I disagree.
Only a few of them sued to over turn the federal Agreement, and only after their lawyers realized that Epstein was worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
5-10 new females were ultimately added to the Cash Compensation settlement.
A public trial would mean that each young woman would have to admit there was no coercion, that they lied about their age, and that they willingly accepted market rate payment for sex.
Ultimately, Epstein pleaded guilty to exactly the crime he committed...
Soliciting under age females for prostitution.
In closing...
I have no idea how any federal judge could allow Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein to be indicted for Trafficking when there is ZERO evidence of coercion.
Prostitution is happening in every city, every state, every country...and be assured many are underaged runaways...
Epstein had something that others didn't/don't have...name recognition. They made him an example. In the end...it was about grabbing his money and giving these prostitutes a big "tip".
Nope. Everyone in PBC new about Epstein’s net worth way before the girl’s filed suit to overturn the plea. The girls’ attorneys were local but sophisticated with national reputations. There was never going to be a trial but, you are right, it would have been ugly. The reason why there would be no trial is that the prosecution would have shown a pattern of behavior/habit of having the young masseuses that were unlicensed and in HS or thereabouts. When the big name defense lawyers got the Feds involved it was all about a universal plea. Unfortunately for Maxwell and other Epstein employees the S. FLorida US atty could only bind his district and not the entire country to immunity, which was part of the plea deal.
The unfortunate part is that Epstein didn’t learn his lesson and ramped up his girl activity after discharge from first case. Keep in mind that Trump, and likely B Clinton, got out of the Epstein’s world around 2004 - before the 1st criminal case ramped up. Randy Andy and his lovely wife did not, he came back for more. The cash and settlements fly about because of round 2.
Everything changed about 2018 when the Miami Herald story broke. This also led to all the settlements, some with the girls’ original attorneys but it really ramped up with Bois. And then you get NDAs up the wazoo. Why the banks settled is a bigger mystery to me than why Epstein/attys did during round 1. The only way you explain the banks caving is media exposure - at least to me.