Epstein Victim Lawyer Gloria Allred Drops Shock Stat: 'More Than An Estimated 1,000' Epstein Victims

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During a press conference alongside Epstein-survivor Alicia Arden, attorney Gloria Allred, who has represented many of Epstein's victims revealed that there were more than a thousand people who have been victimized by Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation.

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00:00Thank you for coming today. I'm attorney Gloria Allred and today we are here with

00:15the first victim to have documented proof that she filed a police report against Jeffrey Epstein.

00:22In 1997, Alicia Arden, who is here with me today, filed a police report with the Santa

00:30Monica Police Department alleging that Jeffrey Epstein committed a sexual battery against

00:37her when she met him at the Shutters Hotel in Santa Monica, California. Mr. Epstein said

00:44that he was a representative of Victoria's Secret and that he was interviewing and auditioning

00:50models to appear in the Victoria's Secret catalog. When Alicia realized that Epstein was using

00:59his position to touch her in a sexually inappropriate way, she left and reported him to the police.

01:09The details of what happened to Alicia in that room with Mr. Epstein were explained at a press

01:15conference that Alicia and I held in 2020. We will forward those details to the press who

01:22requested them. Unfortunately, no prosecution ever took place. Alicia alleges that she would

01:29have been willing to testify against Jeffrey Epstein if the criminal case had been filed. But that never

01:37happened. Alicia feels that if Epstein had been forced to face the consequences of his criminal behavior at

01:47that time, perhaps many other women and children could have been spared from the sexual abuse and

01:55sex trafficking that many were forced to suffer. The failure of the criminal justice system to bring Jeffrey

02:04Epstein to meaningful justice was repeated in the cases of many other victims over decades after Alicia's

02:12experience with him and resulted in Jeffrey Epstein's misconduct becoming worse and leading to child sexual abuse

02:20and trafficking of underage girls. It included his friend and co-conspirator Jelaine Maxwell's conviction for

02:29conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in sexual acts, conspiracy to transport minors to

02:37participate in illegal sexual act, transporting a minor to participate in illegal sexual acts, sex trafficking,

02:46conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor. She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for her crimes.

02:53Now, decades later, the public and many of Epstein and Maxwell's victims are insisting that they want to

03:02know how Jeffrey Epstein and Jelaine Maxwell were able to get away with their crimes for so many years.

03:11They also want to know who else may have enabled them or assisted them in their sexual exploitation and

03:18trafficking of women and children. They believe that the answers are in the unreleased files of the United

03:25States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the files of the former United States Attorney for

03:31the Southern District of Florida and the state attorney's file in Miami. The battle to learn the truth of what

03:40really happened by releasing the files is now in the news almost every day. While the political class takes sides

03:48in this battle, the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Jelaine Maxwell are often ignored and the toll that this

03:56is taking on them emotionally is often just a footnote rather than a focus of many stories. To date, a few of the more

04:05than estimated 1,000 victims of Jeffrey Epstein have decided to break their silence concerning what they

04:13believe should happen now and the aggravated trauma that they are experiencing because of the constant

04:20reporting of Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Maxwell's names and the allegations against them. We understand and

04:28respect the decision of most victims and survivors to remain silent and not become embroiled in the

04:35court of public opinion. There are very good reasons not to become involved in what is happening.

04:41However, there are also good reasons for victims to break their silence and share with the public their

04:48opinions of what should happen next in this battle for truth, transparency and justice. Decisions being made

04:57now by those who have the power to make them and those decisions are affecting victims' lives and

05:04increasing their emotional suffering. Today, Alicia Arden has decided to be one of the survivors who will share her

05:12thoughts about some of those decisions. Once again, she is showing her courage by continuing to speak out about

05:21Jeffrey Epstein and Jelaine Maxwell. I am sure that more victims will also break their silence in the future.

05:29Thank you very much.

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