Women Speak Out Against Epstein In Court

August 27, 2019 3:34 am

NEW YORK (AP) – More than a dozen women who call themselves survivors have spoken out in court about sexual abuse they say they’ve suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein.  The emotional two-and-a-half-hour testimony Tuesday came weeks after the 66-year-old financier killed himself in a New York jail cell while awaiting his sex trafficking trial.  The extraordinary court hearing was called by the judge presiding over Epstein’s trial. He set the hearing after prosecutors asked that he scrap charges against Epstein since the defendant is dead.  Many of the women said this was the closest they’d come to getting their day in court.  Most remained composed but several cried as they described falling into Epstein’s web.  His death left some of them angry, others sad and one of them described her relief that he was gone and could abuse no others.