE? DOES SHE VIEW IT AN APPARENT
SUICIDE IS THE DOJ’S TERM OF
ART.
ART. DOES SHE VIEW IT AS DENYING THAT
JUSTICE AND COWARDLY?
>> AT FIRST THERE WAS AN ELEMENT
OF RELIEF.
OF RELIEF. SHE DID GIVE UP HER ANONYMITY.
THERE WAS A BAIL PACKAGE THEY
WERE PROPOSING AND THERE WAS
ALWAYS THAT FEAR THAT HE WOULD
GET OUT OF JAIL.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT SENSE OF RELIEF
WAS QUICKLY TAKEN OVER BY ANGER,
BITTERNESS, DISAPPOINTMENT.
BITTERNESS, DISAPPOINTMENT. YOU KNOW, HE TOOK THE COWARDLY
WAY OUT.
WAY OUT. AND SHE WILL NEVER GET TO FACE
HIM EYE TO EYE AND SAY YOU HURT
ME, YOU VICTIMIZED ME.
I WAS A CHILD.
SHE HAS TO LIVE WITH THIS FOR
THE REST OF HER LIFE.
HE TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT.
>> THE LAST THING IS AS
PROMISED, THE LEGALITIES.
YOU WORK IN A FIELD THAT HAS A
LOT OF BAD NEWS.
A LOT OF TRAGEDY AND A LOT OF
FOLKS WATCH THESE PROGRAMS AND
WATCH THIS NEWS AND SAY IT SEEMS
LIKE THINGS ARE JUST TERRIBLE.
FOR MANY PEOPLE ACCORDING TO
YOUR CLIENT’S TESTIMONY, IT IS
OBVIOUSLY TERRIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY TERRIBLE. AND YET, THERE ARE POLICY
CHANGES THAT HAVE EVEN MADE THIS
SUIT POSSIBLE WHICH MANY
ADVOCATES LIKE YOURSELF SAY ARE
AN IMPROVEMENT.
AN IMPROVEMENT. EXPLAIN WHY THAT MEANS WE’RE
HERE NOW.
HERE NOW. >> WE’RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE
CHILDREN’S VICTIMS ACT THAT WAS
PASSED FEBRUARY 14th, 2019 BUT
WENT INTO EFFECT TODAY.
AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE LIKE
JENNIFER TO DO IS A ONE-YEAR
LOOK BACK ON THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONSES WHERE HER CLAIM
HAS BEEN TIME BARRED FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS, THERE ARE 365 DAYS
WHERE ANYBODY OF ANY AGE CAN SUE
THEIR ABUSERS.
THEIR ABUSERS. AND THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
THAT CREATES A MECHANISM FOR
REDRESS AND IT HOPEFULLY WILL
HELP THE HEALING PROCESS FOR
THOSE PEOPLE SUFFERING IN
SILENCE.
SILENCE. >> THAT’S A BIG CHANGE AND AS
YOU’RE SPOTLIGHTING US ABOUT A