{"id":191455,"date":"2019-07-13T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=191455"},"modified":"2019-07-17T05:42:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T05:42:51","slug":"epstein-more-accusers-come-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=191455","title":{"rendered":"Epstein: More Accusers Come Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">At least 14 new women in Florida and New York come forward to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of abuse &#8211; including at least five who were minors &#8211; while New Mexico opens probe into sex crimes against &#8216;multiple victims&#8217; at his ranch<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Lauren Fruen \u2013 Daily Mail July 12, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_175770\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/epstein-and-trump-at-mar-a-lago.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175770\" class=\"wp-image-175770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/epstein-and-trump-at-mar-a-lago.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-175770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump with suspected Mossad agent and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in the 1990&#8217;s. Many politicians are blackmailed to enable them to be used by more powerful interests. Was Trump? Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>-&gt; Four women went to lawyer David Boies with claims following Epstein&#8217;s arrest<br \/>\n-&gt; Ten more are said to have gone to other lawyers in the light of the new charges<br \/>\n-&gt; It is thought at least five of those were underage at the time of the allegations<br \/>\n-&gt; &#8216;They are not individuals whose claims have previously been part of any law enforcement investigation&#8217;,\u00a0\u00a0Palm Beach attorney Jack Scarola said<br \/>\n-&gt; And in New Mexico, where ranch owner Epstein did not have to register as a sex offender, the attorney general&#8217;s office has now launched a probe<br \/>\n-&gt; Epstein , 66, was arrested Saturday night in New Jersey as he arrived from Paris<br \/>\n-&gt; He now faces sex trafficking charges alleging he abused dozens of underage girls in Florida and New York in the early 2000s<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">At least 14 new women have come forward to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse &#8211; including at least five who were minors at the time of the allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Four have approached New York lawyer David Boies following\u00a0Epstein&#8217;s arrest over claims he abused dozens of underage girls in New York and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/florida\/index.html\"><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the early 2000s, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article232551882.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Miami Herald<\/span><\/strong><\/a> reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Ten more are said to have gone to other lawyers who have represented those who accused the 66-year-old billionaire previously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It is thought at least five of those who have come forward in the light of new charges were underage at the time they say\u00a0registered sex offender Epstein abused them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">And in New Mexico, where Epstein did not have to register as a sex offender, a probe into alleged sex crimes against multiple survivors at his ranch has been launched.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Palm Beach attorney\u00a0Jack Scarola said: &#8216;The people we are speaking to are underage victims in Florida and in New York. They are not individuals whose claims have previously been part of any law enforcement investigation.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In 2007, Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution with a minor in a controversial sweetheart deal in Florida which involved him spending just a year in a low-restriction detention center.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191459\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zorro-Ranch-26700-square-foot-mansion-set-on-10000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191459\" class=\"wp-image-191459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zorro-Ranch-26700-square-foot-mansion-set-on-10000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zorro-Ranch-26700-square-foot-mansion-set-on-10000.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zorro-Ranch-26700-square-foot-mansion-set-on-10000-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-191459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Epstein&#8217;s Zorro Ranch, a 26,000 square foot mansion set in its own 10,000 acre grounds. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It meant that he did not have to\u00a0register as a sex offender in New Mexico, where he owns the sprawling Zorro Ranch, a 26,700-square-foot mansion on 10,000 acres that was purchased by Epstein back in 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Accuser Maria Farmer said in an affidavit that her 15-year-old sister was taken to the ranch where she was touched &#8216;inappropriately&#8217; on a massage table by Epstein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Former detective\u00a0Deborah Anaya called the ranch &#8216;very large, very secluded and very high-security&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Now the attorney general&#8217;s office there has confirmed it has begun its own inquiry into potential crimes in the state, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/11\/us\/jeffrey-epstein-house-new-mexico.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The New York Times <\/span><\/strong><\/a>reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Senior counsel Matt Baca said: &#8216;We have been in contact and interviewed multiple survivors of alleged abuse here in New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;At this point it&#8217;s our intention to turn over evidence we&#8217;ve gathered from those interviews to the feds.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Prosecutors have accused Epstein of abusing girls as young as 14 in a &#8216;vast network of underage victims&#8217;. He has pleaded not guilty to new charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191458\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jennifer-Araoz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191458\" class=\"wp-image-191458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jennifer-Araoz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jennifer-Araoz.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jennifer-Araoz-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-191458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Araoz. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Wednesday\u00a0Jennifer Araoz said the wealthy financier raped her in his New York mansion when she was 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The 32-year-old makeup artist told the &#8216;Today&#8217; show she never went to police because she feared retribution from the well-connected Epstein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein has not been charged with assaulting Araoz but\u00a0U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said Monday that many of Epstein&#8217;s alleged victims &#8216;were particularly vulnerable to exploitation,&#8217; for reasons he declined to detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He and other law enforcement officials repeatedly urged other potential victims and people with information about Epstein to come forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein&#8217;s attorneys have not responded to Araoz&#8217;s accusation, and prosecutors declined to comment on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Michelle Licata was just 16 when she claims a young woman brought her to Epstein&#8217;s Palm Beach estate and she was paid to give him a massage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;He said, god, you&#8217;re just so beautiful and sexy and gorgeous and it was making me feel really uncomfortable,&#8217; said Licata in an interview with ABC News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Courtney Wild was even younger, saying that she was still in middle school when Epstein allegedly forced her into performing sex acts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8216;I was 14, I had braces on,&#8217; recalled Wild.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein was arrested Saturday night in New Jersey as he arrived from Paris and now faces sex trafficking charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">His lawyers recommended house arrest in Epstein&#8217;s $77 million Manhattan mansion and electronic monitoring as they countered what they described as a &#8216;drastic demand&#8217; by prosecutors that he be detained until trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">They said their client was willing to offer the Manhattan property as collateral while he lives there, along with his private jet, which would be grounded, as he fights the charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In 2015, victim Virginia Roberts filed a lawsuit against the billionaire, claiming that he recruited her as a &#8216;sex slave&#8217; at the age of 15, sexually abusing her for years on his private jet as well as his various homes in New York, New Mexico, Florida, and the US Virgin Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein remains at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Manhattan, the same facility that is currently housing the Mexican drug lord El Chapo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Judge Berman will make his ruling on his bail on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7239263\/At-14-new-women-come-forward-accuse-Jeffrey-Epstein-sexual-abuse.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 14 new women in Florida and New York come forward to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of abuse &#8211; including at least five who were minors when abused<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historic-sexual-abuse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191455"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191484,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191455\/revisions\/191484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}