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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 07:51 PM Jul 2019

More than a dozen new accusers have come forward following Epstein's arrest Saturday

At least a dozen new victims have come forward to claim they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein even as the multimillionaire money manager tries to convince a federal judge to allow him to await a sex trafficking trial from the comfort of the same $77 million Manhattan mansion where he’s accused of luring teenage girls into unwanted sex acts.

Following Epstein’s arrest Saturday in New Jersey, four women have reached out to New York lawyer David Boies, and at least 10 other women have approached other lawyers who have represented dozens of Epstein’s alleged victims in the past.

Jack Scarola, a Palm Beach attorney, said at least five women, all of whom were minors at the time of their encounters with Epstein, have reached out to either him or Fort Lauderdale lawyer Brad Edwards.

“The people we are speaking to are underage victims in Florida and in New York. They are not individuals whose claims have previously been part of any law enforcement investigation,’’ Scarola said.


https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article232551882.html

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More than a dozen new accusers have come forward following Epstein's arrest Saturday (Original Post) kpete Jul 2019 OP
just Leghorn21 Jul 2019 #1
Boies is an odd choice. nt Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #2
He represents several of the FL victims, iirc DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #4
But he represented Harvey Weinstein Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #7
Where have these women been all these years??? nocoincidences Jul 2019 #3
... Scurrilous Jul 2019 #5
I wonder what the real number is... BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #6

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
4. He represents several of the FL victims, iirc
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 07:58 PM
Jul 2019

who filed the original lawsuit that resulted in the non-prosecution agreement being thrown out and unsealed.

nocoincidences

(2,220 posts)
3. Where have these women been all these years???
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 07:57 PM
Jul 2019

How about:

trying to live a normal life and having to pretend everything is hunky-dory.

Afraid.

Intimidated.

Ashamed.

They weren't really sitting around looking for a money opportunity.

REALLY.

BigmanPigman

(51,608 posts)
6. I wonder what the real number is...
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 08:22 PM
Jul 2019

We'll probably never know. Would this be in his secret " little black books"?

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