The grand jury data from the Jeffrey Epstein legal case from 2008 have been made public by a judge in Palm Beach County.
The records span almost 200 pages, with the testimony of at least one lady who was sexually assaulted by Epstein, a New York financier who had for decades abused hundreds of young girls at his Palm Beach castle. Epstein was able to avoid serious charges in part because Barry Krischer, the prosecutor in Palm Beach at the time, chose to file him with small prostitution rather than file a criminal sexual assault case.
The documents have been kept secret for 16 times. Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis complied with a request to transfer the data by July 1.
Following a number of articles by the Miami Herald that detailed the secret conversations that led to a gentle prison word for Epstein, the case came under new investigation in 2018 — ten years later. Epstein would spend only 13 months in the Palm Beach County prison, where he was given progressive privileges to work both inside and outside of his home.
He was detained once more in 2019 on suspicion of sex trafficking in New York. One month after his arrest, he was discovered dead inside his body. His dying was declared a suicide by hanging.
His companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, was eventually charged in the case and was convicted of sex trafficking claims in 2020. Maxwell, a European celebrity who had a long connection with Epstein, is appealing her word.
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