A woman who was trafficked from Cape Town to Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the Caribbean and ranch in New Mexico says her entrapment was more than physical.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43162091

A woman who was trafficked from Cape Town to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean and ranch in New Mexico says her entrapment was more than physical.

Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking ring extended all the way to Africa’s southern coast - held together by the invisible chains of psychological bondage that kept his victims ensnared for years at a time.

“Invisible chains is a good way to put it, it was like I was handcuffed invisibly,” says 43-year-old Juliette Bryant.

“I’d never even told my family, I never told anyone about what happened with him until he died.”

  • OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world
    2·
    36 minutes ago

    Its so weird in our timeline seeing certain celebs get cancelled for so much as a whiff of bad news while others can continue to be a president.

    Like at the end of the day, wtf? How the hell is the West starting to look worse than Russia and China?

  • santa@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    2 hours ago

    If crimes go unpunished, we need a serious overhaul of our “Justice system”.

    If there are two-tiers of justice, that isn’t justice — it is corruption with a mask.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    56·
    7 hours ago

    The fact they’re trying to really claim only two people committed crimes is fucking insane.

    And it’s not just trump, the prosecution started before Obama was in office, and they’ve known about more people for 20 years.

    But everyone who sees that list suddenly decides not to prosecute anyone else.

    Either because they’re all protecting wealthy people, or more likely everyone that gets the blackmail material decides they’d rather use it as blackmail themselves rather than bring anyone to justice.

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
      5·
      4 hours ago

      Also the powerful women outside of Maxwell need to be called out. Something this prolific doesn’t happen without powerful women using thier presence as a way to placate victims.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        1·
        1 hour ago

        When Epstein cut his sweetheart deal on 2008, one of the specifications was immunity for all of his co-conspirators. They’re all off the hook.

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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      6 hours ago

      Epstein could not have done as much harm as he did, had it only been two people. There are so many moving pieces to an operation at that scale, and so many must have been complicit. From direct coconspirators to enablers, even the networks of enablers who knew enough by association and still did nothing. People knew Epstein was no good but didn’t care.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        5 hours ago

        And we’d be idiots to believe he was the only one or everyone else suddenly quit.

        Everything Epstein did at his worst is still being done right now. And the same people aren’t speaking up.

        But going after who we know was connected to Epstein, gets them to snitch on others. That’s the real reason no one gets prosecuted, they’ll keep uncovering new monsters and then investigating them.

        The people who’ve had the access to these files for 20 years legitimately don’t know where it will end up. And I think that’s the real reason no one will do anything. It’s basically a button to blow up the current world order and anyone in the position to push it, has too much to lose personally from pressing it.

        That’s all the more reason someone needs to push the button tho.

        If we don’t actually flush these people out of power, they’re gonna keep doing what they’ve always done.