STORY. >> THESE WOMEN SHARE A BOND FOR
LIFE AS THEY DEMAND JUSTICE IN
THE WAKE OF EPSTEIN’S SUICIDE,
SPEAKING OUT TO SAVANNAH AND
SHARING THEIR STORIES TOGETHER.
FOR YEARS, THEY STAYED SILENT.
>> I’M LIKE, I’M NOT GOING TO
SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT
HE TOLD ME TO DO.
>> I DIDN’T WANT TO SAY THAT I’D
BEEN PART OF SOMETHING THAT I
FELT SHAME.
FELT SHAME. >> SIX WOMEN SPEAKING OUT TO
SAVANNAH SAYING THEY WERE ALL
SEXUALLY ABUSED BY JEFFREY
EPSTEIN.
EPSTEIN. >> BY THE TIME I WAS BEING RAPED
IT WAS TOO LATE.
>> ANOUSKAA SHARING HER STORY
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON
TELEVISION.
TELEVISION. SHE WAS A TEENAGE MODEL FROM A
WELL OFF FAMILY IN LONDON WHEN
SHE SAYS SHE MET THE WEALTHY
FINANCIER.
FINANCIER. >> I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT KIND
OF LIFESTYLE GROWING UP, SO I
THOUGHT I COULD COPE, AND I
THOUGHT I COULD HANDLE IT.
>> SHE SAYS THE ABUSE LASTED
SEVERAL YEARS.
SEVERAL YEARS. >> WHEN JEFFREY WOULD SEE ME HE
WOULD PHYSICALLY SHAKE BECAUSE
HE WANTED TO GET AT ME.
>> VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE
TELLS A SIMILAR STORY WHICH SHE
HAS DESCRIBED IN COURT PAPER
WORK OF GROOMING AND
INTIMIDATION AT THE HANDS OF
EPSTEIN AND HIS INNER CIRCLE.
SHE SAID EPSTEIN NOT ONLY
SEXUALLY ABUSED HER BUT DIRECTED
HER TO HAVE SEX WITH OTHER
POWERFUL MEN, INCLUDING
BRITAIN’S PRINCE ANDREW.
GIUFFRE SAYS SHE WAS 17 WHEN
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN WITH THE
PRINCE, BEFORE SHE SAYS HE
ABUSED HER, TELLING SAVANNAH.
>> HE WASN’T RUDE OR ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU,
AND SOME KIND OF SOFT SENTIMENTS
LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. AND LEFT.
AND LEFT. >> BUCKINGHAM PALACE TELLS NBC
NEWS IN A STATEMENT, IT IS
EMPHATICALLY DENIED THAT THE
DUKE OF YORK HAD ANY SEXUAL
CONTACT OR RELATIONSHIP WITH
VIRGINIA ROBERTS, ANY CLAIM TO
THE CONTRARY IS FALSE AND
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
WITHOUT FOUNDATION. PRINCE ANDREW HAS REPEATEDLY
DENIED GIUFFRE’S ALLEGATIONS,
TELLING NBC NEWS AT NO STAGE
DURING THE LIMITED TIME DID THAT
I SPENT WITH HIM, DID I SEE,
WITNESS OR SUSPECT BEHAVIOR OF
THE SORT THAT LED TO HIS ARREST
AND CONVICTION.
AND CONVICTION. SAVANNAH SPOKE TO MICHAEL RIDER,
CHIEF OF POLICE IN FLORIDA, HE
AND HIS TEAM LAUNCHED THE FIRST
KNOWN INVESTIGATION INTO JEFFREY
EPSTEIN IN 2005, BUT HE SAYS
STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
LET THE VICTIMS DOWN, AND
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS LEFT THEM
IN THE DARK.
>> SO VICTIMS WHO HAD TAKEN A
LOT OF RISK TO COME FORWARD AND
TELL THEIR STORIES WERE FEELING
LIKE THEY WERE HUNG OUT TO DRY.
>> YES, CERTAINLY.
WE WERE THE ONLY PART OF
GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD TALK TO
THEM.
THEM. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF AGENCIES
INVOLVED BUT THEY WERE ALL SO, I
SUPPOSE, AFRAID OF THIS CASE,
THEY DIDN’T EVEN WANT TO TALK TO
THE VICTIMS.
THE VICTIMS. >> EPSTEIN PLEADED GUILTY IN
2008 TO TWO PROSTITUTION RELATED
CHARGES.
CHARGES. HE REGISTERED AS A SEX OFFENDER
AND SERVED 13 MONTHS IN A COUNTY
JAIL, BUT WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE
FOR WORK SIX DAYS A WEEK.
>> DID THE JUSTICE SYSTEM FAIL
THESE VICTIMS?
THESE VICTIMS? >> THIS IS THE WORST FAILURE OF
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN
MODERN TIMES.
MODERN TIMES. >> THE STATE ATTORNEY AT THE
TIME DIDN’T RESPOND TO NBC
NEWS’S REQUEST FOR COMMENT.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECLINED
TO COMMENT BUT IS INVESTIGATING
THE HANDLING OF THE CASE.
>> WHEN YOU HEARD THAT JEFFREY
EPSTEIN HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE IN
JAIL, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?
>> I HAD A NERVOUS BREAK DOWN.
>> CAN YOU PUT INTO WORDS HOW IT
HIT YOU?
HIT YOU? WHAT YOU WERE FEELING?
>> IT’S JUST AN ANGER THAT I
CAN’T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS.
>> EPSTEIN’S ACCUSERS ARE NOW
FINDING SOLACE IN EACH OTHER,
BONDED TOGETHER, DETERMINED
NEVER TO BE SILENCED AGAIN.
>> YOU’RE STANDING AND YOU’RE
USING YOUR VOICES, AND YOU’RE