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Jeffrey Epstein and girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

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A summary of a publication by Independent’s Julia Reinstein on February 15, 2024.

Twelve anonymous Jeffrey Epstein victims have filed a new lawsuit against the FBI, which they accuse of “repeated and continued failures” that allowed their abuser to run his sex trafficking operation for more than 20 years.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York, alleges that the FBI turned a blind eye to evidence of Epstein’s crimes since the 1990s.

The FBI allegedly “had photographs, videos and interviews and hard evidence of child prostitution” but failed to conduct a thorough investigation.

Attorneys Jennifer Plotkin and Nathan Werksman, who are representing the women, said in a statement to CNN. “That for years the FBI negligently failed to act on clear evidence that Jeffrey Epstein was operating a vast sex abuse operation and sex trafficking ring, as alleged. That failure resulted in

Epstein indicted on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019 and killed himself in jail before his trial. His former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for trafficking women and girls for Epstein to sexually abuse.

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