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Maria Farmer Sues the Federal Government Over Its Handling of Jeffrey Epstein (Part 9) (11/5/26) · Beyond The Horizon

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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 finish off
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  Speaker 1: Maria Farmer's complaint filed against the United States government. Five,
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  Speaker 1: the government's refusal to investigate its negligence. In a letter
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  Speaker 1: dated May 2nd, 2023, Maria contacted the FBI, U.S. Attorney,
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  Speaker 1: and Inspector General, detailing her claims and asking for an
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  Speaker 1: investigation into of defendant's failures, misdeeds, and negligence in this matter.
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  Speaker 1: In response, defendant gave her cursory treatment, claiming that they
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  Speaker 1: were too busy elsewhere and would someday get to it.
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  Speaker 1: In a letter dated May 11, 2023, the Office of
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  Speaker 1: the Inspector General advised Maria that, while the allegations raised
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  Speaker 1: were concerning, they had other priorities right now. So, they
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  Speaker 1: could not further assess Maria's allegations until later. In December 2023,
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  Speaker 1: the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray about
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  Speaker 1: the FBI's role in permitting the continuance of Epstein's sex
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  Speaker 1: trafficking ring. United States Senator Marsha Blackburn criticized the FBI's
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  Speaker 1: failure to investigate the Epstein sex trafficking and CSAM allegations
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  Speaker 1: and asked what had been done by the FBI to investigate.
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  Speaker 1: Senator Blackburn demanded, What we need from you is a
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  Speaker 1: complete investigation of why the FBI is did not take
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  Speaker 1: this up, and then getting to the bottom of what
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  Speaker 1: is appearing to be an enormous sex trafficking ring and
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  Speaker 1: then listening to these survivors. She noted that, to no avail,
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  Speaker 1: she has sought the release of names of persons who
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  Speaker 1: flew on Epstein's plane and may have participated in the
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking conspiracy. In response, FBI Director Wray stated, It's
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  Speaker 1: been a while and he would get with my team
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  Speaker 1: and figure out if there's more information we can provide.
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  Speaker 1: It appears that since that time, and despite numerous requests
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  Speaker 1: and opportunities, the FBI provided no further information and took
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  Speaker 1: no further action to listen to survivors. On December 2, 2024,
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  Speaker 1: some 18 months after Maria's May 2, 2023 letter raising
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  Speaker 1: her concerns and asking for an investigation, DOJ explained in
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  Speaker 1: a letter that the FBI's Internal Affairs Section Initial Processing
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  Speaker 1: Unit had carefully reviewed Maria's allegations, did not initiate an investigation,
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  Speaker 1: and could not reveal specifics, but IAS mandated action be
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  Speaker 1: taken to address the concerns raised in your complaint. The
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  Speaker 1: FBI concluded, the United States Department of Justice, Office of
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  Speaker 1: the Inspector General, IAS, IPU, considers your complaint addressed. Since
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  Speaker 1: that time, although there have been broad statements about making
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  Speaker 1: sure that the American public knows the full weight of
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  Speaker 1: what happened in the past, no substantive revelations have been made.
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  Speaker 1: the horrific impact on Maria. For decades, Maria lived in
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  Speaker 1: constant fear of Epstein and Maxwell, who repeatedly managed to
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  Speaker 1: find and threaten her, even when she moved and tried
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  Speaker 1: to hide from them. Maria has been stalked, harassed, and terrorized.
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  Speaker 1: Maria remains isolated from family and friends, afraid to meet
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  Speaker 1: neighbors or enjoy her life, and fearful for her safety.
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  Speaker 1: Having repeatedly reported Epstein and Maxwell to authorities and others
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  Speaker 1: to no avail, Her sense of security, community, and justice
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  Speaker 1: is shattered. Maria suffers from complex PTSD, severe depression, constant anxiety, nightmares,
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  Speaker 1: debilitating fatigue, chronic illness, and various other physician and mental conditions.
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  Speaker 1: She's haunted by the knowledge that Epstein and Maxwell should
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  Speaker 1: have been stopped much earlier. If only Defendant had done
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  Speaker 1: its job, so many more young women and girls would
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  Speaker 1: not have been hurt. and she and others could have
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  Speaker 1: received assistance and experienced safety care and understanding so much earlier.
