>> Dana: JEFFERY EPSTEIN'S 2008
PLEA DEAL NOW UNDER RENEWED
SCRUTINY.
BACK THEN, HE WAS SENTENCED 13
MONTHS FOR SOLICITING A MINOR.
NOW COULD BE DIFFERENT THIS
TIME.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH SEX
TRAFFICKING.
>> CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE
ARREST OF EPSTEIN AT TETERBORO
AIRPORT, AGENTS EXECUTED A
SEARCH WARRANT ON HIS MANSION IN
NEW YORK CITY.
EVIDENCE INCLUDING NUDE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE
UNDERAGE GIRLS.
>> I'M JOINED BY BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR, JAMES PATTERSON THAT
WROTE "FILTHY RICH, THE
BILLIONAIRE'S SCANDAL."
MOST OF YOU KNOW YO FROM YOUR
FICTION AND EVERY AIRPORT, THIS
IS NONFICTION.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO WRITE
THIS?
>> WHAT DREW ME INTO IN, NUMBER
1, I LIVE IN PALM BEACH.
NOW PEOPLE ARE UPSET NOW THAT
THEY HEAR THE STORY, THE
INJUSTICE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO
THESE KIDS.
ALLEGEDLY MAYBE 100 KIDS, MAYBE
MORE THAN THAT.
YOUNG GIRLS.
THE PEOPLE I GOT INVOLVED WITH,
A JOURNALIST DOWN THERE, JOHN
CONNELLY, INVOLVED WITH VANITY
FAIR, THEY FELT THIS HURT AND
PAIN FROM 2006.
IT NEVER WENT AWAY.
NEVER GOT SOLVED.
THEY JUST FELT IT WAS SUCH A
TERRIBLE THING.
I SAID, WE ORIGINALLY WERE GOING
TO DO A MOVIE.
I SAID NO, I WANT A BOOK.
>> Dana: SO YOU HIRED
INVESTIGATORS.
>> YES.
THREE NASTY HEAVY DUTY PRIVATE
EYES THAT WENT AROUND AND DUG UP
AS MUCH AS WE COULD.
>> Dana: FROM THAT --
>> THIS BOOK CAME OUT IN 2016.
>> Dana: 2016.
YOU HAD THIS RECORDING DOWN
BEFOREHAND.
PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP BILL
CLINTON.
LET ME READ YOU HIS STATEMENT.
HE SAID HE'S NOT SPOKEN TO
EPSTEIN IN A DECADE AND NEVER
BEEN TO HIS RESIDENCE IN FLORIDA
OR NEW MEXICO.
YOU DID HAVE JOE LOCKHART SAYING
THIS ON CNN A LITTLE BIT AGO.
TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
LIGHTS BEING LARGER THAN THE
CLINTON SAID.
>> THE CLINTON MATTER, I STAY IN
TOUCH WITH THE FOUNDATION.
I KNOW TO CLEAR UP THE TRIPS
VERSUS THE FLIGHTS, I THINK THE
NUMBER OF 26 OR 27.
EACH OF THESE TRIPS AND I'VE
BEEN ON MANY OF THEM WHERE YOU
GO TO ASIA, AFRICA AND EACH
FLIGHT IS COUNTED.
EACH TRIP IS SIX OR SEVEN
FLIGHTS.
I KNOW MOST OF THE CLINTON
CIRCLE.
EPSTEIN IS NOT PART OF IT.
>> Dana: AND YOU SAID IT WAS
LIKE CADDIESHACK, WHERE THE
GROUNDHOG PEEKS OUT.
FROM THERE IN, JEFFERY WAS LIKE
A GAME IN WHACK A MOLE.
WAS THIS AN OPEN SECRET WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN PALM BEACH OR
NEW YORK?
>> NO.
PEOPLE SAY THEY HAD NO IDEA, I
BELIEVE THEM.
>> YOU BELIEVE BILL CLINTON
DIDN'T KNOW?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW TRUMP DIDN'T KNOW.
>> Dana: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID --
>> I'M BRINGING -- FRIENDS OF
MINE ARE COMING AND THEY LIVE ON
THE STREET.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
WHO WOULD KNOW?
>> Dana: I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
HOW DO YOU THINK JEFFERY EPSTEIN
MADE HIS MONEY?
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
NOBODY FIGURED OUT.
HOW DID HE GET A TEACHING JOB
WITH NO COLLEGE DEGREE.
>> Dana: THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
HAD A FALLING OUT WITH EPSTEIN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT?
>> THERE WERE SOME COMPLAINTS
ABOUT EPSTEIN AT MAR-A-LARGO.
I SPOKE TO THE HEAD OF THE SPA
THERE.
SHE SAID THAT -- I SAID DID YOU
MET EPSTEIN?
SHE SAID OH, YES.
HE WAS INAPPROPRIATE WITH THE
WOMEN THERE.
SHE SAID SHE WENT TO TRUMP AND
HE THREW HIM OUT OF THE CLUB: .
>> Dana: KEVIN SPACEY SAID THIS.
BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THIS
INVESTIGATIVE WORK, EVEN THOUGH
YOU SAY THERE'S A HUNDRED
VICTIMS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT,
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE KNEW?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY DID.
WHY WOULD THEY?
DID ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT MATT
LAUER?
I DOUBT IT.
>> Dana: WHAT ABOUT HARVEY
WEINSTEIN?
PEOPLE DID KNOW ABOUT AUTHOR
JAMES PATTERSON THAT WROTE
"FILTHY RICH, THE BILLIONAIRE'S
SEX SCANDAL."
THIS IS A NONFICTION BOOK.
IN THE BREAK YOU SAID THAT YOU
THINK THIS WHOLE SCANDAL IS THE
WORST OF THE ME TOO MOVEMENT.
WHY?
>> WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH COSBY
IS TERRIBLE STUFF.
>> Dana: HARVEY.
>> SAME THING.
BUT THEY WERE ADULTS.
IT'S HORRIFYING.
BUT THESE ARE GIRLS.
ALLEGEDLY HUNDREDS OF GIRLS.
THE PALM BEACH POLICE HAD 20 --
>> Dana: SO YOU HAVE THESE IN
THE BOOK?
>> YEAH.
THE "MIAMI HERALD" DID A GREAT
JOB.
A LOT OF THAT WAS IN THE BOOK.
THEY GOT THE GIRLS AS WOMEN.
THAT'S INTERESTING IN THE BOOK,
WE HAVE THE POLICE INTERVIEWS OF
THEM WHEN THEY WERE KIDS AND
WHAT HAPPENED.
THAT'S DEVASTATING.
THE POLICE HAD IT ALL.
I MEAN --
>> Dana: SO YOU HAVE TO PRESUME
THAT ALEX ACOSTA, THAT HE HAD
IT, TOO?
>> FOR SURE.
THAT'S WHY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN THEY
HEARD -- AND THEY HEARD LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE AFTER IT WAS A
DONE DEAL THAT THERE WAS A DEAL.
THEY'RE LIKE THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU CAN'T THROW AWAY THIS
EVIDENCE.
>> Dana: YOU THINK BECAUSE HE
WAS SO RICH AND POWERFUL AND HE
HAD THE BEST LAWYERS?
>> THE RUMORS WERE, FOR WHAT
THEY'RE WORTH, ONE, THAT THE
PROSECUTORS WERE FRIGHTENED OF
THE TEAM THAT HE PUT TOGETHER
WITH DERSHOWITZ AND STARR.
THEY DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER O.J.
THE SECOND THING WAS, I THINK
THE DEFENSE HAD SAID THAT THEY
WOULD EVISCERATE THESE GIRLS ON
THE STAND.
THEY WERE KIDS.
THEY WOULD PAINT THEM AS
PROSTITUTES.
IT WOULD BE A HORROR SHOW.
>> Dana: THE OTHER CONTROVERSIAL
THING, THE PLEA AGREEMENT IS
KEPT FROM THE VICTIMS.
THEY DON'T KNOW THIS IS
HAPPENING.
>> RIGHT.
>> Dana: A BIG BONE OF
CONTENTION.
>> HUGE.
AND THAT THEY GIVE IMMUNITY TO
EVERY ONE ATTACHED.
ALL THE PEOPLE OUT AFTER
EPSTEIN.
>> Dana: WE TALKED EARLIER IN
THE FIRST BLOCK ABOUT THESE
FAMOUS PEOPLE THAT KNEW EPSTEIN,
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE
HELPING HIM AND THEY GOT
IMMUNITY.
HOW IS THAT?
>> ANOTHER PART OF THE JUSTICE
THAT ASTOUNDS PEOPLE AND IT
SHOULD.
>> Dana: WHAT IS THE MOOD IN
PALM BEACH ABOUT THIS?
>> INTERESTING.
AFTER THE BOOK CAME OUT IN 2016,
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
SAID THANK YOU FOR WRITING THAT
BOOK AS OPPOSED TO WE DON'T
REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT STORY
OUT ABOUT THE TOWN.
IT WASN'T ABOUT THE TOWN.
NOBODY KNEW.
YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
IF ANYBODY KNOWS -- I HAVE
FRIENDS IN TOWN RIGHT NOW.
THEY LIVE ON THE STREET.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY LIVED TWO HOUSES AWAY.
>> Dana: THERE'S NOBODY IN THE
WORLD OF PUBLISHING THAT CAN END
A STORY LIKE THIS.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL END?
>> IT'S NOT ACCIDENT THAT WE GOT
HIM.
>> Dana: HOW DO YOU THINK IT
ENDS?
>> I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF
ACOSTA SURVIVES.
I'M NOT SAYING HE DID OR DIDN'T
DO HIS JOB.
I'D BE SURPRISED IF HE SURVIVES
THIS.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF EPSTEIN
DIDN'T SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF
TIME IN JOB.
THE THING IS, WHETHER NEW YORK
HAS HIM ON THINGS IN NEW YORK
RELATED.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL DO BACK