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Gaetz Friend Appears to Be Cooperating

Lawyers in Joel Greenberg's hearing say they expect a plea deal

(Newser) - Lawyers for both sides seemed to indicate in a Florida court hearing Thursday that a former Seminole County tax collector is cooperating with prosecutors—a development that could provide a major boost to the investigation of US Rep. Matt Gaetz. Joel Greenberg faces a host of charges, including sex trafficking...

Report: Feds Are Looking Into Alleged Gaetz Bahamas Trip

Sources say marijuana entrepreneur may have paid for accommodation, escorts

(Newser) - Rep. Matt Gaetz may have violated federal law in more ways than one with an alleged trip to the Bahamas with a marijuana entrepreneur. Sources tell CBS that federal investigators looking into the trip suspect that Jason Pirozzolo, a Florida hand surgeon who is chairman of the board of the...

Aide Quits, but Gaetz Says He&#39;s Staying
Matt Gaetz:
I Won't Resign
Apr 2, 2021 2:25 PM CDT

Matt Gaetz: I Won't Resign

Lawmaker's top communications aide quits

(Newser) - Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, under investigation by the Justice Department in a sex trafficking case, said rumors that he'll resign from the House are false. Gaetz called it "very safe" to say he has no plans to quit, the Hill reports. His communications director, on the other hand,...

Pornhub's New Problem: an $80M-Plus Lawsuit

40 women say online porn site profited from GirlsDoPorn sex trafficking videos

(Newser) - Pornhub's problems continue , this time with an $80 million-plus complaint. The BBC reports that the online porn site and its parent firm, MindGeek, have been sued by 40 women who allege that the companies profited from pornographic videos they appeared in for content partner GirlsDoPorn, which has been accused...

Here's How Badly Ghislaine Maxwell Wants Out of Prison

Jeffrey Epstein confidant offers to put up all of her assets for bail

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell wants out of prison and is apparently willing to put up all of her assets to make that happen. The British socialite accused of grooming underage girls for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein asked to be released from confinement in a court filing revealed Monday, claiming she's...

Readers Reach Out to Help Teen in Pornhub Exposé

Nicholas Kristof shares an update on the reaction to his work

(Newser) - Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wrote an exposé of Pornhub that is resulting in real changes . The site, while denying any wrongdoing, is promising reforms to make it harder for people to post videos of underage girls and for such videos to proliferate. "I don’t trust...

Nicholas Kristof: It&#39;s Time to Stand Up to Pornhub
Nicholas Kristof
Calls Out Pornhub
OPINION
Dec 4, 2020 10:55 AM CST

Nicholas Kristof Calls Out Pornhub

NYT columnist accuses site of profiting off of child sexual abuse

(Newser) - Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times is out with a new column that is utterly scathing of the site Pornhub. The gist of his complaint comes early:
  • "Its site is infested with rape videos. It monetizes child rapes, revenge pornography, spy cam videos of women showering, racist and
...

Teens Thought They'd Found Love. Instead, a Terrible Turn

'Nat Geo' tells the stories of 2 sex slaves fighting against the odds

(Newser) - They thought they'd found love. But Sayeda and Anjali, pseudonyms given to two teenage girls born into poverty and sold to the same Indian brothel, were fooled, as Yudhijit Bhattacharjee writes in an expose of child trafficking for National Geographic . Sayeda, an aspiring dancer from Khulna, Bangladesh, who by...

In Georgia, a Big Find by 'Operation Not Forgotten'

2-week mission by US Marshals Service leads to rescue of 26 children, safe location of 13 others

(Newser) - Over a two-week period in August, the US Marshals Service conducted "Operation Not Forgotten," searching for missing kids in the Atlanta metro area. Now, per the agency, nearly 40 kids are known to be in safe hands due to that mission. A USMS release reports that it tracked...

Prosecutors: Ghislaine Maxwell Lived 'Life of Privilege' in Hiding

Prosecutors cite all-cash $1 million purchase of NH estate in arguing she's a flight risk

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell appears to have made "intentional efforts to avoid detection" before her arrest Thursday , from jetting off to Qatar and Japan to changing her phone number, according to authorities. Maxwell—who reportedly holds citizenship in the UK, US, and France—took "at least 15 international flights in...

