On November 28, 2018, the Miami Herald published a sensational true story titled "Perversion of Justice."
She uncovered one of the biggest judicial scandals in modern US history. Behind this series stands investigative journalist Julie Knipe Brown, who spent over a year pursuing the truth that the financial and political elite tried to bury.
The story began in 2005, when the Palm Beach police in Florida received a complaint from a 14-year-old girl who accused billionaire Jeffrey Epstein of sexually exploiting her in his luxurious mansion... It soon became clear that dozens of girls - often minors from poor or troubled backgrounds - had fallen victim to an organized criminal system: Epstein lured them with promises of money and assistance, then sexually exploited them, and made them recruit others into a "pyramid network" of sexual exploitation.
But in 2007-2008, Epstein struck a stunning secret deal with South Florida federal prosecutor Alexander Acosta (who later became Trump's Secretary of Labor), in which Epstein pleaded guilty to two minor state crimes (prostitution) and received a symbolic sentence: 13 months in a local jail with daily work release, and a non-prosecution agreement protecting him and his associates from any future federal charges. The deal was secret, and the victims were not informed of it, which
This violates federal law.
The case remained closed for years, despite sporadic media reports. But in late 2016, while Acosta was a candidate for Minister of Labor, journalist Julie Brown asked: How could a man accused of exploiting dozens of underage girls get such a deal?
Brown began her hard work:
I read thousands of pages of partially redacted court documents.
She searched for the victims one by one, traveling across the states.
United, and faced difficulties and risks.
I spoke to more than 60 women (out of approximately 80 identified)
Later), they suffered from shock, shame, and fear.
She revealed how Epstein used private investigators to intimidate victims, and how a powerful team of lawyers (including Alan) helped him.
Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr) in manipulating the system.
On November 28, 2018, investigative journalist Julie K. Brown published the three-part series "Distorting the Enemy," with follow-up articles.
Part One: A deal cooked up in secret.
It focuses on how prosecutor Alexander Acosta struck a secret deal with Epstein in a clandestine meeting at the Marriott Hotel in West Palm
Beach.
Part Two: Brutal Interrogations of Troubled Girls. It reveals how the Palm Beach Police Department was obstructed in its efforts to indict Epstein. Former Police Chief Michael Reiter recounts how prosecutors refused to sign search warrants and how Epstein's private investigators used surveillance on officers and gathered information to discredit them.
Part Three: Focuses on the broader aspect of the investigation, including the role of Epstein's powerful lawyers (such as Alan Dershowitz), and how Epstein exploited underage girls in a hierarchical system to recruit more victims, with details about the victims and the impact of the deal on their lives.
The result was a media explosion:
⬅️The story spread on social media.
Federal authorities in New York have reopened the investigation.
⬅️In July 2019, Epstein was arrested on charges of sex trafficking of minors.
⬅️Acosta resigned from his position as Minister of Labor a few days later.
⬅️Epstein died in prison in August 2019 (official version: he committed suicide).
Julie Brown became a symbol of investigative journalism, receiving prestigious awards such as the George Polk Award, and authoring a book titled
"Perversion of Justice: The Story of Jeffrey Epstein"
Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story... In her interviews, she said, "The real heroes are the victims who dared to speak out," despite the pressure and imposed silence.
They have been under their control for years.
