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Epstein Survivors Amend Their Lawsuit Filed Against The U.S. Government (Part 1) (10/10/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode we're going to begin taking
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  Speaker 1: a look at the lawsuit filed by multiple Epstein survivors
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  Speaker 1: against the United States of America. Case number 925-CV-80880 Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe 1, Jane Doe 2, Jane Doe 3, Lauren Newman,
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe 4, 5, 6, Sandra Ward, Jane Doe 7,
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
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  Speaker 1: and 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe 32, versus the United States of America. Fourth
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  Speaker 1: amended complaint, the nature of the acts. The American people
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  Speaker 1: trust the FBI and the Department of Justice to protect them.
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  Speaker 1: That truth is all the more critical and justified when
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  Speaker 1: the FBI and Department of Justice receive tips that women
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  Speaker 1: and children are being sexually abused, trafficked, or the subject
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  Speaker 1: of child pornography. In fact, those acts, all of which
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  Speaker 1: are criminal, are so grave that the FBI and Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice have mandatory rules which require action when they
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  Speaker 1: receive such tips. In those circumstances, the FBI, Department of Justice,
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  Speaker 1: are often the only law enforcement agency in the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: that can properly investigate and prosecute such crimes. Sadly, never
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  Speaker 1: has the FBI nor Department of Justice violated its own
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  Speaker 1: mandatory rules or the American People's Trust more despicably than
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  Speaker 1: how they handled reports of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes. For decades,
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein raped, trafficking, molested, and abused children, including plaintiffs.
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  Speaker 1: Several victims, banks, and other law enforcement agencies told the
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  Speaker 1: FBI that Epstein was abusing and trafficking children. Those victims, banks,
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  Speaker 1: and law enforcement agencies relied on the FBI to investigate Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: For decades, the FBI had mandatory policies and procedures, some
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  Speaker 1: of which are found in the Manual of Investigative Operations
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  Speaker 1: and Guidelines, or MIOG, which existed as early as the 70s.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI must conduct preliminary inquiries and investigations to prevent, detect,
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  Speaker 1: prosecute federal law violations. Preliminary inquiries and investigations governed by
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  Speaker 1: these guidelines are conducted for the purpose of preventing, detecting,
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  Speaker 1: or prosecuting violations of federal law. Per the 1991 MIOG,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI prioritized the investigation of sex crimes against children.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI also... has had a mandatory policy and procedure
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  Speaker 1: arising from the Innocent Images National Initiative from 1995. The
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  Speaker 1: FBI also has had a mandatory policy and procedure in
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  Speaker 1: the MIOG, including those arising from Innocent Image National Initiative
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  Speaker 1: and elsewhere, requiring them to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse, trafficking,
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  Speaker 1: and possession of CSAM. For decades, the FBI repeatedly violated
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  Speaker 1: those policies. For instance, in 1996, Maria Farmer told the
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  Speaker 1: FBI that Epstein was abusing and trafficking children, and that
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  Speaker 1: he was in the possession of CSAM. The FBI's own
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  Speaker 1: document showed that no action was taken on that tip. Further,
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  Speaker 1: in 2005, a report was made to the FBI about
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's sex abuse and sex trafficking of plaintiff Audra Christensen.
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  Speaker 1: No action was taken on that tip either. If the
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  Speaker 1: FBI had followed its procedure... and investigated Ms. Farmer and Ms.
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  Speaker 1: Christensen's allegations, or the many that followed, Epstein would not
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  Speaker 1: have abused and trafficked countless other women and children, including plaintiffs.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI failed to comply with the MIOG regarding Ms.
