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Epstein Survivors Amend Their Lawsuit Filed Against The U.S. Government (Part 6) (10/12/26) · The Epstein Chronicles

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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 pick up
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  Speaker 1: where we left off with the survivor lawsuit filed against
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  Speaker 1: the United States government. H. The FBI's failure to investigate
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  Speaker 1: caused plaintiffs harm. By failing to investigate credible allegations of CSAM,
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  Speaker 1: human trafficking, and sexual abuse, the FBI violated its own
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  Speaker 1: protocol and acted negligently. The FBI's inaction and negligence allowed
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  Speaker 1: this abuse and trafficking, including to plaintiffs, to continue for
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  Speaker 1: over 20 years. Had the FBI followed mandatory protocol and
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  Speaker 1: appropriately responded to that evidence, plaintiffs would not have been raped, molested, trafficked,
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  Speaker 1: and abused. Epstein could not and would not have sexually trafficked, abused, assaulted,
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  Speaker 1: and battered plaintiffs in New York, Florida, New Mexico, the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Virgin Islands, and elsewhere but for the FBI's negligence, cause
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  Speaker 1: of action, Count number one. Negligence under the voluntary undertaking doctrine.
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  Speaker 1: Plaintiffs incorporate by reference the allegations contained in all preceding paragraphs. Duty.
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  Speaker 1: Under the voluntary undertaking doctrine, one who undertakes gratuitously or
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  Speaker 1: for consideration to render services to another which he should
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  Speaker 1: recognize is necessary for the protection of the third person
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  Speaker 1: or his things is subject to liability to the third
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  Speaker 1: person for physical harm resulting from his failure to exercise
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  Speaker 1: Reasonable care to protect his undertaking if A. His failure
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  Speaker 1: to exercise reasonable care increases the risk of such harm
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  Speaker 1: or B. He's undertaken to perform a duty owed by
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  Speaker 1: the other to the third person or C. The harm
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  Speaker 1: is suffered because of reliance on the other or the
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  Speaker 1: third person upon the undertaking. This duty applies to agents, servants,
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  Speaker 1: and or employees of the FBI and the Department of Justice.
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  Speaker 1: Breach The FBI and the Department of Justice rendered law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement services to American citizens and failed to exercise reasonable care. A.
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  Speaker 1: In complying with mandatory investigative procedure that the FBI had
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  Speaker 1: adopted as the standard of conduct for handling information. B.
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  Speaker 1: In complying with non-discretionary duties not to falsely assure people
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  Speaker 1: possessing credible information and evidence about ongoing sex trafficking. C.
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  Speaker 1: In performing the task of investigating complaints and other information
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  Speaker 1: regarding Epstein's abuse of women and minors. And D. In
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  Speaker 1: the way it handled information regarding Epstein's abuse of women
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  Speaker 1: and minors. The FBI failed to exercise reasonable care in
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  Speaker 1: the following ways, among other negligent acts and omissions already
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  Speaker 1: known and to be revealed in discovery. Failing to properly
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  Speaker 1: investigate or follow up on a report received from Maria
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  Speaker 1: Farmer in 1996 of sexual abuse, trafficking, and CSAM possession. B.
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  Speaker 1: Failing to properly respond to tips and reports regarding sex
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  Speaker 1: trafficking of minors and sexual abuse of minors from 1996
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  Speaker 1: to 2005. C. Failing to investigate or follow up on Ms.
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  Speaker 1: Christensen's allegations of sexual abuse and trafficking in 2005. D.
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  Speaker 1: Failing to follow up on the investigative reports and tips
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  Speaker 1: of suspicious banking activity from financial institutions, including payments, to
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  Speaker 1: minor girls. E. Failing to properly investigate evidence provided by
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  Speaker 1: the Florida Palm Beach Police Department. F. Negligently investigating reports
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  Speaker 1: of a 14-year-old being sexually abused in Epstein's Palm Beach Mansion. G.
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  Speaker 1: Negligently failing to investigate child sexual abuse material during the
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  Speaker 1: 2005 raid of Epstein's Palm Beach Mansion. H. Negligently failing
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  Speaker 1: to interview and assist the victim's whose names were on
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  Speaker 1: the important message from 2001 to 2005. J. Negligently permitting
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  Speaker 1: Epstein to be a judge at a beauty pageant in
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2007, despite impending charges of
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking of minors and sex abuse. J. Negligently permitting,
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  Speaker 1: via the clearing of background checks for passengers on Epstein's
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  Speaker 1: private jet, Epstein to traffic minors and young women. K.
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  Speaker 1: Ignoring reports of violence and threats to victims if they
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  Speaker 1: cooperated with authorities. L. Ignoring reports of child sex trafficking. M.
