The real heroes of the Epstein story

[sheshe2]

The real heroes of the Epstein story

— Pam🫘🧶💙🏳️‍🌈🐸 #NoKings🚫👑 (@pmmcdaniel.bsky.social) 2026-04-19T13:26:16.159Z

When I wrote “Perversion of Justice” for the Miami Herald in 2018, I never dreamed that we would be sitting here today, piecing together a global sex trafficking and money laundering network involving not only Jeffrey Epstein — but other powerful figures who either participated in or helped enable him to sexually abuse countless women and girls all over the world.

I didn’t do this story all by myself. Emily Michot, the former Miami Herald photographer and videographer, was with me every step of the way. And my editor, Casey Frank, now retired, supported me when people like Alan Dershowitz went into tirades and threatened to sue us. Casey read many of the court documents I used that formed the backbone to my investigation.

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But most of all, we wouldn’t be here today if not for four survivors who courageously were the first to go public with their stories. These four — Virginia Giuffre, Michelle Licata, Courtney Wild and Jena-Lisa Jones (pictured with Emily and I above in a People magazine story) — are the heroines of this story.

If you have not seen the powerful videos that Emily produced for our series, I encourage you to view them on YouTube. Her work captured the trauma and betrayal that these women suffered at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and from the state and federal prosecutors in Florida who failed them.

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Someday the truth will come out and perps will be exposed, though I doubt it will be in my lifetime or theirs.

[Whip-poor-will]

1. You gotta believe

For those women truth will out.

The tapes CDs hard drives and copies are in existence ,it's a matter of time.

The bigger they are the harder they fall the vile ,putrid ,violent and deadly actions are waiting their exposure, trump knows what his part

was in some of those flicks.. The ultimate "caught with your pants down."

[sheshe2]

2. Thank you.

I believe it will, eventually. They deserve justice.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. For my wife, daughter and granddaughter - plus all the women out there do not give up hope -

justice is coming and that day will be far too late but still be AWESOME.

[sheshe2]

4. Thank you, beautifully said.

For the girls, justice however late in coming. May all the men and yes, some women rot in hell for all the pain they caused.

[calimary]

5. Bless them for living to tell, and TELLING!

[sheshe2]

6. They are our Sheros.