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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 08:17 PM Sep 2019

Epstein accusers denied compensation in victims' rights case

Source: Associated Press


Jim Mustian, Associated Press
Updated 2:48 pm CDT, Monday, September 16, 2019

A group of women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein suffered a setback Monday in their decade-long legal fight over a plea deal that allowed the financier to avoid a lengthy prison term.

A federal judge in West Palm Beach, Florida, ruled that the women were not entitled to compensation from the U.S. Justice Department, even though prosecutors violated their rights by failing to consult them about the 2008 deal to end a federal probe that could have landed Epstein in prison for life.

"In the end they are not receiving much, if any, of the relief they sought," U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra wrote.

. . .

"It has also resulted in the United States Department of Justice acknowledging its shortcomings in dealing with crime victims, and its promise to better train its prosecutors regarding the rights of victims under the CVRA in the future," Marra wrote in the 15-page ruling.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Epstein-accusers-denied-damages-in-Fla-victims-14443469.php

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Epstein accusers denied compensation in victims' rights case (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2019 OP
I wonder why women and girls don't report rape and sexual assault? onecaliberal Sep 2019 #1
Blasey Ford, Stormy Daniels, and millions more... pbmus Sep 2019 #2
Stormy Daniels affair was consensual Polybius Sep 2019 #3
It was sarcasm. onecaliberal Sep 2019 #4
... Faux pas Sep 2019 #5
I agree rockfordfile Sep 2019 #6
How about suing Alex Acosta, the DA who made the deal that denied the victims' rights? FakeNoose Sep 2019 #7

Polybius

(15,239 posts)
3. Stormy Daniels affair was consensual
Tue Sep 17, 2019, 01:12 AM
Sep 2019

Slimy of Trump because he paid her for sex while he was married, but it was not sexual assault or rape.

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
7. How about suing Alex Acosta, the DA who made the deal that denied the victims' rights?
Tue Sep 17, 2019, 07:24 PM
Sep 2019

These people need to be held accountable, since Epstein weaseled out of it.

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