Explosive and deeply sensitive claims have resurfaced around the Epstein case following new survivor testimony.
In recent statements, individuals connected to the case have shared disturbing allegations about abuse and the powerful network surrounding convicted offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some accounts also reference high-profile figures, including Donald Trump—claims that remain unproven and strongly disputed.
It is important to note: there has been no verified evidence or legal finding establishing wrongdoing by Trump in connection with these specific allegations. The broader Epstein case, however, continues to raise serious questions about accountability, institutional failures, and how abuse was allowed to persist for years.
#JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinSurvivor #DOJLeak #EpsteinScandal #RozaTestimony #EpsteinVictims #DOJExposed #BreakingNews #EpsteinCase #JusticeForVictims #TrumpDOJ #EpsteinHouseArrest #EpsteinNews #VictimTestimony #USPolitics #EpsteinInvestigation #DOJControversy
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In recent statements, individuals connected to the case have shared disturbing allegations about abuse and the powerful network surrounding convicted offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some accounts also reference high-profile figures, including Donald Trump—claims that remain unproven and strongly disputed.
It is important to note: there has been no verified evidence or legal finding establishing wrongdoing by Trump in connection with these specific allegations. The broader Epstein case, however, continues to raise serious questions about accountability, institutional failures, and how abuse was allowed to persist for years.
#JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinSurvivor #DOJLeak #EpsteinScandal #RozaTestimony #EpsteinVictims #DOJExposed #BreakingNews #EpsteinCase #JusticeForVictims #TrumpDOJ #EpsteinHouseArrest #EpsteinNews #VictimTestimony #USPolitics #EpsteinInvestigation #DOJControversy
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00:00I want my full FBI file, including the 96 and 2006 reports, including my art.
00:10We also need the FBI and the Department of Justice to fully investigate every lead in
00:15this case.
00:16We need investigation and prosecution of everyone responsible, both men and women.
00:21This includes the officials who enabled the 2008 sweetheart deal, the other perpetrators
00:26and the many co-conspirators, and anyone who is currently shielding powerful individuals
00:31from justice.
00:33No more protection for the guilty.
00:35There must be no pardoning or commuting the sentence of Maxwell, who sexually abused me,
00:42my minor sister, hurt so many girls and other young women, and personally threatened to kill
00:47me, has shown no remorse, and has demonstrated no basis on which to believe she would ever
00:53be truthful.
00:55As the Epstein case whistleblower, I have waited three decades for justice.
01:01It's a miracle I'm still fighting, especially considering what the stress of three decades
01:05of this case has done to my health and well-being.
01:08I will keep fighting for justice and transparency for a better, safer future for the next generation.
01:16Well, thank you, and obviously, I know we don't often get to hear from Ms. Farmer, and we're
01:23just very grateful that she chose to address, obviously, us and the country.
01:27I also want to thank her sister, Annie Farmer, who has been an incredible advocate or survivor,
01:34of course, herself, and has really worked to share her sister's story and her own story
01:40whenever possible.
01:41We're going to hear some opening remarks also from Skye and Amanda Roberts, and so I would
01:46ask them to join us here at the podium, and I want to thank them also for their courage and
01:53for being here.
02:02Thank you, Representative Garcia and all members here today.
02:06We deeply appreciate the opportunity to be here.
02:09Obviously, I wish Virginia was here to do this herself, but I will do my best to keep
02:14it together and to get through this.
02:18My name is Skye Roberts, and I am the younger brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
02:22I am here today because without Virginia's courage and her story, we would not be having
02:27this conversation about accountability.
02:31In the summer of 2000, just steps away from this courtroom at Mar-a-Lago, Virginia was
02:37recruited by convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
02:41She was only 16 years old, a child who had just finished 10th grade when she began being trafficked.
02:49Before her passing, Virginia gave sworn testimony, exposing this for what it truly was,
02:55a global sex trafficking operation enabled, protected, and funded by powerful people.
03:01For years, survivors have been asked the same question, who were the names?
03:08The truth is, many survivors stay silent because many of these individuals still hold power,
03:14wealth, and influence in our society.
03:16Point blank period, that is dangerous.
03:21No survivor should have to risk their own safety just to be believed.
03:27But Virginia, she did it anyway.
03:32She stood up when others were afraid, told the truth under oath, and faced people she knew were powerful.
03:39Today, we lean on her courage once again.
03:42Because she believed accountability should reach everyone involved, no matter their status or influence.
03:49If Virginia were here today, she would say these words herself.
03:54Since she cannot,
04:00I will say them for her, as her little brother.
