Jeffrey Epstein revisionism
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 5:43 am
[Mod note: Split from viewtopic.php?t=718 as the discussion has veered away from the Holocaust connection and more into Epstein revisionism]
Tracey's point is that Epstein's plea deal wasn't a result of leniency, but practically. A trial against Epstein was likely to fail (according to state and federal prosecutors). They had no strong witnesses willing to testify; many girls admitted to telling Epstein they were 18. Most were reluctant to testify; some were embarrassed and didn't want their parents to find out. Many girls simply liked Epstein. This is detailed in the 2020 OPR report, which journalists ignore for the most part, in favour of the argument that he just 'got off' because he was wealthy.
Epstein's lawyers had gathered the girls social media posts about sex and shoplifting. They found their criminal records. Many of them were working as strippers prior to meeting Epstein. Prosecutors felt these young women would simply collapse under cross examination and Epstein would be acquitted. It's quite possible, given Florida was prosecuting teen prostitutes at the time.
The Epstein mythology isn't about his own offending with underage girls. The mythology is that he was involving 'the elites'. But none of the girls from the original palm beach police case ever alleged the involvement of other men, cameras, or blackmail.
These more sordid allegations only arose years later... which should be a red flag given his 2019 arrest was for offending in the same period (2002 - 2005)
Allegations about Epstein mutated beginning in 2010 all the way up until his 2019 arrest. Most of this was due to one accuser – Virginia Giuffre, a fabulist and perjurer. In 2011, she was looking for a book deal. A DailyMail journalist told her to throw in the name of Alan Dershowitz into her memoir, writing "we think he's a pedo although no evidence, you probably met him". A few years later, Giuffre files a lawsuit claiming she was raped by Dershowitz on 6 occasions. After 8 years of describing these rapes in graphic detail, she dropped the whole thing in 2022 and claims she made a "mistake" in identifying him.
In her 2011 FBI interview, Giuffre could not recall ever having sex with Andrew on Epstein island, but by 2015 she suddenly has full recall of an orgy with 8 underage girls. You can find dozens of these major changes in her story. It's on Irene Zisblatt's level.
The media have just run with all of Giuffre's absurd allegations and it snowballed into a massive hysteria. The real Epstein story is a lot more boring. After Epstein's 2008 conviction he made sure to only date models over the age of 18. Some of these women are now claiming they were 'trafficked', despite being in his orbit for 8 years while he paid all their expenses, and have filed lawsuits against Bank of America for "enabling" this abuse. It's a manufactured mass hysteria that has enabled a ~1 billion wealth extraction industry, with 30% to lawyers.
To be fair to Tracey, he accepts that Epstein received sexual massages for cash with teen girls, between 2002 and 2005.I remember seeing a documentary on the Palm Beach charges and I found it to be absolutely damning. Tracey seems to be ignoring that people often get charges that are far less than what they are actually guilty of.
Tracey's point is that Epstein's plea deal wasn't a result of leniency, but practically. A trial against Epstein was likely to fail (according to state and federal prosecutors). They had no strong witnesses willing to testify; many girls admitted to telling Epstein they were 18. Most were reluctant to testify; some were embarrassed and didn't want their parents to find out. Many girls simply liked Epstein. This is detailed in the 2020 OPR report, which journalists ignore for the most part, in favour of the argument that he just 'got off' because he was wealthy.
Epstein's lawyers had gathered the girls social media posts about sex and shoplifting. They found their criminal records. Many of them were working as strippers prior to meeting Epstein. Prosecutors felt these young women would simply collapse under cross examination and Epstein would be acquitted. It's quite possible, given Florida was prosecuting teen prostitutes at the time.
The Epstein mythology isn't about his own offending with underage girls. The mythology is that he was involving 'the elites'. But none of the girls from the original palm beach police case ever alleged the involvement of other men, cameras, or blackmail.
These more sordid allegations only arose years later... which should be a red flag given his 2019 arrest was for offending in the same period (2002 - 2005)
Allegations about Epstein mutated beginning in 2010 all the way up until his 2019 arrest. Most of this was due to one accuser – Virginia Giuffre, a fabulist and perjurer. In 2011, she was looking for a book deal. A DailyMail journalist told her to throw in the name of Alan Dershowitz into her memoir, writing "we think he's a pedo although no evidence, you probably met him". A few years later, Giuffre files a lawsuit claiming she was raped by Dershowitz on 6 occasions. After 8 years of describing these rapes in graphic detail, she dropped the whole thing in 2022 and claims she made a "mistake" in identifying him.
In her 2011 FBI interview, Giuffre could not recall ever having sex with Andrew on Epstein island, but by 2015 she suddenly has full recall of an orgy with 8 underage girls. You can find dozens of these major changes in her story. It's on Irene Zisblatt's level.
The media have just run with all of Giuffre's absurd allegations and it snowballed into a massive hysteria. The real Epstein story is a lot more boring. After Epstein's 2008 conviction he made sure to only date models over the age of 18. Some of these women are now claiming they were 'trafficked', despite being in his orbit for 8 years while he paid all their expenses, and have filed lawsuits against Bank of America for "enabling" this abuse. It's a manufactured mass hysteria that has enabled a ~1 billion wealth extraction industry, with 30% to lawyers.