Jeffrey Epstein accusers are denied damages in Florida case

[The Purge]

A federal judge in Florida said on Monday that a group of women who claimed that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them are not entitled to money damages over a lenient 2008 plea agreement for the late financier.U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra in West Palm Beach said the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act did not entitle the women to damages from the United States.Marra also refused to rescind provisions of Epstein’s plea agreement that barred his prosecution and the prosecution of his alleged accomplices.

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Come on guys! I mean Epstein committed suicide, and the multiple cameras at the Federal facility he was being held just all failed simultaneously in a massive coincidence, and besides, Barr is on the job!

I am beginning to think Barr is just another BAG FULL OF WIND.....Just how long is it going to take to just indict McCabe who already hung himself?

 

[fncceo]

You can't get damages without a conviction.

 

[Care4all]

You can't get damages without a conviction.

a civil case conviction???

these girls were denied justice when epstein was alive because he was illegally given a plea agreement without the victim's knowledge by the prosecutors.

 

[fncceo]

You can't get damages without a conviction.

a civil case conviction???

these girls were denied justice when epstein was alive because he was illegally given a plea agreement without the victim's knowledge by the prosecutors.

When Epstein died in custody, he was to be tried on sex trafficking charges, a criminal charge.

A will signed by Epstein before his death, put the bulk of his assets in trust. The alleged victims will have to make a civil case against the trust to see any of that money.

 

[The Professor]

You can't get damages without a conviction.

You are correct in that you cannot get relief under The Crime Victims' Rights act; 18 U.S.C. § 377, which requires a conviction; however, damages can be recovered in a civil suit.