04:04And with that, I'd like to share Virginia's own words from her sworn deposition dated May 3rd, 2016.
04:17They trafficked me to many people.
04:21Okay, please name a person that Ghislaine Maxwell directed you to have sex with.
04:26Prince Andrew.
04:28Okay, who else?
04:33As a whole, they both trafficked me to many people.
04:38Okay, so can you please tell me when Ghislaine Maxwell asked you to have sex with another person?
04:44Glenn Dubin.
04:46Who else?
04:47Well, Redacted is another one.
04:51Ghislaine Maxwell asked you to have sex with Redacted.
04:58And Glenn Dubin and Steve Kaufman were, like I said, the first people I was sent to after my training.
05:06And where does Alan Dershowitz fit into this group of people?
05:10Same.
05:11I can't tell you piece by piece by piece who I know Glenn Dubin was first.
05:16Okay.
05:18And I know Stephen Kaufman was the one of the first that I was sent to.
05:21Alan Dershowitz could have been between there.
05:24Between, sorry, between Glenn and Stephen.
05:31This is only a small sample of the thousands of stories that still remain untold.
05:36But the question today is no longer whether names exist.
05:40The question is, what will Congress and the Department of Justice do about it?
05:45Even if only a handful of names are publicly known, will there finally be investigations and accountability?
05:52With that, I'd like to turn it over to my wife, Amanda Roberts.
06:01First, I want to thank this committee and Representative Garcia and everyone here who continues to fight with us for
06:07accountability,
06:08but most importantly, standing with the survivors.
06:12Virginia's story was harrowing.
06:13And as you heard my husband speak, she wasn't afraid to say the names.
06:18We are talking about millions of files, sworn testimony, depositions, emails, flight records, bank records, photographs, videos,
06:27and evidence collected over decades.
06:30Evidence that points to a network, not just to people who trafficked and abused over 1,200 victims.
06:38Girls, children, women, and boys.
06:43Epstein and Maxwell did not act alone, and Palm Beach was the blueprint.
06:49It was the center for expansion.
06:52So when this Department of Justice says, there is nothing to see here, survivors know exactly what that sounds like,
06:59a cover-up.
07:02Virginia wrote in Nobody's Girl, don't be fooled by those in Epstein's circle who said they didn't know what Epstein
07:08was doing.
07:10That sentence should guide this committee's work.
07:14Because I don't recall is not enough.
07:17When people like Les Wexner are asked about Epstein's finances and alleged connections to his network,
07:23the public deserves real answers and investigations.
07:27When Howard Lutnick has given changing accounts about his association with Epstein,
07:33that deserves scrutiny, resignations, and investigations.
07:37When former Prince Andrew denied knowing Virginia,
07:40despite evidence and testimony surrounding that encounter,
07:45that deserves scrutiny and investigation.
07:48And when Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell,
07:54a convicted sex traffer, accused of perjury,
07:57and shortly after was moved to a minimum security prison,
08:01that demands answers and investigations.
08:05So today we ask for four things.
08:07First, Congress must hold this Department of Justice accountable,
08:11including contempt proceedings,
08:13as the record has shown that this DOJ has violated the law.
08:17Second, state investigations must continue and expand in New Mexico,
08:22New York, Florida, the Virgin Islands, and everywhere this network operated.
08:28Third, this committee must issue further subpoenas
08:32and required alleged co-conspirators, enablers, financers, and witnesses
08:36to testify under oath.
08:41Fourth, follow the money.
08:44Financial records are not secondary.
08:47They may be the key to exposing the full network.
08:50Suspicious payments, shell entities, possible tax violations,
08:54money laundering, and transactions connected to trafficking and abuse
08:57must be investigated aggressively,
09:00because financial crimes can open the door and lead to real prosecutions.
09:06And finally, the Epstein and Maxwell investigations must be reopened,
09:12not partially, not quietly, but fully.
09:15Survivors and the public deserve the truth,
09:18and enablers must no longer hide behind wealth, power, or silence.
09:25Thank you both very much for those words.
09:30We are going to begin and hear some opening statements from our witnesses,
09:37so I want to just start by thanking Ms. Wild,
09:40who's going to be recognized now for her opening five-minute statement.
09:43Ms. Wild.
09:46Hello, my name is Courtney Wild.
09:50When I was 14 years old, I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein.
09:54He abused me until I was 17 years old.
09:57What happened to me was terrible,
09:59but what happened after that by our own government
10:02changed my life just as much.
10:05I came here today to ask for one simple thing,
10:08to make sure this never happens again.
