DOZENS OF UNDERAGE GIRLS. STEPHANIE GOSK JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST.
LATEST. THIS IS REALLY DISTURBING.
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS. A YEAR-LONG INVESTIGATION THE
MIAMI HERALD SAID IT LOCATED 60
WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE MOLESTED
OR ABUSED BY THIS MAN.
ONE TELLS THE HERALD THIS IS
ABOUT JUSTICE.
ABOUT JUSTICE. NOT JUST FOR THEM BUT FOR,
QUOTE, OTHER VICTIMS WHO AREN’T
OLYMPIC ATHLETES OR HOLLYWOOD
STARS.
STARS. THIS IS VIDEO OF HIS HOME TAKEN
BY INVESTIGATORS DURING A SEARCH
OF THE MULTIMILLIONAIRE’S PALM
BEACH MANSION.
BEACH MANSION. IT’S WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED WITH
AT LEAST 40 UNDERAGE GIRLS.
SOME OF WHOM HE HAD SEX WITH.
SEVERAL OF HIS ACCUSERS SPEAKING
OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE
MIAMI HERALD.
MIAMI HERALD. >> I WAS 16.
>> I WAS 16.
>> I STARTED GOING TO HIM WHEN I
WAS 14, 15.
14, TURNING 15.
>> Reporter: A REPORT FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLEGES THE
GIRLS WERE PROMISED MONEY IN
EXCHANGE FOR MASSAGES.
AND THAT A FEMALE WHO RECRUITED
YOUNG TEENS FOR THE TYCOON
ALLEGEDLY TOLD ONE VICTIM, THE
MORE YOU DO, THE MORE YOU GET
PAID.
PAID. >> HE JUST LAID DOWN IN HIS
TOWEL ON HIS STOMACH.
HE WAS JUST TALKING TO PEOPLE ON
THE PHONE.
THE PHONE. WHEN HE FLIPPED OVER, THAT’S
WHEN HE SAID OKAY, YOU CAN GO
AHEAD AND TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT
AND PANTS.
AND PANTS. >> Reporter: THE ACCOUNTS
INCLUDE ACCUSATIONS FROM
INDECENT EXPOSURE TO
INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING, TO RAPE.
THE THEN UNDERAGE GIRLS SAY THEY
WERE LURED BY THE CASH.
>> MY MOTHER WAS ON DRUGS AT THE
TIME, AND SHE COULDN’T PROVIDE
FOR ME, AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH
HOMELESS.
HOMELESS. >> Reporter: A FORMER PALM BEACH
POLICE CHIEF SAYS MANY OF THE
GIRLS DIDN’T KNOW EACH OTHER BUT
HAD THE SAME STORY.
>> WE BELIEVE THIS WOULD END IN
A PROSECUTION THAT WOULD
INCARCERATE THIS MAN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
HAD A 53-PAGE INDICTMENT READY
TO GO, BUT THE HEDGE FUND
MANAGER WHO FAMOUS SLI PALLED
AROUND WITH TRUMP, CLINTON, AND
PRINCE ANDREW, NEVER FACED THE
SERIOUS CHARGES.
SERIOUS CHARGES. INSTEAD A PLEA DEAL WAS STRUCK.
HE PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS
OF SOLICITED PROSTITUTION AND
ONLY SERVED 13 MONTHS IN A JAIL.
>> HE ARRANGED WORK RELEASE.
HE HAD A DRIVER THAT HE HIRED TO
PICK HIM UP AT THE JAIL EVERY
DAY, AND ESSENTIALLY DRIVE HIM
TO AN OFFICE.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER U.S.
ATTORNEY WHO APPROVED THE DEAL
IS NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
SECRETARY OF LABOR.
AND A POSSIBLE PICK FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
GENERAL. A LABOR DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
SAYS THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
DEFENDED THE DEAL ACROSS THREE
ADMINISTRATIONS.
ADMINISTRATIONS. POINTED OUT THAT SECRETARY
ACOSTA WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PLEA
DEAL DURING HIS CONFIRMATION
HEARING LAST YEAR.
>> PROFESSIONALS WITHIN A
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DECIDE THAT
A PLEA, THAT GUARANTEES THAT
SOMEONE GOES TO JAIL, THAT
GUARANTEES THAT SOMEONE REGISTER
GENERALLY AND THAT GUARANTEES
OTHER OUTCOMES IS A GOOD THING.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER PALM
BEACH POLICE CHIEF DISAGREES.
>> I THINK ALMOST THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM FAILED THEM.
>> Reporter: THE 2008 AGREEMENT
PROTECTS THE MAN AND ANYONE WHO
WORKED WITH HIM FROM FEDERAL
CHARGES.
CHARGES. HE IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER
BUT CAN TRAVEL FREELY TO HOMES
IN NEW YORK, FLORIDA AND THE
KRAB YAN.
KRAB YAN. ALLEGED VICTIMS ARE FIGHTING TO
GET HIS DEAL THROWN OUT
EMBOLDENED BY THE ME TOO
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. THEY WANT THEIR STORIES HEARD.
>> SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS.
AND THE FACT THAT EVEN WHEN HE
WAS IN PRISON HE WAS FREE TO GO.
DOES HE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
ABOUT THIS?
ABOUT THIS? >> HE HAS BEEN SILENT.
MONDAY IS GOING TO BE A BIG DAY
FOR HIM AND THESE VICTIMS.
A NUMBER OF THEM WILL BE IN
COURT FOR A CIVIL TRIAL BETWEEN
EPSTEIN AND A LAWYER FOR THE
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TESTIFY AND
TELL THEIR STORIES.
IT’S THE FIRST TIME ANY OF THEM
WILL HAVE EVER HAD A CHANCE TO
TELL THEIR STORY IN COURT.
>> JUST TO HEAR FROM THEM, THE
ALLEGATIONS ARE SO DISTURBING,
AND THEN SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS SWEETHEART PLEA DEAL HE GOT
FROM A PROSECUTOR.
>> AND THE WOMEN COMING FORWARD
NOW, AND WE LOOK AT IT IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE ME TOO MOVEMENT,
THEY FEEL IT’S EMBOLDENED THEM
TO TELL THEIR STORIES.
THE MIAMI HERALD DEDICATING A