>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE "MIAMI HERALD" REPORTING NEW
WOMEN COMING FORWARD CLAIMING TO
BE SEXUALLY ABUSED ON THE SAME
DAY THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S
LAWYERS ASKED A JUDGE IN NEW
YORK ALLOWED HIM TO GO ME TO HIS
TOWN HOUSE IN MANHATTAN INSTEAD
OF WAITING FOR TRIAL IN FEDERAL
CUSTODY IN THE SAME CORRECTION
CENTER WHERE ACCUSED TERRORISTS,
MOBSTERS AND THE MEXICAN DRUG
LORD, EL CHAPO, HAVE HAD TO WAIT
FOR TRIALS.
FOR TRIALS. REPORTING TONIGHT AT LEAST A
DOZEN NEW VICTIMS HAVE COME
FORWARD TO CLAIM THEY WERE
SEXUALLY ABUSED EVEN AS HE TRIES
TO CONVINCE A JUDGE TO ALLOW HIM
TO AWAIT A SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL
FROM THE COMFORT OF THE $777
MILLION MANHATTAN MANSION WHERE
HE IS ACCUSED OF LURING GIRLS
INTO SEX ACTS.
FOUR WOMEN REACHED OUT TO THE
NEW YORK LAWYER AND AT LEAST 10
OTHERS APPROACHED OTHERS WHO
REPRESENTED OTHER ALLEGED
VICTIMS IN THE PAST.
A PALM BEACH ATTORNEY SAID AT
LEAST FIVE WOMEN, ALL OF WHOM
WERE MINORS AT THE TIME OF THEIR
ENCOUNTERS REACHED OUT TO HIM OR
FORT LAUDERDALE LAWYER, BRAD
EDWARDS.
EDWARDS. THE PEOPLE ARE UNDERAGE VICTIMS
IN FLORIDA AND IN NEW YORK.
THEY ARE NOT INDIVIDUALS WHOSE
CLAIMS HAVE BEEN PART OF ANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION.
ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION. THE "MIAMI HERALD" REPORTS THAT
SOME OF THE FLORIDA LAWYERS THAT
HAVE REPRESENTED GIRLS ALLEGEDLY
VICTIMIZED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY
SAY IS HIS HISTORY OF WITNESS
INTIMIDATION IN THE PAST.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN PRESENTS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT FLIGHT RISK AND HIS
PROVEN PATTERN OF INTIMIDATION
OF WITNESSES IS A STRONG
INDICATION THERE IS REASON TO
FEAR HE WOULD ENGAGE IN THE SAME
CONDUCT AGAIN, PARTICULARLY
SINCE HE IS FACING NOW WHAT
AMOUNTS TO IN PRISON.
THE ATTORNEY CREDITS THE U.S.
ATTORNEY IN MANHATTAN WITH
ENCOURAGING POSSIBLE VICTIMS TO
COME FORWARD AND MAKING THEM
FEEL THEY WILL BE TREATED BETTER
THIS TIME THAN SOME GIRLS WERE
TREATED BY ALEX ACOSTA WHEN HE
WAS THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN FLORIDA
WHO AGREED NOT TO PROSECUTE
JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOR ANY OF THE
SEX CRIMES OUTLINED IN A 53-PAGE
DRAFT FEDERAL INDICTMENT THAT
ALEX ACOSTA’S STAFF PREPARED
BEFORE ALEX ACOSTA DECIDED TO
DROP THAT CASE.
HERE’S WHAT THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN
MANHATTAN SAID ON MONDAY THAT
ENCOURAGED POSSIBLE VICTIMS TO
COME FORWARD.
COME FORWARD. >> IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE A
VICTIM OF THIS MAN, JEFFREY
EPSTEIN, OR YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OR
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE
INDICTMENT UNSEALED TODAY, WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
PLEASE CALL 1-800-CALL-FBI.