10:10I filed a case under the Crime Victims Rights Act
10:13because government secretly made a deal with Jeffrey Epstein.
10:17They signed a non-prosecution agreement.
10:20They made the deal behind closed doors.
10:23They never told me, and they never told any of us.
10:27Instead, they sent letters telling me to be patient,
10:29even though they knew the case was already over.
10:33For years, I believed there was an investigation happening.
10:36There wasn't.
10:38When I found out the truth, I went to my lawyer, Brad Edwards.
10:42He took my case in 2008,
10:44and he fought for me against the government for over a decade.
10:49We wanted to do the right thing for all victims.
10:52Together, we wanted answers to a simple question.
10:56How could this happen?
10:58We had to fight all the way to the 11th Circuit,
11:01which took years to get the emails between the government and Jeffrey's lawyers
11:05to help us understand what happened.
11:08When we finally got them, they showed something I will never forget.
11:13The government wasn't trying to negotiate with Epstein's lawyers.
11:16It looked like the government was trying to make him happy.
11:20They were trying to make sure that the punishment they were going to give him
11:23was okay with him.
11:25It seemed like they had forgotten that there were 40 of us kids
11:31who had been abused by him.
11:36I was so confused because where I come from,
11:39if you commit a crime, you go to jail.
11:41I have never heard the feds of letting you help them decide
11:46which crimes they were going to charge you with
11:48or if you're cool with how long you're going to spend in jail.
11:52But I thought, what do I know?
11:54Maybe that's how it works for rich guys.
11:57That's how it did work for Jeffrey Epstein.
12:01Finally, after 10 years of fighting in 2019,
12:04a federal judge finally ruled that my rights
12:07and that the rights of other victims
12:10were violated by the non-prosecution agreement.
12:15But there was nothing that could be done about it.
12:18There was no remedy.
12:22I just want to say it again.
12:23I'm sorry.
12:24I have to...
12:25The court found that the government violated the law
12:28and nothing happened.
12:30That means the law,
12:32the Crime Victims' Rights Act,
12:341-8-USC-3771,
12:38does not matter.
12:40And if the law has no consequences,
12:43it doesn't protect anybody.
12:46I was lucky to have a lawyer willing to fight for me
12:49for almost a decade.
12:50A lot of victims won't find that,
12:53especially in this case
12:54where everybody made us feel like we were crazy.
12:58So I'm asking you to fix that.
13:01Please fix the Crime Victims' Rights Act
13:03so it could actually help victims in the future.
13:06I have my own ideas
13:08and my lawyers have more ideas,
13:10but I really hope
13:11that if nothing comes with this,
13:13we can finally get the legislation right.
13:17There needs to be a clear definition
13:19of what it means
13:20to meaningly confer with victims.
13:24I'm still not sure what that actually means,
13:27but I know it never happened for me.
13:28There must be real consequences
13:31and penalties in the statute
13:34that apply automatically
13:35when a court determines
13:36that a victim's rights have been violated.
13:39The answer after years and years of litigation
13:43cannot be nothing happens
13:44when you finally win
13:45and prove that your rights have been violated.
13:48If prosecutors choose to ignore victims,
13:51those victims' voices
13:53must be put on the record,
13:56memorialized, and preserved,
13:58especially when a deal
13:59is made behind closed doors.
14:02There needs to be attorneys' fees provision
14:04so victims can find lawyers
14:06who will stand up for them.
14:08If those changes had existed back then,
14:11maybe what had happened to me
14:13and so many others
14:14would have not happened.
14:15My case against the government
14:17for violating the rights
14:18of at least 40 of us Palm Beach kids
14:21was happening from 2008 to 2019.
14:26Do you know how many other girls
14:28Jeffrey abused in that time period?
14:30I bet the FBI knows.
14:33But the point is that Epstein
14:35continued to abuse other girls
14:37in New York, New Mexico,
14:39around the world,
14:40and even still here in Florida,
14:42well, after he was released in 2019,
14:46or I'm sorry, in 2009,
14:47and everybody knew it.
14:48There were lawsuits.
14:49There were so many new articles.
14:51He was a registered sex offender,
14:53and still nothing was done
14:55by the government.
14:57Not until 2019,
14:58when he was finally arrested.
15:01None of the girls,
15:02none of those girls
15:03should have ever been abused.
15:05Jeffrey Epstein should have been in jail.
15:07If he had been in jail,
15:08like any other man
15:10who did the same thing as him,
15:12he would have been,
15:13and there wouldn't have been
15:15a single victim after 2009.
15:17But he wasn't, and he did.
