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'I Will Not Let Him Win': Epstein Victims Testify Weeks After His Suicide

Reuters

   NEW YORK - A succession of women who say Jeffrey Epstein sexually
   abused them voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom
   Tuesday, expressing raw emotions during a dramatic hearing less than
   three weeks after the financier killed himself while awaiting trial on
   sex trafficking charges.

   "He showed the world what a depraved and cowardly human being he was by
   taking his own life," one of the women, Sarah Ransome, said at the
   hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Berman.

   "I will not let him win in death," another woman, Chauntae Davies, told
   the court.

   Federal prosecutors appeared at the hearing to ask the judge to
   formally dismiss their case against Epstein. Berman explained why he
   gave the women and their lawyers an opportunity to address the court.

   "The victims have been included in the proceeding today both because of
   their relevant experiences and because they should always be involved
   before, rather than after, the fact," Berman said at the outset of the
   hearing.

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