One of the things the whole Epstein monstrosity illustrates is just how stupid and potentially counterproductive it is to try to run scientific research and publishing on this sort of hybrid Hollywood/Wall Street model based on researchers schmoozing with wealthy but scientifically ignorant prospective donors. Researchers who kiss up to dilettante rich folks for the funding and the junkets and the champagne are not doing their fields any favors in the long run.
Epstein is literally a supervillain.
So… raping in the name of science and the improvement of the human race. That makes things so much better!
(Do I need to say that that was sarcasm?)
Edging closer and closer to Hugo Drax.
If you’re interested in following this case, a lot of records have just been unsealed within the past hour:
Business Insider has an article about this that includes the following tidbit.
Leslie Wexner, billionaire founder of The Limited, sent a letter the other day to his foundation that accuses Epstein of stealing “vast sums of money” from him. Doesn’t explain why Wexner gave him so much access to his money, property and so forth. Or why Wexner didn’t say anything when Epstein pleased guilty to solicitation in 2008 and had to register as a sex offender.
I know “pleased” is a typo but it still seems appropriate.
One interesting thing is that the portion which has been released is basically just Giuffre’s testimony and her lawyers’ product. And, notably, it’s relatively unredacted.
My guess would be that each involved party was given the chance to review their own material for redaction. Giuffre, it would seem, was fine to go public with exactly what was already in there.
My assumption would be that everyone else, Ghislaine, Dershowitz, Andrew, etc. are coordinating their work to make sure that there’s a consistent story and that anything that would harm one of the others is redacted. We’re liable to not get too much damning from the remaining material. But I do imagine that it will all be much more redacted.
It also looks like Trump and Giuffre never met, so we probably can’t expect anything to come out in regards to him.
One article noted that the release of the documents lifted some gag orders from other witnesses. In theory, they might be able to reveal some more information. But my guess would be that they’re all covered by other gag orders for other cases against Epstein (past or present). They can talk about things revealed by Giuffre, but probably not other things.
Probably, we will need to wait to see who gets indicted and who then, subsequently, flips. Trump is probably safe until at least that point. And, possibly, even then. He had his own modeling agency. He didn’t need Epstein and his tastes leaned older.
Are the documents available online?
Holy shit, page 15 (as numbered).
The actual printed page numbers or the PDF numbering?
I’m seeing PDF page 15 as the page talking about Prince Andrew and a puppet, and about the girls and Epstein using strapons.
The page 15 that has the picture of the little girl sticking her (as described, and blocked-out) uncovered butt towards the camera.
And, Epstein dead.
Reports now coming in he killed himself in jail. Let the conspiracy theories begin.
This is just awful jail management.
It’s not awful if it works exactly as planned.
I’m not a conspiracy minded guy, but this is awfully convenient for a lot of very powerful people.
What does suicide watch for a person mean? Does it mean someone is observed 24/7? Or does it mean they just check on them a lot more? Don’t know if he was on suicide watch.
I guess that whole plan of seeding the human race with his DNA is not going so well.