Or, their lawyers, probably more accurately? One thing that's been described in the past were pics of females in various stages of undress, with names attached (though I dunno if it's been specifically stated any of these were his underage victims, but it seems like maybe?). Were there records of what girls were paid how much, kept by Epstein, and used to decide how much to pay them out? What exactly does the Estate HAVE that let them corroborate victims accounts, I wonder?
Another question I've never seen answered is this one: We know there's some large number of victims, for example this 150 women who were paid out by the fund. But what percentage of them were under 18 when abuse started?
It seems like "people in general" hear a number like that and automatically interpret that to mean 150 minors, but in fact, there was no age limit on awards, it was open to anyone who claimed they were sexually abused by Epstein at any time in the past, of any age at the time (as it should have been!).
We do know that "age" was a factor in the AMOUNTS awarded (that's documented), but everything about the demographics/personal accounts, or who was paid what, is all confidential. I'm not saying only the minors matter (of course!), but I do think it's interesting that there's no real "official" number of how many were minors.
When I inquired, AI was able to find me 6 names, which are Virginia R, "Jane" (actually believed to be Sarah R.), Carolyn A., Annie F., Jennifer A. & Nadia M. (the last names are known but I'm redacting them here), that definitively claimed they were minors when abuse started, one more "possibly a minor" in Johanna S., and then "multiple" Jane Does ID'd in various documents over time (unknown if any such Jane Doe's were later ID'd as one of the 6-7 definitely known ones).
Obviously even 1 is too many (!) but I do wonder when I see a number like 150, or the "over 1000" claimed in the PSA (which is almost 7 times the number awarded $ by the Estate), how many were minors? At this point in time, it appears there's 6 confirmed and identified, one that's a maybe, and "multiple" Jane Does.
I feel like this is an important piece of the puzzle because IMHO the overall "case" somewhat changes if minors were a distinct minority of the 150 (who were paid out) vs a significant majority being minors. Not in terms of despicable, immoral wrongness, but just more generally "what was really going on with the whole thing" if that makes sense?
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