Epstein is reportedly dead

[BIAD]

Ninurta wrote:
...7) It will be determined that it was no one's fault, shit just happens.

8) The case will be closed, everyone's secrets safe. Nothing will come of it. the next "crisis" to come along the
pike will obliterate all information regarding this blip of history...'

Hmmm... he called it.

Judge ends case against Epstein, with a nod to the accusers.

'A judge formally ended the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, but not without a final tribute
to the women who spoke out against the financier.

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman took the procedural step of adding his initials to an order dismissing
the indictment that charged the 66-year-old Epstein with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and
sex trafficking of minors in the early 2000s in Florida and New York.

In requesting the action 10 days earlier, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman, who is not related to the judge,
noted that the law required the dismissal after Epstein killed himself in jail Aug. 10 while he was awaiting trial.

Though anticipated, Berman’s action included a reference to a Tuesday court hearing where 16 women spoke
about their claims against Epstein of sexual abuse, some committed when they were under the age of consent.
Statements by several other women were read by their lawyers.

The judge said he was incorporating by reference the hearing’s transcript while he “underscores the significance
of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act.”

Among other things, the victims’ law ensures crime victims have the right to be heard at public court proceedings
regarding the accused.

At the unusual hearing, women detailed how Epstein abused them. The women said he used his financial power
and connections to famous people to make them vulnerable, some as teenagers, to sexual attacks that sometimes
continued for years.

The allegations mirrored criminal charges in which prosecutors said Epstein repeatedly assaulted women and
teenage girls in the early 2000s at his $77 million Manhattan mansion and at another opulent estate in Palm Beach,
Florida.

Attorney General William Barr has promised the Justice Department he will pursue those who enabled Epstein to
carry out the sexual assaults. Epstein was arrested July 6 when he arrived at a New Jersey airport on a private jet
from Paris, where he sometimes resided.

He had pleaded not guilty and his lawyers were preparing to submit written arguments next month to support claims
that the sex trafficking charges were negated by a deal Epstein reached with federal prosecutors more than 10 years
ago.

They agreed not to bring charges as he pleaded guilty in 2008 to state prostitution-related charges in Florida, where
he served 13 months in jail. His lawyers said he had committed no crimes since...'

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