I own a copy of Julie K Brown's Perversion of Justice. I am debating about how much to share because I think people who write books, music, and other creative (even if non-fiction) works should be fairly paid for their work. But...I will share some of the highlights of what I have learned from her book, many of which will dispel some misinformation that is out there.
First, the contention that only one victim has asserted that she was passed around to other famous and not so famous men. Turns out to be absolutely 100% false. MANY of the victims reported they were coerced into sex not only with Epstein, but with various of Epstein's friends and acquaintances.
The lead detective and his supervisor both went on the record for Ms Brown's book and reporting. The lead detective shared the case files with Ms Brown, including the victim's statements. This is how we know that there is not just one victim that claims to have been passed around to other men, but many of them reported the exact same thing. According to the lead detective who directly took their statements and according to the words contained on those official police records.
The lead detective gave Ms Brown much information regarding how utterly and shockingly compromised the State Attorney's office was. I haven't gotten around to any discussion about the Federal prosecutor, but we know what happened there, and I won't be surprised if the detectives shared their experiences with Federal prosecutors as much as they shared their experiences with the State prosecutors. The details are pretty wild. Just for one example, Epstein and his lawyers were given all the details of the investigation (it's not difficult at all to tell WHO leaked them - the lead State Attorney, that's who), which girls talked, what they said, etc. Most of those girls promptly disappeared and refused to talk to the detective any further after they received phone calls from Epstein thugs who threatened them and their families, etc. There are some juicy details about Dershowitz involvement. I will share one quote from Detective Recarey (lead detective on the case). "Dershowitz flew down to Florida and met with Krischer (lead prosecutor) privately, and the shenanigans that happened afterwards I don't think I've ever seen or ever heard of anywhere else".
The threats from Epstein's hired thugs and Dershowitz are the reason we haven't and probably won't ever have any prosecutions of any of the other men (and women) who gained access to underage girls for purposes of sex due to the fact they were recruited for sex with Epstein and Epstein apparently liked to share the goods. Many of the girls were so scared they either changed their stories or just plain cut and run and refused to ever talk to anyone else about Epstein. One of the girls was so shaken because she knew the only two people who knew of her statement was Recarey and Kirscher, and she subsequently got a phone call from an Epstein associate who repeated to her, almost word for word, her statement. She was absolutely terrified. She was also willing to tell the detective that she was given two alternatives - help "Jeffrey" regarding the investigation and you will be rewarded, hurt him and you will be sorry. Then she exited stage left never to be heard from again regarding this case.
The bottom line is these girls/young women found out in a hurry that they were dealing with very powerful people and they were not going to come out on the winning side on this. Keep in mind it is appropriate to refer to them as "girls" at this point in the story, as many of them were still pretty young during the part of the investigation that I'm relating. Not only were the victims threatened, but in the early days there were reporters that started to work in this story who were also threatened. I don't recall their names, but they are also on the record, by name, in Ms Brown's book.
The story about how the State Attorney's office was so utterly compromised is both as old as dirt, with some interesting twists thrown in. Epstein was a major Democratic donor and Palm Beach County is the bluest of the blue to be found in Florida. But, he also had many Republican friends as well, and when it came to the Federal prosecution, well, that's where his proximity to Republicans helped him escape justice with Acosta, who had his eye on a seat on the Supreme Court (can you imagine
I think we all knew that already though, but just in case some of you weren't aware of that scary detail).Ok, that's enough to whet the appetite. I too tired tonight to post any more, but stay tuned, I will share some more of the juicy tidbits from time to time.
But I would also like to encourage anyone who is truly interested in the details of this case that come from probably the most reliable source - the very detectives that tried their best to bring this man to justice - BUY THIS BOOK if you haven't already. I am willing to share some stuff, but I think it's not appropriate or fair to Ms Brown for me to share too much. She is an excellent writer and this is quite the sordid tale. A great read though.