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  Speaker 1: Farmer and Ms. Christensen's reports. In particular, the FBI failed
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  Speaker 1: to conduct a thorough investigation of federal law violations concerning
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  Speaker 1: the interstate transportation of obscene matters and the sexual exploitation
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  Speaker 1: of children. failed to carry those matters to a logical conclusion,
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  Speaker 1: and failed to exhaust all logical leads to ensure that
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  Speaker 1: no legitimate law enforcement interest justified their involvement. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: also failed to conduct proper prelim inquiry to prevent, detect,
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  Speaker 1: and prosecute multiple federal law violations. These MIOG rules were
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  Speaker 1: not discretionary. They were mandatory, and the FBI clearly violated
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  Speaker 1: them in its handling of Jeffrey Epstein. The complaints and
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  Speaker 1: tips of Ms. Farmer and Ms. Christensen merely scratched the
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  Speaker 1: surface of the numerous ways the FBI and Department of
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  Speaker 1: Justice learned definitively that Jeffrey Epstein was committing heinous sex
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  Speaker 1: crimes against women and children, including other victims and banks. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI and the Department of Justice ignored that critical
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  Speaker 1: information despite obligations to act. This action seeks justice. for
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  Speaker 1: the countless survivors who were needlessly sex-trafficked and abused by Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: This action also seeks to hold the FBI and Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice accountable for its grave breach of the American
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  Speaker 1: People's Trust jurisdiction, venue, and timelines. This court has jurisdiction
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  Speaker 1: over all Jane Does, and they'll proceed herein under the
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  Speaker 1: Federal Tort Claims Act. This action, in part, arises under
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  Speaker 1: the Federal Tort Claims Act The court is vested with
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  Speaker 1: jurisdiction pursuant to U.S. Code 28, Section 1346B, as this
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  Speaker 1: is a civil action on claims against the United States
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  Speaker 1: for money damages accruing on or after January 1, 1945,
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  Speaker 1: for a personal injury caused by negligent or wrongful act
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  Speaker 1: or omission of any employee of the government, while acting
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  Speaker 1: within the scope of his office or employment. under circumstances
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  Speaker 1: where the United States, if a private person, would be
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  Speaker 1: liable to the claimant, in accordance with the law, of
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  Speaker 1: the place where the act or omission occurred. If the defendant,
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  Speaker 1: United States of America, were a private individual, based on
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  Speaker 1: the facts alleged herein, it would be liable to plaintiffs
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  Speaker 1: in accordance with the laws of Florida. The defendant owed
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  Speaker 1: duty to plaintiffs, breached that duty, and caused injury to plaintiffs.
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  Speaker 1: Pursuant to U.S. Code 42 Section 233 G1A, At all
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  Speaker 1: times herein mentioned, the Federal Tort Claims Act is the
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  Speaker 1: exclusive remedy for injuries caused by all agents, servants, and
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  Speaker 1: or employees of the FBI and DOJ. The claims set
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  Speaker 1: forth herein were presented to the FBI via proper notice
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  Speaker 1: by mailing a Standard Form 95 to the FBI on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of each plaintiff as required by 28 CFR 14-2.
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  Speaker 1: Each of those claims has been denied by the FBI. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: all conditions precedent to a plaintiff's filing this action have
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  Speaker 1: been satisfied. The courts also have supplemental jurisdiction of the
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  Speaker 1: state law claims recounted below pursuant to U.S. Code 28
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  Speaker 1: Section 1367A, because all claims alleged herein are part of
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  Speaker 1: a uniform pattern and practice and form part of the
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  Speaker 1: same case or controversy. Venue is proper in the United
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  Speaker 1: States Southern District Court of the Southern District of Florida.
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  Speaker 1: pursuant to U.S. Code 28 Section 1391, B and 2,
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  Speaker 1: and 32 CFR Section 750.32, because the Southern District of
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  Speaker 1: Florida is where the negligence continually occurred, where the FBI
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  Speaker 1: field office was located, and where the suspicious non-prosecution agreement occurred.