>> ALEX ACOSTA, DONALD TRUMP
LABOR SECRETARY BLAMED THE VERY
FORGIVING DEAL HE MADE WHEN HE
WAS THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN FLORIDA
ON THE LOCAL STATE PROSECUTOR
WHO ACTUALLY DID BRING CHARGES
AGAINST JEFFREY EPSTEIN THAT
RESULTED IN A LIGHT 13-MONTH
SENTENCE IN WHICH JEFFREY
EPSTEIN WAS ALLOWED TO SPEND
TIME IN HIS OFFICE IN FLORIDA.
ALEX ACOSTA’S STATEMENT PROVOKED
THIS FROM THE FORMER PALM BEACH
STATE ATTORNEY WHO SAID I CAN
EMPHATICALLY STATE MR. ACOSTA’S
RECOLLECTION IS COMPLETELY
WRONG.
WRONG. THE OFFICE PRODUCED A 53-PAGE
INDICTMENT ABANDONED AFTER
SECRET NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE
LAWYERS AND MR. ACOSTA.
THE STATE ATTORNEY WAS NOT A
PARTY TO THOSE MEETINGS OR
NEGOTIATIONS AND HAD NO PART IN
THE FEDERAL NON-PROSECUTION
AGREEMENT AND THE
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT. MR. ACOSTA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO REWRITE HISTORY.
HIS LAWYERS ASKED THE FEDERAL
JUDGE IN THE CASE TO ASKED HIM
TO AWAIT TRIAL AT HIS $77
MILLION TOWN HOUSE.
THEY OFFERED TO PUT UP THE TOWN
HOUSE AND HIS PRIVATE JET AS
BAIL MONEY ALONG WITH ANY AMOUNT
OF MONEY THE JUDGE MIGHT
REQUIRE.
REQUIRE. THEY OFFERED TO HIRE PRIVATE
ARMED GUARDS.
ARMED GUARDS. THEY SCHEDULED A HEARING FOR
MONDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN
MANHATTAN.
MANHATTAN. MIMI ROCAH, FORMER ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY IN THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND MSNBC
LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR.
LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR. NOT SURPRISING, I SUPPOSE, THAT
THERE ARE SO MANY NEW VICTIMS
COMING FORWARD CLAIMING THAT
JEFFREY EPSTEIN ABUSED THEM
AFTER THE U.S. ATTORNEY INVITED
THEM TO COME FORWARD.
>> IT’S NOT SURPRISING FOR TWO
REASONS.
REASONS. ANYONE WHO SAW EVEN A CLIP OR A
HEADLINE FROM THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE HEARD THE U.S.
ATTORNEY AND THE HEAD OF THE NEW
YORK FBI OFFICE SAY WE ARE HERE
FOR THE VICTIMS.
I READ SOMETHING ABOUT ONE OF
THE VICTIMS FROM NEW YORK SAYING
I HAVE RENEWED FAITH AND I TRUST
THESE PROSECUTORS.
THESE PROSECUTORS. IT DOESN’T TAKE A LOT TO EARN
THE TRUST OF SOMEONE WHO HAS
BEEN A VICTIM OF ANY CRIME, NOT
JUST SEX TRAFFICKING, BUT
MURDER, VIOLENCE, AND FRAUD.
THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
AND FBI DIRECTOR, THEY DID IT IN
A SECOND.
A SECOND. SO MANY VICTIMS ARE GOING TO
COME FORWARD BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTAND THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THEY ARE HERE FOR US TO HAVE OUR
DAY IN COURT.
THEY WILL TAKE THEIR CHANCES.
MAYBE THERE IS A LITIGATION
RISK, BUT THEY ARE HERE FOR US,
THE VICTIMS.
THE VICTIMS. MANY GIRLS ARE OUT THERE WHO ARE
WOMEN NOW, BUT GIRLS THEN, SOME
OF THEM MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSED
AFTER THAT AGREEMENT WAS REACHED
IN FLORIDA.
IN FLORIDA. THAT’S GOING TO BE THE MOST
TRAGIC PART.
TRAGIC PART. THE GOOD PART IS THEY HAVE A
VOICE NOW.
