Letter: "Where are the voices of the Epstein/Maxwell survivors? Why aren't their stories front and center?"

[Scrivener7]

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2025/08/11/letter-where-are-voices/

While most traffickers are men, women also recruit and abuse. These women often start as “trusted adults,” luring victims with promises of hope. Ghislaine Maxwell was one of these women. She posed as a savior but delivered countless girls into the hands of her partner, participating in their abuse and showing no remorse.

One of her victims, Virginia Giuffre, said it best:
“You spotted me at the Mar-a-Lago Hotel in Florida, and you made a choice… You and he abused me together for the first time. Together, you did unthinkable things that still have a corrosive impact on me to this day.”

Maxwell lied under oath. She is not a trustworthy source. And yet, reports now say she was moved to a lower-security prison after a meeting with a high-profile political figure, one who used to serve as the personal lawyer to the sitting U.S. president. These actions are not normal. They are unprecedented.

We should all be asking: Where are the voices of the survivors? Why aren’t their stories in the headlines?

Maxwell was just as much of a trafficker and rapist as Epstein was. And she was just as much of a buddy to Trump as Epstein. They socialized for years, and now Trump has arranged a sweetheart deal like the deal Epstein got in 2006. Despite the fact that she recruited and raped countless children. This is a friend of our president, someone who he "wishes well."

[yardwork]

1. Good questions.

[MaineBlueBear]

30. The best questions

Mainstream media please wake up and start asking them

[MineralMan]

2. I suspect that most of them are afraid to speak out about it.

Things are dangerous out there for people who dare to defy the assholes. Very dangerous, I think.

[Scrivener7]

3. There are many who have done multiple documentaries and interviews and who are clamoring

to be heard right now.

There was a whole incident years back about how some of them were interviewed by Vanity Fair and they thought they'd finally have their story told, but Epstein threatened Graydon Carter (who I love and this is disappointing) and he watered down the story to leave the girls out of it. https://vickyward.com/article/jeffrey-epsteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight/

And new victims will be having a news conference with a Democratic and Republican Senator in a couple of weeks in light of the apparent deal with Maxwell: https://www.newsweek.com/new-jeffrey-epstein-survivors-come-forward-2113463, but why has the press not led with their voices?

[SheltieLover]

4. EPSTEIN RUMP EPSTEIN RUMP EPSTEIN RUMP!

[spanone]

5. Our media is cowed.

[Scrivener7]

6. What our media is doing should be considered criminal. They're useless.

They're complicit.

[Hornedfrog2000]

13. Complicit?

Theyre an accessory, and they profit from this. Do you think jake tapper would quit over principal? Remind me how much he is paid again? They are all filthy rich from being "journalists". They will do whatever they are told. They will justify it because all of their friends are reporters, and they will do the same because they live in a vacuum.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R

[RobinA]

8. If I Were A Victim

in this, I surely would not want my name linked with this dog and pony show of human trash. If someone does, that's fine, but I certainly wouldn't.

[Scrivener7]

9. But THEY do. Many of them have been trying to be heard for decades.

[Wiz Imp]

24. Do you have evidence of this?

If they want to tell their story, what's stopping them? There's thousands of stories on the internet from Epstein victims. Nothing has stopped the many dozens whose stories are easily found. Truth is, the vast majority of victims remain reluctant to tell their stories for whatever reasons, but plenty has been heard from victims who have been willing to speak out.

A sampling of article from just this past week.

https://www.newsweek.com/new-jeffrey-epstein-survivors-come-forward-2113463
New Jeffrey Epstein Survivors To Come Forward: What To Know

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/us/video/the-lead-jefferey-epstein-documents-files-donald-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-jake-tappers
Epstein victims' attorney: DOJ isn't interested in "transparency"

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/12/nx-s1-5494560/what-one-of-jeffrey-epsteins-victims-wants-from-the-trump-administration
What one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims wants from the Trump administration

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/jeffrey-esptein-ghislaine-maxwell-victims-grand-jury-testimony-00498772
Epstein victims speak out: This ‘smacks of a cover up’

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/epstein-maxwell-survivors-analysis
Epstein victims are a growing political threat to Trump

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/8/jess_michaels
Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels: Victims Want “Accountability & Justice,” Not Political Grandstanding

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5442466-congress-hearing-epstein-maxwell-victims/
Oversight Democrats call for hearing with Epstein victims

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/thomas-massie-epstein-files-survivors-b2806867.html
Bipartisan group plans to bring Epstein victims to capital to speak out on files and push Congress to release them

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/us/video/epstein-maxwell-victim-trump-collins-ldn-digvid
Hear Epstein accuser's message to Trump on potential Maxwell pardon

https://cdispatch.com/news/victims-feeling-exhausted-and-anxious-about-wrangling-over-jeffrey-epstein-files/
Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Jeffrey Epstein files

https://medium.com/@lovefoods_54026/jeffrey-epsteins-victims-families-are-speaking-out-on-the-issues-b48b7c22c301
“Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Families are Speaking Out on the Issues”

[MontanaMama]

10. I see victims speaking up all over social media.

Particularly TikTok and Instagram. Michael Wolff has a daily video on Insta about the crimes FOTUS and Epstein committed. The MSM doesn't give two shits about the victims. We've decided as a culture to disbelieve and diminish women and girls so this does not surprise me in the least.