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  Speaker 1: This action has been timely filed pursuant to Federal Tort
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  Speaker 1: Claims Act U.S. Code 28 Section 1346 and 2671-80, the
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  Speaker 1: discovery rule, and the doctrine of equitable tolling. The information
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  Speaker 1: regarding defendant's culpability, which is the predicate for plaintiff's timely
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  Speaker 1: claims against defendant, has been willfully hidden from plaintiffs by
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  Speaker 1: defendant for years. In fact, defendant is so persistent in
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  Speaker 1: its willful suppression of such information, Congress passed a bill,
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  Speaker 1: which the President signed into law, to force defendant to
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  Speaker 1: disclose such information. The information regarding defendant's culpability is has
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  Speaker 1: only been recently and partially revealed to plaintiffs and the public.
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  Speaker 1: Plaintiff only became aware of defendants' negligence, their injuries, and
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  Speaker 1: the cause of their injuries after the case against J.P.
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  Speaker 1: Morgan and J.P. Morgan Chase had reached out to the
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  Speaker 1: federal government on numerous occasions between 2006 and 2008 via
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  Speaker 1: numerous avenues regarding Epstein's transactions with the bank and concern
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  Speaker 1: for sex trafficking. More information was revealed in in recent
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  Speaker 1: congressional hearings, document dumps, media announcements, and the Epstein Files
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  Speaker 1: Transparency Act. Plaintiffs acted promptly and timely once the information
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  Speaker 1: which defendant had concealed was revealed publicly. The parties. Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe One is a U.S. citizen and was at all
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  Speaker 1: relevant times a resident of and domiciled in the state
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  Speaker 1: of New York and was sexually abused as a minor
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  Speaker 1: in New York and sex trafficked to the U.S. Virgin
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  Speaker 1: Islands on various dates and between 2007 and 2017. Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe 1 was forcibly coerced to marry an Eastern European
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  Speaker 1: woman to further Epstein's international sex trafficking ring. Jane Doe
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  Speaker 1: 2 is a U.S. citizen and was at all relevant
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  Speaker 1: times a resident domiciled in New York and sexually abused
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  Speaker 1: in the state of New York and sex trafficked to
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. Virgin Islands on various dates between 2005 and 2017.
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  Speaker 1: Jane Doe III is a U.S. citizen and was at
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  Speaker 1: all relevant times a resident of and domiciled and sexually
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  Speaker 1: abused in the state of New York between 2004 and 2005.
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  Speaker 1: Laura Newman is a U.S. citizen and was at all
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  Speaker 1: relevant times a resident of and domiciled and sexually abused
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  Speaker 1: in the state of New York at various times between
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  Speaker 1: 2004 and 2016. Jane Doe 4 is a citizen of
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. and was at all relevant times a resident
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  Speaker 1: of and domiciled and sexually abused in the state of
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  Speaker 1: New York at various times between 2002 and 2008. Jane
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  Speaker 1: Doe 5 is a U.S. citizen and was at all
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  Speaker 1: relevant times a resident of and domiciled in and sexually
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  Speaker 1: abused in the state of New York at various times
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  Speaker 1: between 2008 and 2006. Jane Doe Six is a U.S.
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  Speaker 1: citizen and was at all relevant times a resident of
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  Speaker 1: and domiciled in New York and sexually abused in the
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  Speaker 1: United States Virgin Islands in 2004. Sandra Ward is a U.S.
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  Speaker 1: citizen and was at all relevant times a resident of
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  Speaker 1: and domiciled in California and sexually abused in the state
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  Speaker 1: of California. Jane Doe Seven is a U.S. citizen and
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  Speaker 1: and was, at all relevant times, a resident of and
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  Speaker 1: domiciled in New York and sexually abused in the state
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  Speaker 1: of New York starting in 2001. Sex trafficked to the
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  Speaker 1: United States Virgin Islands, California, New Mexico, and to various
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  Speaker 1: countries on various dates starting in early 2002 through to
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  Speaker 1: early 2003 and sexually abused in his Palm Beach, Florida
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  Speaker 1: mansion and while he was on house arrest up until 2009.
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  Speaker 1: All right, folks, we're going to wrap up episode one
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  Speaker 1: right here. And in the next episode, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: pick up where we left off. All the information that
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  Speaker 1: goes with this episode can be found in the description box.