'Today is a day of power and strength': Epstein victims testify weeks after his death

Record ID: 1428814

  • Title: 'Today is a day of power and strength': Epstein victims testify weeks after his death
  • Date: 27th August 2019
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 27, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ALLEGED VICTIMS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN WALKING WITH ATTORNEY GLORIA ALLRED OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE SURROUNDED BY MEDIA WITH ALLEGED VICTIM OF EPSTEIN, TEALA DAVIES, TELLING POLICE TO 'PLEASE STAY CLOSE' ALLRED WALKING DOWN COURTHOUSE STEPS WITH ALLEGED VICTIMS OF EPSTEIN
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2019 19:46
  • Keywords: Epstein Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking jail suicide MCC
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ATZV687
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A succession of women who say Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom on Tuesday (August 27), expressing raw emotions during a dramatic hearing less than three weeks after the financier killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
    "Today is a day of power and strength," said Teala Davies, an alleged Epstein victim, outside of the courthouse after a hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Berman that lasted about 2-1/2 hours.
    Federal prosecutors appeared at the hearing to ask the judge to formally dismiss their case against Epstein. One after another, the accusers then detailed Epstein's actions against them years ago. In all, 16 women testified, including six who did so without giving their names, and lawyers read statements from seven other women.
    Epstein, who once counted U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton as friends, was arrested on July 6 and pleaded not guilty to federal charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of girls as young as 14.
    The 66-year-old was found dead Aug. 10 in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Lower Manhattan. An autopsy concluded that he hanged himself.
    (Production: Andrew Hofstetter / Roselle Chen)
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