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“Perversion of Justice” by Julie K. Brown (Dey Street Books)
Americans were sickened erstwhile they learned of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged exploitation of young girls. Procurers were said to person trolled for children arsenic young arsenic 14, bringing them to Epstein for his intersexual pleasure. But astir arsenic disgusting arsenic the accusations of rape and intersexual battle was the perverted justness meted retired a decennary earlier that allowed Epstein to flight suitable punishment for a enactment transgression conviction.
Perversion of Justice by Julie K. Brown (Dey Street)Following a 2008 complaint successful Miami of soliciting prostitution from minors, Epstein was sentenced to a fewer months successful a section jail, wherever Miami Herald newsman Julie K. Brown writes that guards allowed him to bring successful girls and $100,000 worthy of gourmet nutrient to marque his enactment much pleasurable. Epstein didn’t adjacent person to registry arsenic a intersexual offender.
Epstein, who died 2 years agone successful what was ruled a termination (although immoderate quality that), mightiness person gotten distant with his crimes if not for the dogged enactment of Brown. Disgusted by Epstein and a ineligible strategy that each but covered up his exploits, she dug into thousands of documents and interviewed innumerable sources to find victims and to find wherefore Epstein had been fixed specified a lenient sentence.
Epstein’s exploits are aged news. “Perversion of Justice” is the communicative of however wealth and governmental connections allowed Epstein to flight conscionable punishment.
Epstein was a self-made antheral whose superb fiscal acumen allowed him to accumulate millions of dollars, which helium spent connected lavish residences (including an full island) and entertainment. His important friends included Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew.
Epstein’s intersexual appetite was insatiable, Brown writes. He had enactment arsenic often arsenic 3 times a day. Girls hardly successful their teens were lured to Epstein’s residence by friends oregon others and told they would beryllium paid $200 oregon much to springiness a massage to an aged man, the probe showed. But erstwhile successful Epstein’s quarters, they said they faced a antheral wrapped lone successful a towel, who fto it driblet arsenic helium laic down connected the massage table. The girls were told to undress, past were fondled portion Epstein masturbated, Brown writes.
They allegedly were groomed by Epstein employees, including Epstein’s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. As the intersexual acts grew much perverted, outgo rose, Brown wrote. Some girls said they were fixed apartments oregon wealth for college. Nothing they received, however, allowed them to flooded the guilt and shame that often ruined their lives. Brown tracked down a fig of the victims, but adjacent years later, astir were excessively traumatized to talk connected the record.
Brown besides located the radical who were liable for Epstein’s unconscionably airy situation sentence. Despite a beardown lawsuit against Epstein successful 2008, some national and section officials reached an statement to let Epstein to plead to reduced charges. Contrary to law, the plea statement was kept concealed from the women who had agreed to testify, further victimizing them.
The women recovered vindication successful the bid of articles Brown wrote that exposed that “perversion of justice.” Epstein and Maxwell were arrested. Alex Acosta, the U.S. lawyer who had approved the agreement, was forced to measurement down arsenic Trump’s labour secretary, and the victims received millions of dollars successful compensation.
In 2017, Brown failed to get a occupation she’d applied for astatine The Washington Post. But if that had happened, she writes, “Alex Acosta mightiness present beryllium a Supreme Court justness — and Jeffrey Epstein mightiness inactive beryllium jetting astir the satellite abusing children and young women.”
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