Mr. Epstein was required to register as a sex offender and pay restitution to some of the young women , but the agreement shut down the F.B.I. This denied the young women an opportunity to appear at Mr. Epstein’s sentencing hearing. It was a betrayal of countless young women — the full tally of Mr. Epstein’s victims remains unknown — who’d already had their bodies violated and their innocence destroyed. If even a fraction of the accusations against him are true, Mr. Epstein was no ordinary predator. One victim has recalled that Mr. Epstein praising her as “pure” — she was 14 at the time — before molesting her.

Source: New York Times March 01, 2019 16:07 UTC