Author: Jim Mustain
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FBI arrests Epstein pal, accused of enabling abuse of girls
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NEW YORK • British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday on charges she helped lure at least three girls — one as young as 14 — to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of victimizing dozens of girls and women over many years. According to the indictment, Maxwell, who…
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Three women sue Epstein’s estate
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NEW YORK • Three women filed lawsuits Tuesday accusing Jeffrey Epstein of raping them or subjecting them to other forced sex acts, including one case while he was serving a Florida jail sentence that allowed him out to work during the day. The lawsuits in Manhattan federal court were filed on behalf of women who…
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Epstein accuser sues as questions swirl about his death
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NEW YORK • Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to a person familiar with the investigation into the financier’s death. Surveillance video shows guards never made some of the checks noted in…
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2 guards suspended and warden reassigned after Epstein death
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NEW YORK • Two guards assigned to watch Jeffrey Epstein the night he apparently killed himself in jail have been placed on leave and the warden has been removed as federal authorities investigate the financier’s death, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The announcement came amid mounting evidence that the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center may…