It is most likely Virginia Guiffre in play here, who bravely admitted that she participated in recruiting victims for Epstein and Maxwell, and was paid for doing so, when she was 17. Assuming hers is the redacted name, these actions would be behind her concerns about facing charges herself. Yes she was 17, but on paper she also worked for Epstein, broke child trafficking laws, and probably admitted she did so to the cops, not realizing (since she had no attorney present) that this would open her up to legal jeopardy. And at the time in play here, a LOT less was known by authorities about the whole situation.
But still, yeah, a probable cause affidavit can be used as a bargaining chip to pressure witnesses regardless of whether a warrant is actually sought, and it sucks if PBPD did so in this case 
Despite the protestations above, I'm not sure we know that this was done to protect Epstein. Though it seems likely, it's not the only possibility 
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