15:19He abused so many girls after 2009
15:22at the same exact time
15:24that I was asking the government
15:25why he got the deal
15:27and why they violated my rights.
15:30That is the real injustice here.
15:34That is the real thing
15:35we need to prevent
15:36from ever happening again
15:37in this country.
15:41I was there for his bail hearing
15:43in 2019,
15:44and I spoke to the judge
15:46right in front of him
15:46about how dangerous he was.
15:48The bail was denied,
15:50and for the first time,
15:51I thought we might finally get justice.
15:54A month later, he was dead.
15:56Once again, the system failed us.
15:59Someone let him die
16:00in a secure prison,
16:02ensuring that he would never
16:03be held accountable
16:04for what he did to me as a kid.
16:07Since then,
16:08there have been prosecutions,
16:09there have been civil cases,
16:11there have been settlements,
16:13but none of that changes
16:14what was lost,
16:16and none of that fixes
16:17what was allowed to happen
16:18in the first place.
16:20We fought for years
16:21to get Jeffrey Epstein arrested.
16:23We fought to hold people accountable.
16:25We did not fight
16:27so that this could turn
16:29into something political
16:31or so that our rights
16:33would be violated once again.
16:35I lost years of my life
16:37fighting this,
16:38and so did many others.
16:39We did that
16:40so the next victim
16:42wouldn't have to.
16:45So don't let this work
16:46be in vain.
16:47Make the Crime Victims' Rights Act
16:49matter.
16:50Thank you so much.
16:52Thank you very much,
16:54Ms. Wilde.
16:58Ms. Jones,
16:59you are now recognized
17:00for your opening statement.
17:02Ranking member
17:03and members of Congress,
17:04my name is Jenna Lisa Jones.
17:06I was 14 years old
17:07when I was abused
17:08by Jeffrey Epstein
17:09in Palm Beach.
17:10It has taken me many years
17:12to find my voice.
17:14For a long time,
17:15I stayed silent
17:16because I was afraid
17:17and because I did not understand
17:19why this happened to me.
17:20When I finally came forward,
17:22I made a commitment
17:23to use my voice responsibly.
17:25I'm here today
17:26to do exactly that.
17:28Last September,
17:29I went to Washington, D.C.
17:31along the other survivors
17:32with a simple request,
17:35transparency
17:35and accountability.
17:37We asked you to help us
17:39understand how Jeffrey Epstein
17:40was given
17:41a non-prosecution agreement
17:43even though the government
17:44had evidence
17:45that he had sexually abused
17:46dozens of children,
17:48including me.
17:50We asked how he was allowed
17:51to leave jail in 2009
17:53and continue harming young girls.
17:56We asked for answers,
17:58answers that would hold
17:59our government accountable
18:00for its actions.
18:02We still do not have
18:03those answers.
18:04Instead,
18:05what we received
18:06caused harm
18:07all over again,
18:08including too many
18:10of our survivor sisters
18:11who had never
18:12come forward before
18:14and who never wanted
18:15their names or abuse
18:16to become public.
18:18The Department of Justice
18:19released documents
18:21that exposed our names,
18:23our social security numbers,
18:24and deeply personal information.
18:27Survivors' identities
18:29were made public.
18:31Husbands learned
18:32about their wives' abuse
18:34for the first time.
18:36Children learned
18:37about the abuse
18:38of their mothers
18:39from reporters,
18:42from strangers
18:43on the internet,
18:45and in some cases,
18:46from other kids at school.
18:50Some survivors learned
18:53that friends had also
18:55been abused
18:56only because
18:57they saw their names
19:00in those documents.
19:03Others saw
19:04the most intimate details
19:05of their own trauma
19:07publicly exposed.
19:10Our privacy was violated.
19:13The government promised us
19:15over and over again
19:17that our information
19:19would be protected
19:20and properly redacted.
19:23Those promises
19:24were broken again.
19:27We came to you
19:30seeking answers
19:31for why our rights
19:33were violated in 2007.
19:34And in the process
19:36of asking for those answers,
19:38our rights were violated again.
19:41I want to believe
19:42that each of you
19:43in this room
19:43is listening
19:44because you truly care.
19:45Not just about us,
19:47but about every child
19:49in this country
19:50who survived sexual abuse.
19:53If Congress
19:54and the Department of Justice
19:55truly want to do right
19:57by the survivors,
19:59the path forward
20:00is not complicated.
20:01Acknowledge the failures.
20:02When Jeffrey Epstein
20:04was set free in 2009,
20:05and again when our privacy
20:07was shattered earlier this year,
20:09take responsibility
20:10and provide meaningful remedies
20:12to the women
20:15who have been harmed
20:16over and over again.