[Scrivener7]

11. Michael Wolff has been amazing. What took him so long to come forward?

[mackdaddy]

26. Wolff has done a lot of interviews recently on many different podcasts.

He says that he has pitched a Epstein book many times since the Epstein death, and the story was treated as radioactive by publishers.

The story did not really get traction until Trump's DOJ suddenly said nothing to see after the story had been hyped for years. And the the Elon blow up.

There have also been many interviews with the victims/survivors of Maxwell/Epstein that never got any real coverage. Suddenly stories that have been out there for 20 years are getting seen.

[orleans]

12. just a couple random (trump epstein underage) google searches

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU08/20250227/117951/HHRG-119-JU08-20250227-SD006-U6.pdf

from above link
https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-model-drops-twisted-game-bombshell-trump-allegation/
Stacey Williams says Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump, who allegedly groped her at Trump Tower in 1993.
and this

6-Foot-1 Beauty Queen Accuses Trump of ‘Grabbing Her Body Everywhere’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/beatrice-keul-says-donald-trump-groped-her-at-beauty-pageant/


and this

Trump: Epstein did not introduce me to Melania
US president pushes back on Hunter Biden’s claim, saying he met his wife through ‘another person’
archive link: https://archive.is/snc5u

[kimbutgar]

14. I'm hoping that soneone is doing a documentary on this on the sly

And plan to release before the 2026 midterms.

[Scrivener7]

22. I agree. There are docs out there, but this is a whole new

chapter.
What is the deal they made with Maxwell?
Why did they make it?
What are her victims' thoughts on it?
What have been her victims' experiences as they try to be heard?

[Trueblue Texan]

15. Maxwell enabled Epstein the way MAGA enables TSF. nt

[1WorldHope]

19. And now the repuklican party and at least 30% of this country are enabling this.

[Karasu]

16. Buried beneath an avalanche of fascism.

[BoRaGard]

17. corp media failing again

[Torchlight]

18. K&R

[JMCKUSICK]

20. Bravo, Bravo

[1WorldHope]

21. Many have come out and spoke up, a number of times.

So what did America do about it? They re-elected the rapist POS.
Virginia Giuffre couldn't go on and she committed suicide this spring. How fucking sad is that?
Its difficult, but we have to wrap our heads around the fact that this is nothing new. Rape is as old as time. The more power you have the more you rape. But, men don't need to have actual power to rape. But they seek it out to make them feel more powerful.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm starting to lose what little naive hope I had. We slip a little more backwards everyday and he and his crew of really powerful ugly men and women are working at lightning speed to end any semblance of equality and compassion we thought we built up over our life times. I fear we are just a bunch of circus poodles jumping through what ever hoops the clowns present.

[yobrault1]

23. After Epstein's "demise" she became and remains the tip

of the iceberg. It seems for you to be in the old school elites, (ooold money, think way back like the 18 & 19th century elites, like used to own slaves old) whose legacy will be that of complete and utter disdain for humanity and their quest to be the shepherd of illusion, deceit and debauchery. My point? Maxwell is a product of the elite. Who were her influences? Someone from wealth doesn’t just fall into sex trafficking, (to the wealthy no less), she was already accustomed to it and was able to hide in plain sight for her entire adult life. She also had a large customer base but needed product and the means to supply the demand. She also seems to believe she has done nothing wrong, how is that possible? In fact, she’s using the materials they curated to blackmail all the perps. Trump wasn’t just a client he was part of the operation, he provided a pipeline from his golf clubs. She doesn’t believe she should be held accountable because no one else is being held accountable. Why should she be the only one punished, is her thought process. The perps are from all political stripes and include a great number of very prominent people. The only reason Trump hasn’t been outed entirely is because too many of the elites are involved. All speculation on my part, of course.

[Chemical Bill]

25. One is on Nicolle right now.

I have seen several on MSNBC in the last few weeks. I don't know if any other network has paid attention.

[riversedge]

28. Thanks. I am glad to hear that. I have not watched a lot of TV news lately.

[riversedge]

27. I have read some of their comments last 2 weeks but I do not

watch a lot of TV news so I do not know if any have been on TV shows.

[riversedge]

29. "These are women who've been let down for years, at multiple levels, by a government that was supposed to keep them saf

These are women who’ve been let down for years, at multiple levels, by a government that was supposed to keep them safe. Their families are victims, too, since abuse sows trauma through generations.
#EpsteinTrumpFiles

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/epstein-maxwell-survivors-analysis

[Scrivener7]

37. That's a great article.

[JoseBalow]

31. I, for one, prefer not to re-live my past traumas

I would never fault anyone for not wanting to either. YMMV

[Scrivener7]

34. Many of them have been fighting for years to be heard.

[JoseBalow]

35. Then I hope they succeed. They should all be allowed

to process their trauma in whatever way benefits them best.

[doc03]

32. I have often thought about that. Did they

all sign NDAs or just too scared.

[Blue Owl]

33. The majority is on their side

[IcyPeas]

36. Do a search on YouTube for epstein victims... there are many some recent...

and some from years ago.

[Scrivener7]

38. Do you feel the coverage of their positions and points

of view have been sufficient? Recently or in years past?

[IcyPeas]

39. No not at all. It seems like the older interviews were met with a shrug

People are more interested in this story now. It was tamped down especially after epsteins "suicide". Trump and his cronies are doing everything they can to bury or minimize the story.

(my previous reply was aimed more at some of the posters who seemed to not know that a lot of the women have come forward publicly - unless i misinterpreted.)