VOICE NOW. >> THE 53-PAGE INDICTMENT THAT
ALEX ACOSTA THROUGH AWAY
INCLUDED INFORMATION FROM OVER
THREE DOZEN GIRLS, WOMEN TALKING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM WHEN
THEY WERE GIRLS.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S LAWYER
SUBMITTED THIS MULTIPAGE
DOCUMENT ASKING THAT HE BE SENT
HOME AND WE CAN GUARANTEE YOU HE
WILL SHOW UP.
WE WILL PUT AN ANKLE BRACELET
AND WHATEVER YOU NEED.
HE SAID TO THE JUDGE IN ASKING
FOR THIS, THERE ARE NO
ALLEGATIONS IN THE INDICTMENT
THAT MR. EPSTEIN TRAFFICKED
ANYONE AND HE COERCED OR
ENCLAVED ANYBODY OR ENGAGED IN
ANY OF THE OTHER PARADIGM ATTIC
ACTS THAT THE LAW AIMS TO
ERADICATE.
ERADICATE. WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THE FEDERAL
LAW THAT SAID THIS IS A CRIME
FOR ANY PERSON WHO RECRUITS
ENTICES, HARBORS, TRANSPORTS,
PROVIDES, MAINTAINS, PATRONIZES
AND HE DID RECRUIT, IT’S THE
FIRST VERB THEY USE AS A CRIME.
TO READ WHAT HE IS SAYING IN HIS
LETTER
LETTER LETTER, ON ITS FACE IS UNTRUE
ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. HE IS A VERY GOOD DEFENSE
LAWYER.
LAWYER. HE IS DOING HIS JOB.
HE’S NOT SAYING THIS DOESN’T
MEET THE STATUTE.
HE’S SAYING THIS IS NOT SO BAD.
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF SEX
TRAFFICKING PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN
THEY THINK OF PEOPLE BEING
BOUND.
BOUND. THIS IS SEX TRAFFICKING.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE FEDERAL
STATUTE AIMS TO PREVENT.
GIRLS WHO ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH AND
ARE VULNER AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO
COSKPERGZ FRAUD AND BEING LURED
INTO THESE SCHEMES.
THIS IS WHAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN
DID.
DID. HE PREYED ON VULNER YOUNG GIRLAB
GIRLS.
GIRLS. IT’S NO DIFFERENT THAN A SCHEME
THAT USES VIOLENCE.
I DON’T KNOW THAT THERE WASN’T
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. SOME OF THE GIRLS WERE RAPED AND
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. IT’S A GOOD JAIL MEMO.
IT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT EXPECTED.
DISTRICT EXPECTED. NO SURPRISES HERE.
THEY WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD
RESPONSE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
READING IT AND I THINK HE WILL
BE DETAINED.
BE DETAINED. >> HE’S ASKING A JUDGE WHO IN
THE PAST SAID THIS KIND OF HOUSE
ARREST FOR VERY RICH PEOPLE WHO
CAN AFFORD TO HIRE PRIVATE
GUARDS AND ALL OF THAT TO
GUARANTEE THEY WILL SHOW UP IS
UNFAIR TO OTHER DEFENDANTS WHO
CANNOT HIRE PRIVATE GUARDS AND
CANNOT PROVIDE THE COURT WITH
THE SAME KIND OF GUARANTEE THAT
IS IT COSTS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF MONEY TO PROVIDE.
>> YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUY
YOUR WAY OUT OF DETENTION.
THERE IS A LEFT OF THAT NOT
BEING TRUE IN OUR COUNTRY.
IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM IT IS MORE
FAIR AND EQUAL AND THERE ARE
GOOD JUDGES LIKE THE JUDGE
BERMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT SOME
GUY WILLING TO PUT UP HIS TOWN
HOUSE, HE IS WILLING TO PUT IT
UP BECAUSE HE HAS FIVE OTHER
ONES.
ONES. THAT’S NOT REAL SECURITY AND
DOESN’T ADDRESS THE THREAT THIS
MAN POSES TO THE VICTIMS.
PART OF WHY VICTIMS ARE WILLING
TO COME FORWARD IS BECAUSE HE’S
IN JAIL.
IN JAIL. IF HE IS OUT, THEY ARE MORE
THREATENED BY HIM.
YOU NEED THAT SECURITY AND
WITNESSES HE HAS A HISTORY OF