20:18Please do not force us
20:19to relive this
20:20through more litigation.
20:22Pass a law requiring
20:23the Department of Justice
20:25to compensate victims
20:26for the harm
20:27that they had caused
20:27by releasing the names
20:28and information.
20:29That would show
20:30that this is truly
20:31about helping victims.
20:33Second,
20:35with respect to our
20:36ongoing investigations,
20:38please remember this.
20:39Jeffrey Epstein is dead.
20:41Ghislaine Maxwell
20:42is in prison.
20:45Do not pardon Maxwell.
20:48If there are other men
20:50who hurt women,
20:51hold them accountable.
20:52But please leave
20:54the survivors alone.
20:55If you subpoenaed someone
20:57to testify before
20:58your committees
20:59and she tells you
21:00she is a victim,
21:01listen to her.
21:03Believe her.
21:04Respect her trauma.
21:06Jeffrey tried to paint
21:07his victims as bad guys
21:10to avoid responsibility
21:12for himself.
21:13Please learn
21:13and understand that.
21:15Sharing our stories
21:16should be a choice,
21:17the choice I was able
21:18to make today.
21:19It should never be something
21:20survivors are forced to do.
21:22The girls who were groomed
21:23by Ghislaine Maxwell
21:24and abused by Jeffrey Epstein
21:26should not be treated
21:27like criminals.
21:28Please learn the stories
21:30of the women
21:30who have been harmed
21:31before you force them
21:32to testify in a room
21:33full of strangers
21:34about the worst moments
21:36of their lives.
21:37Jeffrey Epstein
21:38destroyed so many
21:39of our lives
21:39and Ghislaine Maxwell
21:41helped him do it.
21:42Do not blame their survivors
21:43for the crimes
21:45of the abusers.
21:46That is not how
21:46the story should end.
21:48Find a way to bring closure
21:49to the story of Jeffrey Epstein
21:50to allow survivors
21:51and this country
21:52to finally begin
21:53to move forward
21:53so that one day,
21:54and I pray soon,
21:56Jeffrey Epstein's name
21:58is no longer something
21:59we are forced to hear
22:00every single day.
22:02And my last point,
22:04I am not here today
22:05only to talk about the past.
22:07I am here for the children
22:08who are sitting
22:09in the classroom today,
22:11children who may be vulnerable,
22:13confused,
22:13and unsure
22:14of what is happening to them.
22:15When I was a teenager,
22:16I did not have the language
22:18to understand
22:18what was happening to me.
22:19I did not know who to tell.
22:21I did not know where to go.
22:23Many of us didn't.
22:24We were young,
22:25and we were manipulated.
22:26We were left without the tools
22:28or the support we needed.
22:30That is something
22:31Congress can change.
22:32Every middle school
22:33and high school student
22:34in this country
22:35should receive education
22:38on the signs
22:39of sexual abuse
22:40and exploitation.
22:42What it looks like,
22:43how to recognize it,
22:44and how to safely report it.
22:47Schools should have
22:48trained adults,
22:49accessible resources,
22:50so that no child
22:51feels as lost
22:52or as alone
22:53as we did.
22:54I have worked
22:55with other survivors
22:56to start a non-profit
22:57called the Survivors, Inc.,
22:58because not everyone
23:00who has been abused
23:02has access
23:04to strong legal representation,
23:06therapy,
23:06or support systems.
23:08I became a certified life coach.
23:09I believe in giving others
23:11the support I wish I had.
23:13Though the survivors,
23:15we are able to provide
23:17these services
23:19to people who have been abused
23:20so they can begin
23:21their healing journey, too.
23:23I'm proud of that work,
23:25but individual efforts
23:26are not enough.
23:27Real change requires leadership
23:28at a national level.
23:30You have the power
23:31to make sure
23:31that happens to us
23:33does not happen again
23:34on this scale.
23:35I believe
23:36one of the most important places
23:38to begin
23:38is in our schools.
23:40Trained teachers,
23:41educate students,
23:42give children a place to turn
23:43when they feel
23:44they have nowhere else to go.
23:45Together, we can do better
23:47for the next generation.
23:50Thank you so much, Jones.
23:58Ms. Benske,
23:59you are now recognized
23:59for your opening statement.
24:03Hello.
24:04My name is Dani Benske.
24:06I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein
24:08in 2004 and 2005.
24:11That was eight years
24:12after Maria Farmer
24:14first reported Jeffrey
24:16to the FBI.
