“The immediacy of each show each night is energizing,” offers Chelsea Handler. The famed comedienne is reflecting on her week-long stint guest-hosting The Daily Show, where she filled in for the recently-departed Trevor Noah. Handler earned raves behind the desk for her acerbic takes on everything from George Santos (“an …
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Jeffrey Epstein‘s estate has agreed to pay the U.S. Virgin Islands more than $105 million in cash to settle a lawsuit alleging the disgraced late financier used the territory as a base for trafficking of young women and children to his secluded private island, Reuters reports. The settlement comes nearly …
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Two unnamed women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse are suing two major banks, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank. The women claim the institutions ignored “blatant red flags” and provided a “necessary legitimate appearance” as they enabled the late disgraced financier’s sex-trafficking enterprise. “The time has come for the …
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Virginia Giuffre, who has spent more than a decade pursuing legal action against the late Jeffrey Epstein and his associates for sexually trafficking her as a minor, today, Nov. 8, settled a federal defamation suit against the lawyer Alan Dershowitz. In a joint statement, the two announced that they have …
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Steven Hoffenberg, who went to prison for a Ponzi scheme he said he built with Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead on Tuesday at his home in Derby, Connecticut. The cause and manner of death are yet unknown, as the body was seemingly in a state of advanced decomposition. The Derby …
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Ghislaine Maxwell will spend 20 years in prison for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom, and abuse girls. On Tuesday, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York handed down the sentence for counts of sex trafficking, conspiracy, and transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in …
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In an effort to save the skin of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, defense lawyers say a narcissistic father made Maxwell more vulnerable to being manipulated by Jeffrey Epstein. Beyond Maxwell’s tough upbringing, they cite death threats against her by fellow inmates and the harsh conditions she’s faced in jail …
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The judge in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial on Tuesday asked a juror a series of questions in court to find out whether Maxwell should be granted a new trial based on false information he provided during the jury selection process. In December, Maxwell wasfound guilty of five of the …
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A federal judge in New York has said Virginia Giuffre’s civil case claiming Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her can continue, denying a motion for dismissal Andrew’s defense team argued Jan. 4 in court. Judge Lewis Kaplan of New York’s Southern District said Wednesday in his opinion that the language in …
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What to make of Ghislaine Maxwell, millionaire heiress and alleged underage-girl procurer for Jeffrey Epstein? This is the central question at the heart of all coverage of the Epstein case. That’s especially true now that Epstein is dead and his secrets have perished along with him; as his former girlfriend …
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