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  Speaker 1: Defendants' multiple breaches of these duties foreseeably, directly, and proximately
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  Speaker 1: caused both physical harm and severe emotional distress to Maria
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  Speaker 1: and other victims, which manifested in, among other things, depression,
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  Speaker 1: suicidal ideation, debilitating physical illness, panic attacks, loss of affection,
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  Speaker 1: loss of trust in others, and the federal government. post-traumatic
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  Speaker 1: stress disorder, and much more. To her knowledge, Maria claims,
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  Speaker 1: have not been adequately investigated to finally and fairly address
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  Speaker 1: her claims and obtain the long overdue investigation of and
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  Speaker 1: accountability for defendant's catastrophic failure to stop or curtail the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy and child pornography crimes when Maria
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  Speaker 1: reported to defendant more than a quarter of a century ago.
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  Speaker 1: Maria has no choice but to seek justice by bringing
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  Speaker 1: this lawsuit cause of action, count one, negligence. The United
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  Speaker 1: States owed legal duties to Maria, who was sexually assaulted, stalked, harassed,
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  Speaker 1: and terrorized by Epstein and Maxwell. The United States had
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  Speaker 1: a non-discretionary obligation and duty established by mandatory reporting statutes
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  Speaker 1: and MIOG directives to investigate Maria's 96 and 2006 reports
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  Speaker 1: of sexual abuse of minors, transportation of sexually charged images
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  Speaker 1: across state lines, and other CSAM crimes, sex trafficking, and
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  Speaker 1: threats of physical violence, and to act against Epstein and
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  Speaker 1: to prevent him from committing repeated crimes. The United States
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  Speaker 1: breached those duties, delivering false and misleading communication to victims,
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  Speaker 1: and failing to notify Maria and other victims of their
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  Speaker 1: rights and services. The United States had a non-discretionary obligation
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  Speaker 1: and duty established by the 2005 USAO Manual and related provisions,
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  Speaker 1: and elsewhere to promptly notify the Civil Rights Division in writing,
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  Speaker 1: if its sex trafficking investigation of Epstein coordinate the investigation
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  Speaker 1: with the Civil Rights Division, defer to staffing decisions by
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  Speaker 1: the Civil Rights Division and keep the Civil Rights Division
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  Speaker 1: apprised of the investigation. The United States had a non-discretionary
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  Speaker 1: obligation and duty established by the 2005 USAO Manual and
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  Speaker 1: elsewhere to timely notify and involve CEOS. The United States
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  Speaker 1: had a non-discretionary obligation and duty to follow their other
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  Speaker 1: written directives, including the following, to prioritize child sex crime prosecution,
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  Speaker 1: to establish liaison with other law enforcement to help coordinate
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  Speaker 1: investigation of crimes against children, and reduce child trauma, to
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  Speaker 1: issue accurate letters to victims regarding their investigation, to follow
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  Speaker 1: a required procedure in 2005 USAO Section 9-27.600, and elsewhere
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  Speaker 1: regarding non-prosecution agreements, to follow required procedures precluding granting unnamed
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  Speaker 1: co-conspirators full immunity, to enforce the terms of the non-prosecution agreement,
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  Speaker 1: to inform Maria and other victims of available victim remedies
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  Speaker 1: and rights, and to properly train law enforcement personnel dealing
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  Speaker 1: with crime victims. The United States knew, or had reason
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  Speaker 1: to know, that it was reasonably foreseeable that Epstein could, would,
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  Speaker 1: and was sexually trafficking children and young women, and engaging
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  Speaker 1: in CSAM crimes because, among other things, numerous victims, including Maria,
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  Speaker 1: told federal investigators about the sexual abuse and exploitation and
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  Speaker 1: Maria and other victims complained of being physically threatened if
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  Speaker 1: they informed the authorities. Given the United States' actual or
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  Speaker 1: constructive knowledge of the risk posed by Epstein, the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: had a duty to protect Maria and other victims from
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's abuse and exploitation. to promptly and competently investigate allegations
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  Speaker 1: of such abuse and exploitation, and to protect victims from
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  Speaker 1: further harm. The relationship between the United States, Maria, and
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  Speaker 1: other victims is direct and personal, and the danger attending
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  Speaker 1: any breach of any duty were immediate and foreseeable. In
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  Speaker 1: multiple ways, and on many occasions, over many years numerous
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  Speaker 1: agents of the United States, including among others FBI agents
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  Speaker 1: and members of the USAO, breached their duty to protect
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  Speaker 1: Maria and others from Epstein and other sexual abuse and exploitation,
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  Speaker 1: to promptly and competently investigate allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation,
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  Speaker 1: and to provide prompt and effective protection. The United States
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  Speaker 1: was required by federal statute, regulation, policy, practice, and procedures
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  Speaker 1: to promptly, thoroughly, and competently investigate allegations of sex trafficking,
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  Speaker 1: child sexual abuse, and CSAM crimes. The United States not
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  Speaker 1: only promised but also undertook actions to fulfill those promises
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  Speaker 1: by engaging in specific tasks and providing specific services, and
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  Speaker 1: it therefore voluntarily assumed the duty to do so competently.
