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The Epstein You Don't Know: 4 Astonishing Claims From His Own Account of the 2008 Case
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The public narrative surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 prosecution is well-established, painting a picture of a powerful man who used his wealth and connections to escape serious federal charges. However, a detailed, first-person account written by Epstein himself offers a meticulously constructed counter-narrative—an attempt to dismantle the public record from the inside.
In this lengthy account, Epstein methodically reframes his case. He portrays himself not as a predator, but as a "john" caught in an unprecedented legal trap orchestrated by overzealous prosecutors and corrupt lawyers. The document contains several astonishing claims that directly challenge the conventional understanding of his investigation and the controversial plea deal that followed.
Perhaps the most shocking claim in the entire account is Epstein's assertion that the state prosecutor who investigated his case came to a stunning conclusion after personally interviewing the women involved. He specifies that this was not just any prosecutor, but a "sex crimes prosecutor with over 13 years experience, and who had herself authored the more tough legislations dealing with sex crimes." According to Epstein, this prosecutor determined the women were not victims but willing participants.
He writes that she noted the women knew where they were going, were often driven to his house by their own family members or boyfriends who waited outside, and even encouraged their friends to go. He attributes the following direct quote to this state attorney:
“There are no real victims here. The girls knew they were going to a house in Palm Beach, they had their boyfriends or family members drive them to the house and wait outside, and then they encouraged their friends to go.”
This claim is foundational to his entire narrative, as it attempts to dismantle the core allegation against him by suggesting that the primary state-level investigator saw no genuine crime of victimization.
Epstein describes the non-prosecution agreement not as a lenient deal, but as a bizarre and coercive ultimatum. Crucially, he claims this federal intervention came only after a state grand jury had already investigated the matter and returned a much milder verdict of "Solicitation of Prostitution"—a non-registrable offense that carried only mandatory probation. It was against this backdrop, he argues, that federal prosecutors with no valid case forced him to accept a highly unusual state-level plea with punitive terms.
According to his account, he was required to accept the following conditions:
- His own defense team had to petition the state attorney to increase the grand jury's charge to a more severe pimping charge, which mandated sex offender registration.
- He had to agree to an 18-month jail sentence.
- He was required to pay a minimum of $50,000 each to women on a secret list, whose identities would only be revealed to him after he was already in jail.
- He had to pay for a government-selected attorney to represent these same women in potential civil lawsuits against him.
The terms were so unheard of that they allegedly stunned his own high-powered legal team.
With what the newspapers had called a dream team, each and every lawyer, when they saw the result of the negotiations, said with incredulity, “We have never seen anything like this before”.
Central to Epstein's defense is the argument that there was simply no federal crime to prosecute. He claims his legal team—which he names as including former Solicitor General Ken Starr and law professor Alan Dershowitz—was unanimous in this assessment. All alleged actions and all individuals involved were based entirely in Florida, with no interstate travel taking place.
https://x.com/ADanielHill
https://cybermidnight.club
770 episodes
Manage episode 522568919 series 2535026
The public narrative surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 prosecution is well-established, painting a picture of a powerful man who used his wealth and connections to escape serious federal charges. However, a detailed, first-person account written by Epstein himself offers a meticulously constructed counter-narrative—an attempt to dismantle the public record from the inside.
In this lengthy account, Epstein methodically reframes his case. He portrays himself not as a predator, but as a "john" caught in an unprecedented legal trap orchestrated by overzealous prosecutors and corrupt lawyers. The document contains several astonishing claims that directly challenge the conventional understanding of his investigation and the controversial plea deal that followed.
Perhaps the most shocking claim in the entire account is Epstein's assertion that the state prosecutor who investigated his case came to a stunning conclusion after personally interviewing the women involved. He specifies that this was not just any prosecutor, but a "sex crimes prosecutor with over 13 years experience, and who had herself authored the more tough legislations dealing with sex crimes." According to Epstein, this prosecutor determined the women were not victims but willing participants.
He writes that she noted the women knew where they were going, were often driven to his house by their own family members or boyfriends who waited outside, and even encouraged their friends to go. He attributes the following direct quote to this state attorney:
“There are no real victims here. The girls knew they were going to a house in Palm Beach, they had their boyfriends or family members drive them to the house and wait outside, and then they encouraged their friends to go.”
This claim is foundational to his entire narrative, as it attempts to dismantle the core allegation against him by suggesting that the primary state-level investigator saw no genuine crime of victimization.
Epstein describes the non-prosecution agreement not as a lenient deal, but as a bizarre and coercive ultimatum. Crucially, he claims this federal intervention came only after a state grand jury had already investigated the matter and returned a much milder verdict of "Solicitation of Prostitution"—a non-registrable offense that carried only mandatory probation. It was against this backdrop, he argues, that federal prosecutors with no valid case forced him to accept a highly unusual state-level plea with punitive terms.
According to his account, he was required to accept the following conditions:
- His own defense team had to petition the state attorney to increase the grand jury's charge to a more severe pimping charge, which mandated sex offender registration.
- He had to agree to an 18-month jail sentence.
- He was required to pay a minimum of $50,000 each to women on a secret list, whose identities would only be revealed to him after he was already in jail.
- He had to pay for a government-selected attorney to represent these same women in potential civil lawsuits against him.
The terms were so unheard of that they allegedly stunned his own high-powered legal team.
With what the newspapers had called a dream team, each and every lawyer, when they saw the result of the negotiations, said with incredulity, “We have never seen anything like this before”.
Central to Epstein's defense is the argument that there was simply no federal crime to prosecute. He claims his legal team—which he names as including former Solicitor General Ken Starr and law professor Alan Dershowitz—was unanimous in this assessment. All alleged actions and all individuals involved were based entirely in Florida, with no interstate travel taking place.
https://x.com/ADanielHill
https://cybermidnight.club
770 episodes
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