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In 2002, I was assigned to write a profile of Jeffrey Epstein for Vanity Fair. This was that piece. But what was published was far from the whole story. vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/j…
I uncovered many concrete, irrefutable examples of strange business practices and it soon became quite clear: Jeffrey Epstein was most certainly not who and what he claimed to be.
I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his suspicious business activities. The thing I noticed was that he was *much* more focused on another topic: He would ask me again and again, “What do you have on the girls?”
I did indeed have something “on the girls”—three remarkably brave first-person accounts from a mother and her two daughters about how Epstein had tried to seduce both daughters, the younger sister then only 16.
After I filed the piece, I was told that Graydon Carter was cutting the testimony of Maria Farmer, her mother, and her sister from the piece, erasing all mention of these brave women who had come forward with their stories of abuse.
I confronted Graydon, asking why he was doing something that seemed so clear to me to be so wrong.
“He’s sensitive about the young women” was his answer.
“He’s sensitive about the young women” was his answer.
I have thought often about the fact that if my piece had been published in full—with the names and stories of these women—the FBI may have come after Epstein sooner and perhaps some of his victims would have been saved.
The thing about Jeffrey Epstein is that people KNEW this. See Trump’s comment back in 2002 about Epstein liking “beautiful women…many of them on the younger side.”
From Page Six in March 2016: “When the Russian girls arrive in the city, they already have Jeffrey’s phone number.” pagesix.com/2016/03/08/jef…
For years, Jeffrey Epstein operated in plain sight. He was untouchable. His money and connections bought him the ability to evade justice.
Jeffrey Epstein’s friendships are not insignificant. They are a BIG part of this story. He has been insulated by those he could be capable of taking down. miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…
Epstein is connected to Bill Barr:
Epstein is connected to Trump Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta:
I urge you to back and read @jkbjournalist’s 3-part series “Perversion of Justice” that started all of this. It is a stunning expose on this egregious miscarriage of justice: miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
If you thought #MeToo was powerful, just wait for the fallout from this. There is more yet to come. I promise you that.
I tried to expose Jeffrey Epstein for what he is and I was silenced. Everyone who knew about Epstein was—silenced by people with more money and power and influence. Now that silence is over. It’s time for the truth to see the light.
There are some injustices that maybe only time can right. And that time has now arrived.
