Accused of turning a blind eye to suspicious cash withdrawals and legal settlements conducted on behalf of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Deutsche Bank reached a $150 million settlement with New York regulators on Tuesday.
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Federal prosecutors on Sunday asked a judge to schedule a Friday court appearance in New York for Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate, to face charges she helped him recruit women to sexually abuse.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite whom many women have accused of helping groom underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested and charged Thursday in New York on six charges tied to that conspiracy.
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Once an informal adviser to President Donald Trump and later a witness for the Mueller probe, George Nader was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for possession of child pornography and transporting a minor into the United States for sex.
Read moreA federal judge denied Jane Doe’s claim for punitive damages against the executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for alleged sexual assault. New York and U.S. Virgin Islands laws bar recovery of punitive damages against a decedent tortfeasor’s estate.
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U.S. prosecutors and attorneys for Britain’s Prince Andrew sniped at one another across the Atlantic on Monday, each saying the other side was to blame for the duke’s failure to participate in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking probe.
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A lawyer fighting for victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring wants a second chance to convince the 11th Circuit that prosecutors violated federal law by keeping the wealthy financier’s plea arrangement concealed from the girls he abused.
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Three Texas lawsuits claiming Facebook is a breeding ground for sex traffickers, brought by women who say as juveniles they were coerced into prostitution by men who contacted them on Facebook and Instagram, survived a motion to dismiss by the social media company.
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Victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring were denied relief Tuesday in the 11th Circuit, where an appellate panel stonewalled attempts to throw out a nonprosecution deal that gives immunity to the wealthy financier’s aides.
Read moreThe federal judge who holds the key to secret records concerning the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein refused Tuesday afternoon to approve a monthlong delay in the case.
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After federal prosecutors in New York revealed Britain’s Prince Andrew will not cooperate with the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, experts called their surprise rebuke of the royal family member extraordinarily rare.
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Convicted cult leader Keith Raniere demanded a new trial Monday, arguing that witnesses in his 2019 Brooklyn federal trial, including two his assault victims, lied about their plans to sue him civilly.
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R. Kelly took a swing Friday at the top count of his federal indictment, accusing the government of trying to push sexual assault allegations that are too old to prosecute.
Read moreA woman seeks punitive damages from La Luz del Mundo, claiming she was “enslaved, trafficked, and sexually abused by (its) leaders,” and that the religious organization “has made the economic and sexual exploitation of children and others a centerpiece of its operations for decades,” in L.A. Federal Court.
Read moreJane Doe, a developmentally disabled minor, sued Scores Gentlemen’s Club, et al. on 16 counts, including sexual abuse of a minor, negligence and unjust enrichment.
Read moreThe New York Times sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons in federal court for information on the procedures followed in housing Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correction Center, including his being placed on and taken off suicide watch, and video footage.
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The pressure on Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew increased Tuesday after the revelation by U.S. authorities that he has failed to cooperate with the FBI investigation into his ties with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Read moreJane Doe sued Ghislaine Maxwell and the estate of Jeffrey Epstein in federal court, claiming, among other things, that Epstein introduced her to Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago when she was 14, told Trump, “This is a good one, right?” and that “Trump smiled and nodded in agreement,” after which Epstein sexually molested her repeatedly.
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