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  Speaker 1: Ignoring evidence of minors procuring other minors for sex abuse. N.
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  Speaker 1: Prematurely closing an FBI file in the face of evidence
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  Speaker 1: of sex trafficking and minor sexual abuse. O. Ignoring reports
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  Speaker 1: of suspicious banking in SARS. P. Ignoring child sexual abuse material.
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  Speaker 1: And C. Porn. and Q. Failing to follow up on
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  Speaker 1: improper issuing of passports and federal passport fraud. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: and the Department of Justice failure to exercise reasonable care
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  Speaker 1: increased the risk of such harm. Indeed, if the FBI
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  Speaker 1: and the Department of Justice had exercised reasonable care, plaintiff
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  Speaker 1: would not have been trafficked or abused. Plaintiff suffered harm
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  Speaker 1: because of the reliance on others, on the FBI and
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  Speaker 1: the Department of Justice and its failure to properly act
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  Speaker 1: including but not limited to Maria Farmer, Audra Christensen, Annie Farmer, J.P. Morgan,
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  Speaker 1: and the Florida Palm Beach Police Department. Causation As a
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  Speaker 1: direct and proximate cause of the FBI and Department of
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  Speaker 1: Justice negligence, plaintiffs would not have been and or would
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  Speaker 1: not have continued to be sex trafficked, abused, raped, tortured,
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  Speaker 1: and threatened. The FBI and the Department of Justice failure
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  Speaker 1: to investigate the tips and information it had received, and
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  Speaker 1: failing to follow its mandatory established protocol, was a direct
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  Speaker 1: and substantial cause of the plaintiff's damages. If the FBI
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  Speaker 1: and Department of Justice had complied with its mandatory obligations
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  Speaker 1: to investigate and intervene based on the information it was receiving,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein would not have been able to continue to commit
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  Speaker 1: the heinous crimes he did against plaintiff. The FBI's repeated
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  Speaker 1: and continued failures, delays, and inaction allowed Epstein and others
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  Speaker 1: to continue their sex trafficking conspiracy for almost 25 years.
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  Speaker 1: Damages As a direct and proximate cause of defendant's negligence,
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  Speaker 1: plaintiffs were sexually abused, raped, assaulted, tormented, violated, harassed, intimidated,
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  Speaker 1: and suffered permanent injuries, including but not limited to severe
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  Speaker 1: emotional and physical pain and suffering, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, anxiety, shock, fear, nightmare, shame, embarrassment,
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  Speaker 1: lost earnings, flashbacks, need for future medical and psychiatric expenses,
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  Speaker 1: and other severe injuries. Count number two Negligence under the
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  Speaker 1: zone of risk doctrine. Plaintiff incorporates by reference all the
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  Speaker 1: allegations contained in all preceding paragraphs. Duty. Under the zone
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  Speaker 1: of risk doctrine, when a person's conduct creates a foreseeable
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  Speaker 1: zone of risk, the law generally will recognize a duty
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  Speaker 1: upon the person to act reasonably in protecting others from harm.
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  Speaker 1: This duty applies to agents, servants, and or employees of
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  Speaker 1: the FBI and the Department of Justice. Breach. The FBI
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  Speaker 1: and Department of Justice fell to exercise reasonable, which created
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  Speaker 1: a foreseeable zone of risk to future Epstein, victims including plaintiffs.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI and Department of Justice fell to exercise reasonable
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  Speaker 1: care in complying with mandatory investigative procedure and the FBI
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  Speaker 1: and the Department of Justice had adopted as the standard
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  Speaker 1: of conduct for handling information, both in the MIOG and elsewhere. B,
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  Speaker 1: in complying with non-discretionary duties, not to falsely assure people,
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  Speaker 1: possessing credible information and evidence about ongoing sex trafficking. C.
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  Speaker 1: In performing the task of investigating complaints and other information
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  Speaker 1: regarding Epstein's abuse of women and minors. And D. In
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  Speaker 1: the way it handled information regarding Epstein's abuse of women
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  Speaker 1: and minors. The FBI and Department of Justice failed to
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  Speaker 1: exercise reasonable care in the following ways, among other negligent
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  Speaker 1: acts and omissions already known, and to be revealed in discovery. A.