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  Speaker 1: The United States' actions and inactions constituted negligence per se.
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  Speaker 1: None of Maria's claims are subject to any of the
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  Speaker 1: exception to sovereign immunity found in U.S. Code 28, Section 2680.
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  Speaker 1: The United States' breach of assumed duties foreseeably directly and
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  Speaker 1: proximately caused both physical harm and severe emotional distress and
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  Speaker 1: personal injury to Maria and other victims. Contrary to statutes
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  Speaker 1: and their own mandatory and non-discretionary policies and procedures, the
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  Speaker 1: United States breached these duties to Maria and others, re-traumatized victims,
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  Speaker 1: and for decades were effectively complicit in Epstein sex trafficking
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  Speaker 1: of girls and young women and production and possession of
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  Speaker 1: in CSAM. The actions and omissions the FBI and USAO
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  Speaker 1: seeded the continuation, expansion, and proliferation of Epstein sex trafficking, abuse,
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  Speaker 1: and child pornography for decades, which seriously injured Maria and
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  Speaker 1: countless others. If the United States had complied with its obligations,
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  Speaker 1: and duties, Epstein would not have been able to continue
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  Speaker 1: to commit heinous crimes. The United States' repeated and continued failures, delays,
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  Speaker 1: and inaction allowed Epstein and others to continue their sex
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  Speaker 1: trafficking conspiracy and CSAM for almost 25 years. subjecting Maria
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  Speaker 1: and other victims to nearly a quarter century of untold
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  Speaker 1: sexual abuse and exploitation, irreparable harm, and injustice. Count two,
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  Speaker 1: negligent infliction of emotional distress. Maria incorporates the allegations contained
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  Speaker 1: in all preceding paragraphs by reference. The U.S. owed duties
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  Speaker 1: to use due skill and care in addressing Maria's complaints
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  Speaker 1: to the FBI and prosecuting Epstein. These duties of due skill,
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  Speaker 1: and care were owed to Maria as a member of
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  Speaker 1: the general public and as a victim of sexual abuse, harassment,
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  Speaker 1: and other crimes. The U.S. engaged in extreme and outrageous conduct,
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  Speaker 1: including misrepresentations to Maria and other victims regarding the investigation
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  Speaker 1: and prosecution of Epstein, the failure to provide proper protection,
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  Speaker 1: rights and services to victims, and the failure to report
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  Speaker 1: Maria's complaint to law enforcement. the United States breached its
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  Speaker 1: duties to Maria acting in a negligent, careless, grossly negligent,
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  Speaker 1: and reckless manner in failing to address Maria's complaints to
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  Speaker 1: the FBI, failing to timely follow mandates in the USAO manual,
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  Speaker 1: and elsewhere to inform and coordinate with the Civil Rights
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  Speaker 1: Division and the CEOs, failing to designate this matter as
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  Speaker 1: one of national interest, negligently and recklessly allowing single USAO
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  Speaker 1: to prosecute Epstein, and in such negligent acts as may
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  Speaker 1: be disclosed through discovery. The United States intended to cause
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  Speaker 1: or disregarded a substantial probability of causing Maria severe emotional distress.
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  Speaker 1: As a result, Maria suffered severe emotional distress. Request for
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  Speaker 1: Relief Maria respectfully requests that the court enter judgment in
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  Speaker 1: her favor and against the United States, awarding the following
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  Speaker 1: to Maria. a. Compensatory, consequential, general, and nominal damages, as
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  Speaker 1: well as other available damages against the United States in
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  Speaker 1: an amount to be determined at trial, the costs and
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  Speaker 1: disbursements of the action, along with reasonable attorney fees, costs,
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  Speaker 1: and expenses, pre- and post-judgment interest at the maximum legal rate,
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  Speaker 1: and such other further relief as it deems just and proper.
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  Speaker 1: This document was signed by Jennifer Freeman, and it was
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  Speaker 1: dated May 29th, 2025. All the information that goes with
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