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In reply to the discussion: There is NO such thing as "CHILD PROSTITUTES". That term implies [View all]Wiz Imp
(6,937 posts)40. Acosta did not use it.
However, The Palm Beach County prosecutors did refer to Epstein's victims as prostitutes.
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2019/11/20/jeffrey-epstein-case-to-epsteins-first-prosecutors-victims-were-prostitutes/2250510007/
Jeffrey Epstein case: To Epsteins first prosecutors, victims were prostitutes
Krischer acted as if Epsteins teenage accusers were prostitutes who eagerly sold their bodies to buy clothes at the mall instead of treating them like high school girls who said they had been sexually assaulted by a man four decades their senior.
Krischer decided he didn't believe them, but based on a review of the state attorneys investigative files, no one from Krischer's office ever interviewed the girls or their parents. His lead prosecutor declared more than once that there were no victims in the case, according to documents obtained by The Post.
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Prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek peppered the girl with questions about her social media pages, the sources said. The girls MySpace account, supplied to prosecutors by Epsteins lawyers, portrayed her drinking liquor with boys and talking about sex.
The girls MySpace postings took center stage with Belohlavek channeling Epsteins attorneys, sources familiar with the grand jury proceedings told The Post. Recarey said he wasnt surprised the grand jury didnt indict Epstein on serious sex crime charges because Belohlavek had tipped her hand. As she was preparing the case, she made a startling observation. There are no victims here, he recalled the veteran sex crimes prosecutor telling him.
Krischer acted as if Epsteins teenage accusers were prostitutes who eagerly sold their bodies to buy clothes at the mall instead of treating them like high school girls who said they had been sexually assaulted by a man four decades their senior.
Krischer decided he didn't believe them, but based on a review of the state attorneys investigative files, no one from Krischer's office ever interviewed the girls or their parents. His lead prosecutor declared more than once that there were no victims in the case, according to documents obtained by The Post.
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Prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek peppered the girl with questions about her social media pages, the sources said. The girls MySpace account, supplied to prosecutors by Epsteins lawyers, portrayed her drinking liquor with boys and talking about sex.
The girls MySpace postings took center stage with Belohlavek channeling Epsteins attorneys, sources familiar with the grand jury proceedings told The Post. Recarey said he wasnt surprised the grand jury didnt indict Epstein on serious sex crime charges because Belohlavek had tipped her hand. As she was preparing the case, she made a startling observation. There are no victims here, he recalled the veteran sex crimes prosecutor telling him.
Absolutely disgusting
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Yep. Palm Beach County state Prosecutor Barry Krischer was apparently just an awful person
Wiz Imp
Sep 4
#86
Trump has called the Epstein debacle a hoax. Others call the survivors child prostitutes. Where is the
OLDMDDEM
Sep 4
#3
"Underage women" is only ever used to mean, "that girl child that was raped." For boys, they say, "young man"
Scrivener7
Sep 4
#53
Right. Humans under 17 have no legal standing as "adult," nevermind "prostitute," which is inherently adult.
ancianita
Sep 4
#31
There are no "alternative" facts (child prostitutes") in this case Republicans
Stargazer99
Sep 4
#39
I wrote a poem about this subject -- for a friend who experienced it (trigger warning)
malthaussen
Sep 4
#72