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  Speaker 1: Failing to properly investigate or follow up on a report
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  Speaker 1: received from Maria Farmer in 1996 of sexual abuse, trafficking,
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  Speaker 1: and CSAM possession. B. Failing to properly respond to tips
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  Speaker 1: and reports regarding sex trafficking of minors and sexual abuse
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  Speaker 1: of minors from 1996 until 2005. C. Failing to investigate
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  Speaker 1: or follow up on Ms. Christensen's allegations of sexual abuse
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  Speaker 1: and trafficking in 2005. failing to follow up and investigate
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  Speaker 1: reports and tips of suspicious banking activity from financial institutions,
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  Speaker 1: including payments to minor girls, failing to properly investigate evidence
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  Speaker 1: provided by the Florida Palm Beach Police Department, negligently investigating
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  Speaker 1: reports of a 14-year-old being sexually abused in Epstein's Palm
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  Speaker 1: Beach mansion, negligently failing to investigate child sexual abuse material
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  Speaker 1: during the 2005 raid of Epstein's Palm Beach mansion, Negligently
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  Speaker 1: failing to interview and assist the victims whose names were
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  Speaker 1: on the important messages from 2001 to 2005. Negligently permitting
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  Speaker 1: Epstein to be a judge at a beauty pageant in
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2007, despite impending charges of
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking of minors and sex abuse. Negligently permitting, via
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  Speaker 1: the clearing of background checks for passengers on Epstein's private jet,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein to sex traffic minors and young women. Ignoring reports
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  Speaker 1: of violence and threats to victims if they cooperated with authorities.
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  Speaker 1: Ignoring reports of child sex trafficking. Ignoring evidence of minors
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  Speaker 1: procuring other minors for sex abuse. Prematurely closing an FBI
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  Speaker 1: file in the face of evidence of sex trafficking and
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  Speaker 1: minor sexual abuse. Ignoring reports of suspicious banking and SARS.
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  Speaker 1: Ignoring child sexual abuse material and child pornography, and failing
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  Speaker 1: to follow up on improper issuing of passports and federal
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  Speaker 1: passport fraud. The FBI and Department of Justice knew or
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  Speaker 1: should have known that its negligence, as described above, would
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  Speaker 1: create a foreseeable zone of risk to future victims of Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: and the FBI and Department of Justice negligence did create
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  Speaker 1: a foreseeable risk to future victims. Causation As a direct
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  Speaker 1: and proximate cause of the FBI and Department of Justice negligence,
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  Speaker 1: plaintiffs would not have been or would have not continued
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  Speaker 1: to be sex trafficked, abused, raped, tortured, and threatened. The
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  Speaker 1: FBI and Department of Justice failure to investigate the tips
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  Speaker 1: and information it received and failing to follow its mandatory
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  Speaker 1: established protocol was a direct and substantial cause of the
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  Speaker 1: plaintiff's damages. If the FBI and Department of Justice had
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  Speaker 1: complied with its mandatory obligation to investigate and intervene based
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  Speaker 1: on the information it was receiving, Epstein would not have
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  Speaker 1: been able to continue to commit the heinous crimes he
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  Speaker 1: did against plaintiffs. The FBI and Department of Justice repeated
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  Speaker 1: and continued failures, delays, and inaction allowed Epstein and others
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  Speaker 1: to continue their sex trafficking conspiracy for almost 25 years.
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  Speaker 1: Damages As a direct and proximate case of defendant's negligence,
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  Speaker 1: plaintiffs were sexually abused, raped, assaulted, tormented, violated, harassed, intimidated,
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  Speaker 1: and suffered permanent injuries, including but not limited to severe
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  Speaker 1: emotional and physical pain and suffering, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, anxiety, shock, fear, nightmares, shame, embarrassment,
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  Speaker 1: lost earnings, flashbacks, and a need for future medical and
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  Speaker 1: psychiatric expenses, and other severe injuries. Request for relief. Plaintiff
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  Speaker 1: respectfully requests the court to enter judgment in their favor
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  Speaker 1: and against the United States as follows. A. That the
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  Speaker 1: court award plaintiff compensatory, consequential, general, and nominal damages, as
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  Speaker 1: well as all other available damages against defendant in an
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  Speaker 1: amount to be determined at trial. B. That the court
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  Speaker 1: award the plaintiff the cost and disbursement of the action,
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  Speaker 1: along with reasonable attorney fees, costs, and expenses. C. That
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  Speaker 1: the court awards pre- and post-judgment interest at a maximum
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  Speaker 1: legal rate. D. The court grant all such and other
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  Speaker 1: further relief as it deems just and proper. Wherefore, plaintiffs
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  Speaker 1: pray that the court, for a judgment against defendant for
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  Speaker 1: an amount in excess of $ 320 million, for compensatory damages
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  Speaker 1: together with cost of the suit, legal interest, reasonable attorney fees,
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  Speaker 1: and other relief as the court may deem just and proper,
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  Speaker 1: under the circumstances. This document was signed by Jordan K.
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  Speaker 1: Merson and it was dated May 21st, 2026. All the
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  Speaker 1: the description box.