What happened: Survivors are suing Epstein’s estate over the handling of images of them as chldren, while the lawsuit revisits what investigators found — and missed — in Palm Beach.
Background: The lawsuit was filed Sept. 15, in federal court in New York by two anonymous women who say images of them as chldren were part of Epstein’s collection.
They are seeking to represent more than 40 people depicted in the material. The complaint alleges Epstein’s abuse of chldren through images stretched back decades, including activity at his Palm Beach residence.
when law enforcement searched Epstein’s Palm Beach home after his first arrest in the mid-2000s, his computers were conspicuously missing, with wires left dangling as if the devices had been removed in a rush. The complaint says investigators were told Epstein’s attorneys or other agents had the computers.
But efforts to access the computers during the Florida investigation were abandoned after Epstein entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
No access to the computers was provided at the time, according to the lawsuit.
The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.
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Source: official sources including CBS12 News.
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