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Report: Feds Probe Executors of Epstein's Estate

Sources say investigators are looking into legal entities used to mask Epstein's activities

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing the two men who helped run Jeffrey Epstein's world—and now oversee what's left of it. The Wall Street Journal , citing "people familiar with the matter," reports that Manhattan prosecutors have quietly launched an investigation into Epstein's longtime lawyer, Darren Indyke,...

Women Sue Epstein Estate Over Child Porn Pics

Proposed class action seeks damages, notification program for others found in alleged seized photos

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's estate is facing a new lawsuit that targets what accusers call one of his least-addressed crimes: his alleged trove of child sexual abuse images. Filed in federal court in Manhattan, the proposed class action comes from two women identified as "Jane Doe" and "Amy,"...

House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Probe

Justice Department will take up the issue next

(Newser) - The House approved a resolution Wednesday holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for his noncompliance with subpoenas as part of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The matter now is being referred to the Department of Justice, which will decide whether to pursue a criminal prosecution of Black, per the...

Epstein Survivor Exposes Cultish Control, Money Scheme

Wall Street Journal reports how Julia Molchanova's name was used to set up accounts

(Newser) - When Julia Molchanova opened a credit-monitoring app in 2019, she says it revealed something she hadn't fully grasped: Jeffrey Epstein, she says, had been using her name to facilitate his sex trafficking. In a detailed piece for the Wall Street Journal , Khadeeja Safdar reports that Molchanova, a Russian design...

Billionaire Skips Epstein Deposition, Sues Congress

Leon Black challenges subpoenas seeking NDAs in House probe

(Newser) - Leon Black didn't just skip his House deposition on Jeffrey Epstein—he sued Congress instead. The billionaire Apollo Global Management founder refused to appear for a scheduled interview Thursday with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, filing a federal lawsuit that calls the committee's subpoenas for his...

About That Eyes Wide Shut Conspiracy Theory...

Director Stanley Kubrick's daughter rejects rumors that 20 minutes of darker footage was cut from film

(Newser) - Stanley Kubrick's daughter would like the internet to stand down. Vivian Kubrick has weighed in on the long-running claim that 20 damning minutes were secretly cut from Eyes Wide Shut after her father's death, a theory that folds in everything from a child sex ring to Jeffrey Epstein,...

Judge: Ghislaine Maxwell's Bid for Freedom Is 'Meritless'

Federal judge rejects legal argument of Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell just hit another legal dead end. A federal judge in New York on Tuesday refused to overturn her conviction and 20-year sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, reports Reuters . Maxwell made the case that her conviction was a miscarriage of justice, but US District Judge...

New Mexico Sues DOJ, Blanche Over Epstein Probe

State accuses feds of stonewalling investigation of sex crimes at Zorro Ranch

(Newser) - The state of New Mexico sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, saying the federal government blocked the state's ability to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes at a ranch there. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, said the Justice...

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How a Legal Powerhouse Took on Trump, Then Rolled Over

Law firm Paul Weiss went from years of progressive victories to giving him free legal work

(Newser) - One of New York's most storied law firms, long known for taking on President Trump, has now become a case study in how corporate ambition can collide with institutional ideals, reports the New York Times . The investigation traces how Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison—once celebrated for civil...

Senate Unanimously Opposes Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon

Democratic senator says she wanted to get both parties on the record

(Newser) - The Senate just told the White House, in unison, to keep its hands off Ghislaine Maxwell's sentence. In a unanimous voice vote Wednesday, senators approved a resolution opposing any presidential pardon or clemency for Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate serving 20 years for sex trafficking-related crimes, the Hill reports....

'Devastating' Findings at Epstein's Former School

Report details decades of sex abuse allegations at Michigan's Interlochen Center for the Arts

(Newser) - A Michigan arts boarding school once linked to Jeffrey Epstein is now confronting a much wider history of abuse. A new, 97-page independent report finds that about 70 former students at the Interlochen Center for the Arts say they were sexually abused by 47 adults connected to the school between...

Sarah Ferguson's Charity Is Gone for Good

Former duchess' organization couldn't recover from Epstein fallout

(Newser) - Sarah Ferguson's short-lived charity has shut its doors for good. Sarah's Trust, founded in 2020 and focused on humanitarian and environmental causes, has been officially removed from the UK charities register, reports the BBC . The move comes after the organization announced in February it would temporarily close as...

Model Scout With Close Epstein Links Found Dead

Daniel Siad arranged for sex offender to meet models

(Newser) - A longtime model scout with deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead outside Paris. Daniel Siad, whose name appears more than 2,000 times in US Justice Department files related to the sex offender, was discovered at his home in the suburb of Colombes on Monday, a Nanterre...

Comedian: My Trump Sex Trafficking Joke Got Cut

Whitney Cummings says the Netflix version of her Mark Twain Prize set was sanitized

(Newser) - Whitney Cummings says the joke she really wanted in the Mark Twain Prize broadcast is the one viewers won't hear. On her Good for You podcast, Cummings said a punchline tying President Trump to "sex traffic"—a nod to his past association with Jeffrey Epstein—was cut...

Review Finds Gates Foundation Wasn't Tied to Epstein Crimes

Outside probe does note Bill Gates, other leaders met with Epstein 30 times from 2011 to 2014

(Newser) - A new review clears the Gates Foundation of playing any role in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, though it comes with notable caveats. Law firm WilmerHale, hired by the $90 billion philanthropy, said it found no sign the foundation knew about or joined in Epstein's criminal activities, and no evidence...

House Dem Launches New Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein

Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to know if late sex offender was an unregistered foreign agent

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's name is resurfacing on Capitol Hill, this time with a national security twist. Rep. Jamie Raskin on Thursday announced a new probe into whether the disgraced financier operated as an unregistered foreign agent for multiple governments, reports CNN . In a Monday letter to the Justice and State...

Epstein Victims Say Blanche Was 'Condescending'

AG nominee admits meeting pushed by Tillis was 'not all cordial'

(Newser) - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche walked into a meeting Thursday with Jeffrey Epstein's victims; he walked out with their pointed opposition to his nomination as permanent AG still intact. The sit-down, pushed by GOP Sen. Thom Tillis as a condition for supporting Blanche's nomination to be attorney general,...

Warren Buffett Talks About Cutting Off Gates Foundation

Says Bill Gates' Epstein association was 'distasteful,' but 'no one bats one thousand'

(Newser) - Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday that his decision to cut the Gates Foundation out of his charitable giving is more about believing his three kids are ready to handle giving away his entire fortune than it is about Bill Gates ' ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett told...

Goldman's Former Top Lawyer Says Epstein Duped Her

Ruemmler tells House panel that he was a 'masterful liar'

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs' former top lawyer says she now sees Jeffrey Epstein as something she missed: "a masterful liar" who used her to burnish his image. In closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee, Kathryn Ruemmler, White House counsel to Barack Obama, said that during the years she knew him,...

Amid Epstein Scrutiny, Buffett Breaks a Promise to Bill Gates

Billionaire chooses not to donate to Gates Foundation after 20 years

(Newser) - Warren Buffett just rewrote one of philanthropy's biggest relationships. The 95-year-old Berkshire Hathaway chief has halted giving to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ending nearly 20 years of major donations after fresh scrutiny of Bill Gates' past ties to Jeffrey Epstein . In his latest annual pledge, Buffett said...

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