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MIAMI - For Courtney Wild, even the mere presence of older men brings back traumatic memories of sexual abuse she endured. She was introduced to the hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 14.
"My life would've been very different if I never met Jeffrey Epstein," Wild said in an interview with the Herald's Julie Brown in 2018. "A lot of times, being around older man brings flashbacks. It's just trauma that I didn't even (know) I had until I worked through a lot of things."
Epstein, who was arrested last Saturday on sex trafficking charges, is responsible for running a years long sex operation targeting dozens of underage girls. The Herald's in-depth investigation, "Perversion of Justice," examined the lenient plea deal prosecutors struck that led to Epstein serving zero time in federal or state prison for his years of abuse and only 13 months in county jail.
The ring of prosecutors included former Florida U.S. attorney Alexander Acosta, who resigned Friday as U.S. labor secretary amid an outcry of disapproval over his role in the Epstein deal.
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babylonsister
(171,090 posts)we hear them all.
dlk
(11,576 posts)Epstein & his wealthy, powerful enablers belong in the worst prison for the rest of their miserable lives!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Celerity
(43,498 posts)that is the look of someone being taken to see Uncle Jeffrey