24:18Although discussing
24:19my abuse
24:20is far from easy,
24:22I live with
24:23diagnosed PTSD
24:24from that experience.
24:26My story is actually
24:27one of the safest
24:28stories to tell.
24:30The key abuser
24:31who caused me
24:32physical harm
24:33is dead.
24:34It's imperative
24:35to understand
24:35that the stories
24:37you are hearing today
24:37are a tiny fraction
24:39of the whole.
24:40I am one
24:41of more than
24:421,200 girls
24:43and women.
24:44I don't face
24:45the same level
24:46of threats
24:47of defamation lawsuits
24:48and serious risks
24:49to my safety
24:50as some of my survivor
24:52sisters do.
24:54While there are
24:55co-conspirators
24:56who do need
24:57to be held
24:58accountable
24:58for the parts
24:59that they played
25:00in the operation
25:01of my own abuse,
25:03I was trafficked
25:04only to Jeffrey,
25:05which really,
25:06unfortunately,
25:06is not the case
25:08for so many others.
25:10I was groomed
25:11prior to meeting Jeffrey.
25:12I grew up
25:13in the dance world
25:14where perfectionism,
25:16body image issues
25:17ran rampant
25:18in a world
25:19that was built
25:19on hierarchy
25:20and secrecy.
25:23I would have
25:24my body criticized,
25:25critiqued,
25:26and manipulated,
25:27not so different
25:28from what I initially
25:29experienced
25:30with Jeffrey.
25:32I was trafficked
25:33to Jeffrey.
25:34I had two recruiters.
25:36One was a late teen
25:38and the other
25:39was only 15 years old,
25:40just trying to escape
25:41her own abuse.
25:43Jeffrey weaponized
25:44my aspirations
25:45and dreams
25:46by speaking
25:48the language of dance
25:49and making false promises.
25:51My mom had been diagnosed
25:52with a brain tumor.
25:53I had seen the name
25:54Epstein
25:55listed on a donor wall
25:57and believed
25:58that his wealth
25:59and power
26:00had come from
26:01the medical profession.
26:02I brought him her scans
26:04hoping to understand
26:05her diagnosis.
26:06Instead of helping her,
26:08he used my mother's
26:10brain scans over me
26:11giving me
26:12an ultimatum.
26:13Either recruit
26:14more girls
26:15or do more for him.
26:17I didn't end up
26:18recruiting anyone
26:19and instead
26:20just endured
26:21the abuse.
26:22In May of 2005,
26:24my mother had
26:25a successful operation
26:27at Mount Sinai
26:28to remove the tumor
26:29and I finally
26:30extricated myself
26:32from Jeffrey's web.
26:34The Epstein case
26:35demonstrates that
26:36institutional systems
26:38have failed survivors
26:40have failed survivors
26:40time and time again.
26:42I was first subpoenaed
26:44in 2008
26:44for an interview.
26:46I was just 20 years old
26:47and without
26:48a victim's rights advocate
26:50or a lawyer,
26:51I didn't know
26:52that I was entitled
26:52to those protections.
26:54No one told me
26:55I was safe
26:56and for many parts
26:58of my interview
26:58it felt like
26:59an interrogation.
27:01Jeffrey had already
27:02threatened my friend
27:03and he had told me
27:04that I would be charged
27:05with prostitution
27:06if I ever interacted
27:08with law enforcement.
27:09He made it clear
27:11that he held the cards.
27:13The passage
27:14of the Epstein Files
27:16Transparency Act
27:17was a moment
27:18in which survivors
27:19hoped and believed
27:21that we might see
27:22some reckoning.
27:24But the system
27:25yet again
27:26failed survivors.
27:28Before the first
27:30document dump
27:31by the DOJ,
27:33my lawyer teamed up
27:34with another law firm
27:35representing survivors.
27:36Together,
27:37they submitted
27:38350 victims' names
27:42to the DOJ
27:43as names
27:44that needed
27:45to be redacted
27:46prior to the deadline
27:47on December 19th.
27:49In the first round
27:51of documents,
27:51I saw my name
27:52in two places.
27:53Then in the January dump,
27:55there were more
27:56and the redactions
27:57were far, far worse.
27:59These files displayed
28:00my name,
28:01my phone number,
28:03my old address,
28:04where I worked
28:05at the time,
28:05where I was studying,
28:07and other identifying
28:08information.
28:10What's important
28:11to understand
28:12is that these documents
28:14weren't just somehow
28:15overlooked
28:16and not redacted
28:17at all.
28:18On one document,
28:19my nickname,
28:20Danny,
28:21redacted,
28:21while Danielle
28:22Hannah-Bensky
28:23is left completely
28:24unredacted.
