Seven Epstein survivors are accusing celebrity hair stylist Frederic Fekkai and his salon of having enabled Epstein’s abuse in a new lawsuit. CNN spoke with two Jane Doe plaintiffs about their experience.
Virginia Giuffre accused Andrew of sexually assaulting her when she was 17 on Epstein’s private island.
Some stories make headlines. Others get ignored. On "Unreported," Meagan Medick takes a deeper look at the unexplained through the eyes and experiences of you, the viewers. You send the mystery — we investigate. This week, Meagan digs into a former Playboy Playmate's allegations that Hugh Hefner reported Jeffrey Epstein to the FBI after learning she was being assaulted and trafficked — and wonders why nothing happened. Joining Medick is Tracy Walder, a former FBI special agent and CIA officer. They discuss how Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell may have sourced and sold information on women to traffic them, why an FBI tip like Hefner's should count as evidence of a crime rather than something agents can simply ignore, whether Epstein could…
The judge said Jeffrey Epstein’s associate’s claim of finding “substantial new evidence” was “demonstrably meritless.”
Maxwell, 64, who represented herself, challenged her 2021 conviction and sentence in a Manhattan federal court, and she sought a writ of habeas corpus declaring her punishment unlawful.
A federal judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction, finding her claims — including arguments based on newly released Epstein files — were frivolous. Why it matters: The blistering opinion says the evidence of Maxwell's guilt is "overwhelming" and new evidence hurt more than helped her. What they're saying: "Maxwell's claims are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous," U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 67-page opinion. - "The vast majority are procedurally barred — either because Maxwell made and lost the same arguments on direct appeal, or because she could have made such arguments on appeal but elected not to do so." - "And the purported 'new' evidence to which Maxwell points,…
Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her part in the sex trafficking of minor females.
She had already exhausted her appeals on the sex-trafficking conviction, but had sought to argue she did not receive a fair trial.
Former Playboy Playmate Audra Christiansen, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein and threatened by Ghislaine Maxwell, says she feels like a “sitting duck” after repeated efforts to reach the FBI. LINK: https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/ex-playboy-playmate-ghislaine-maxwell-threat-epstein/