In Sealed Deposition, Epstein Accuser Names Ex-Israel PM

Victoria Giuffre said she was trafficked to Ehud Barak

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein accuser Victoria Giuffre named former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak as one of the men the financier forced her to have sex with, a court heard Tuesday. Lawyers for Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, another Epstein associate accused by Giuffre, said she had named Barak and billionaire Les...

Teen Facing Life for Killing Abuser Gets a Break

Community groups raise $400K to get Chrystul Kizer out of jail

(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen held in jail for two years for the murder of her alleged sex trafficker has been released on bail after $400,000 was raised by groups including the Milwaukee Freedom Fund. The fund worked with the Chrystul Kizer Defense Committee, Chicago Community Bond Fund, and the national...

Witness: I Saw Prince Andrew, Accuser 'Engaged in Foreplay'

Steve Cully talks of visiting 'Pedophile Island' in 'Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich'

(Newser) - Prince Andrew won't like what he finds in Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich , the four-part Netflix docu-series premiering Wednesday. In the third episode, we hear from Steve Cully, who managed telecommunications and data on Epstein's private island from 1999 to 2005. He says he saw Alan Dershowitz and Bill...

Epstein Pal's Email Was Hacked: Letter

That's what Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer claims

(Newser) - Old pals of Jeffrey Epstein, look out: Emails of his alleged madam may well have been hacked. So says a letter from Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer about documents unsealed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Fox News reports. In the letter—written in response to a defamation case against...

Ex-SEALs Are Guarding Ghislaine Maxwell: Source

Jeffrey Epstein's old friend is reportedly hiding in safe houses

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's alleged former madame hasn't fallen off the Earth—she's just very well-protected, according to unnamed sources popping up in the tabloids. "She is not in the US, she moves around," an unidentified source tells the New York Post about Ghislaine Maxwell, 58. "...

Report: FBI Investigating Epstein Pal Ghislaine Maxwell

Sources tell Reuters the agency is asking questions about the mysterious socialite

(Newser) - No one seems to know for sure where Ghislaine Maxwell is, with CBS This Morning noting the Jeffrey Epstein friend has been keeping a "low profile" since his August suicide . But while that mystery continues , the FBI is apparently trying to figure out her role in the Epstein sex...

Teen&#39;s Murder Case Likened to Another Famous One
Teen Allegedly Kills Abuser,
Now Faces Life Sentence
the rundown
Dec 19, 2019 10:49 AM CST

Teen Allegedly Kills Abuser, Now Faces Life Sentence

Chrystul Kizer accused of killing man, and her attorneys say she was victim of sex trafficking

(Newser) - A 19-year-old woman in Wisconsin faces a life sentence for allegedly murdering a man in Kenosha last year, and the case is generating national attention for its unusual circumstances. The crime itself was a brutal one, as ABC News recounts. Randall Volar, 34, was shot twice in the head in...

Epstein's Guards Were Allegedly Shopping, Sleeping

AG Barr describes 'perfect storm of screw-ups'

(Newser) - Enough with the conspiracy theories, says Attorney General William Barr, asserting that a "series" of mistakes allowed Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a Manhattan jail in August. "I can understand people … whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a...

Jaws Drop Over Andrew&#39;s &#39;I Don&#39;t Sweat&#39; Interview
Andrew's Interview Called
Worse Than a 'Train Wreck'
the rundown
Nov 17, 2019 11:50 AM CST

Andrew's Interview Called Worse Than a 'Train Wreck'

Seems people aren't buying his denials

(Newser) - Prince Andrew's TV interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has triggered shock waves of disbelief across British media, CNN reports. To recap, the prince soberly denied even knowing accuser Virginia Giuffre, who was underage at the time. In particular, he denied having sex with Giuffre...

Epstein Accuser Out With Details on Prince Andrew

Virginia Roberts Giuffre calls him an 'abuser' and 'participant' in Epstein's sex ring

(Newser) - "He was an abuser. He was a participant." That's what Virginia Roberts Giuffre—one of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers—says about Prince Andrew in an upcoming Dateline that includes interviews with six Epstein accusers, per MSN.com . Talking to host Savannah Guthrie, Giuffre goes into detail about...

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