28:25I am just one
28:27of the hundreds
28:28of survivors
28:29exposed like this.
28:31A few weeks ago,
28:33a legal analyst
28:34reached out
28:34to share that yet again,
28:36my name appeared
28:37in a third batch
28:38of only 20 documents.
28:40After my lawyer
28:42continued to contact
28:43the DOJ
28:44on multiple occasions
28:45for protection,
28:47my name and information
28:48remained attached.
28:50These documents hold
28:52disturbing
28:53and yet
28:54incomplete accounts
28:55of my abuse,
28:56and they were viewable
28:58not only by the entire world,
29:00but my child,
29:01my students,
29:03my students' parents,
29:05my friends,
29:06my employers,
29:07my colleagues,
29:09my family.
29:11I am public.
29:12However,
29:14in my FBI 302,
29:17a Jane Doe
29:18who has never,
29:19ever wanted
29:19to be revealed
29:20was exposed.
29:22This outing
29:23of survivor names
29:24does real,
29:25irrevocable damage.
29:28The passage
29:29of the Epstein Files
29:30Transparency Act
29:32was meant
29:32to be a moment
29:33when survivors
29:35could regain
29:35their power
29:36and finally
29:37obtain the truth.
29:39It was a time
29:40for our institutions
29:41created to protect
29:42the American people
29:43to for once
29:44stand on the side
29:46of survivors.
29:47As survivors,
29:48we have said
29:49time and time again,
29:50this is not political.
29:53This requires
29:54coming together
29:55and prioritizing
29:58coming together,
30:00not political showmanship.
30:02I'm always asked,
30:03what does accountability
30:05look like?
30:07Accountability means
30:08removing perpetrators
30:09from power,
30:10seeing arrests
30:11be made,
30:12and legislators
30:13pass laws
30:15like protecting
30:16victims' rights
30:17like Virginia's law,
30:18which would remove
30:19the statute
30:20of limitations
30:20for victims'
30:22civil claims
30:22against their abusers.
30:24Our entrenched
30:25systemic failures
30:26have allowed
30:27powerful people
30:28like Jeffrey
30:29to thrive
30:30when institutions
30:31prioritize
30:32protecting the powerful
30:34and their enablers
30:36over protecting victims,
30:37abuse becomes
30:39normalized.
30:41If we continue
30:43down this path,
30:44the question isn't
30:45whether abuse
30:46will happen again,
30:47but who will be
30:48the next Jeffrey Epstein.
30:52this moment
30:53is critical.
30:54It is time
30:55to reform
30:55our system
30:56to protect
30:57our survivors,
30:59not the perpetrators,
31:01and to ensure
31:01the truth
31:02can come to light.
31:06Thank you so much.
31:13Ms. Rosa,
31:14you are now
31:14recognized
31:15for your
31:16opening statement.
31:18In 2008,
31:19I just turned 18
31:21when I met
31:22MC Square
31:23model management
31:23owner
31:24named Jean-Luc Brunel.
31:26Coming from
31:27a financial
31:28and stable background,
31:29I was a perfect
31:30target for Corrigine.
31:32I was promised
31:33modeling career
31:34beyond my dreams.
31:35In less than
31:36six months,
31:37MC Square
31:38obtained an
31:39O-1 visa for me.
31:40I feat
31:41nearly impossible
31:42for a teenager
31:43with almost
31:44no experience.
31:45I did not have
31:46the documentation
31:47to earn that visa.
31:49By May of 2009,
31:50I was in New York City.
31:52I was isolated,
31:52controlled in a manner
31:53I've never experienced
31:54before.
31:56Within three months,
31:57the agency claimed
31:58I owed them
31:59over $10,000.
32:01I had no family,
32:02no friends,
32:02or no money.
32:04MC Square
32:05controlled every aspect
32:06of my life
32:07where I went,
32:07how I dressed,
32:08and how I looked.
32:09They provided me
32:10enough of allowance
32:11to keep me afloat
32:12but never enough
32:13to be independent.
32:15Less than a month
32:16after I arrived
32:17to the United States,
32:18my agency sent me
32:19to a home
32:20of a registered
32:20sex offender.
32:23I was introduced
32:25to his girlfriend
32:26under the disguise
32:26that she was a photographer
32:28who helped me
32:28build my portfolio.
32:30Now I know
32:31that Jeffrey Epstein
32:32was supposed
32:33to be in jail cell
32:34in June of 2008.
32:36I met him
32:37at his house
32:38right here
32:39in West Palm Beach.
32:40He was not in a jail.
