Epstein Secrets

CAITLIN OSTROFF Miami Herald MIAMI More than two dozen lawmakers are demanding an inves- ligation into possible misconduct by US. Secretary of Labor Alexan- der Acosta, who, as a former federal prosecutor in Miami, helped broker a secret plea deal for a multimillionaire accused of running an underage sex trafficking

80 possible victims, most of them 13 to 16 years old. Several of them, now in thei late 20s and early 30s, told the Herald that they felt betrayed by Acos- ta and other prosecutors who failed to treat them as victims and labeled them as prostitutes — even though they were under the age of consent. Acosta,

2 The Virgin Islands Daily News ~ Courtney Wild, 30, was a victim of serial sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein beginning at the age of 14. Epstein paid Wild, and many other underage

utors broke law in Epstein sex case By JULIE K. BROWN Miami Herald MIAMI — A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexan- der Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex traf- ficker and concealed it from more than 30 of hi

is own sexual gratifica- tion, but also for the sexual gratifica- tion of others." Instead of prosecuting Epstein under federal sex trafficking laws, Acosta, then the U.S. attorney in Mi- ami, helped negotiate a nonprosecu- tion agreement that gave Epstein and his co-conspirators immunity from federal pro

6 The Virgin Islands Daily News VIRGIN ISLANDS Friday, February 22, 2019 Judge: Prosecutors broke law in Epstein sex case By JULIE K. BROWN Miami Herald MIAMI — A judge ruled Thursd

e United States of America,” a federal lawsuit that alleges Epstein’s federal non- prosecution agreement was illegal. Federal prosecutors, including Acosta, not only broke the law, the women contend in court documents, but they conspired with Epstein and his lawyers to circumvent public scrutiny and dece

16 The Virgin Islands Daily News PERVERSION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 60 of them are now scattered around the country and abroad, Eight of them agreed to be inter- viewed, on or off