32:43Jean-Luc Brunel
32:44brought me
32:44to West Palm Beach
32:45to have dinner
32:45with Epstein
32:46in July.
32:48Epstein used
32:48the names
32:49of powerful politicians
32:50to demonstrate
32:51his influence.
32:54He told me
32:55he's an investor
32:55of the very agency
32:56that promised me
32:57a career.
32:57He also spoke
32:59of his arrest
33:00that it was a game,
33:01bragging about girls
33:02visiting his cell
33:03and his friendships
33:06with authorities.
33:09Jeffrey offered me
33:10a position
33:10at the Florida
33:11Science Foundation
33:12to handle phone calls
33:14to help me
33:14with my financial troubles.
33:18One day,
33:19his masseuse
33:20called me
33:21into his room
33:21where I was molested
33:23for the first time
33:24by Jeffrey.
33:27For the following
33:28three years,
33:29I was subject
33:30to ongoing rape.
33:35Jeffrey Epstein
33:36was under house arrest
33:40for the molestation
33:41of underage girls
33:42at the exact time
33:43he was abusing me.
33:47Seeing that
33:52the fact that
33:53he could commit
33:54those acts
33:55made justice
33:57feel impossible
33:58to me
33:59and it took
34:00my ability
34:00to seek
34:01for help.
34:06I was summoned
34:07to his residence
34:08right here
34:08in West Palm Beach.
34:10My agency
34:11relocated me
34:12to Miami
34:13to keep me closer
34:14and only after
34:15he was released
34:16from the house arrest
34:17I was allowed
34:17to go back
34:18to New York City
34:20where my nightmares
34:21continued.
34:23Those years
34:24of abuse
34:24turned into
34:25a decade
34:25of fear
34:26that I still
34:26carry today.
34:28I eventually
34:29found the courage
34:30to reach out
34:31for help.
34:32I stepped forward
34:33along other survivors
34:36hoping those
34:37who allow this
34:38to happen
34:38will be held accountable.
34:40I kept
34:41my identity
34:42protected as
34:43Jin Doe.
34:44I woke up
34:45one day
34:46with my name
34:47mentioned
34:48over 500
34:50times.
34:57While rich
34:59and powerful
34:59remained protected
35:00by reduction
35:01my name
35:01was exposed
35:02to the world.
35:03Now reporters
35:04from across the globe
35:05contact me
35:06I cannot live
35:07without looking
35:07over my shoulder.
35:09I can only imagine
35:11the long-term
35:12impact
35:13this mistake
35:14will have
35:14blown my life.
35:18I wanted
35:19to be a doctor
35:20when I was
35:21a kid.
35:22So I want
35:24to end
35:24this statement
35:25with a story.
35:28In 1800
35:29the doctor
35:30named
35:31Ignace
35:31Semmelweis
35:32discovered
35:32something
35:33life-saving.
35:34He realized
35:35that the doctors
35:36who were
35:36performing
35:37autopsies
35:38and then
35:38immediately
35:39delivering
35:39babies
35:39without washing
35:40their hand
35:41were carrying
35:43cadaverous particles
35:44causing women
35:45dying in agony.
35:47He had
35:48evidence
35:48he had
35:49solution
35:50he begged
35:51the medical
35:52establishment
35:52to wash
35:53their hands
35:54to save
35:54lives.
35:56But the doctors
35:57were offended.
35:58They found
35:59it easier
36:00to protect
36:00their own
36:02reputation
36:02and maintain
36:03the status quo
36:04than to admit
36:05they were the ones
36:06causing harms.
36:07They chose
36:09their pride
36:10over the life
36:10of women
36:11and Dr.
36:12Semmelweis
36:12was ignored
36:13ridiculed
36:13and eventually
36:14cast out.
36:16I see the same
36:17patterns happening
36:18today with
36:18handling of
36:19these files.
36:22Releasing
36:23my name
36:24while redacting
36:25the name
36:25of other powerful
36:26is not a mistake
36:28it's a choice
36:28it's a choice
36:29to prioritize
36:30the comfort
36:30of an institution
36:31over the safety
36:32of the survivors.
36:33The evidence
36:34is right here
36:35yet those
36:36in power
36:36rather us
36:38die
36:39socially
36:40emotionally
36:41and physically
36:42then admit
36:43their own
36:44complicity.
36:45I am no longer
36:46a Jane Doe
36:47hating in the files.
36:50I'm a woman
36:51I'm a fighter
36:52and I'm a witness
36:54and I'm begging
36:56you
36:56please
36:57wash
36:58your
36:59hands.
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