Epstein’s Final Days: Celebrity Reminiscing and a Running Toilet NEW YORK TIMES The disgraced financier, jailed in Manhattan on federal sex trafficking charges involving teenage girls, was found unconscious on the floor of his cell one morning in July 2019, a strip of bedsheet tied around his bruised neck. read more »
Epstein Scapegoat or Sexual Abuser: The Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell BLOOMBERG Ghislaine Maxwell’s high-society life of private jets, sumptuous mansions and lavish parties with the rich and powerful has collapsed into a grimy cell in Brooklyn. Now, after 16 months behind bars, she is about to do what her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein never did: stand trial. read more »
No bail for Ghislaine Maxwell as trial nears - U.S. judge REUTERS A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's request for bail ahead of her Nov. 29 criminal trial on charges she helped enable Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls. read more » French Catholic Church Will Sell Assets to Compensate Abuse Victims NEW YORK TIMES
US McDonald's workers strike to protest workplace harassment ABC McDonald’s workers in 12 U.S. cities walked off the job Tuesday to protest what they say is an ongoing problem of sexual harassment and violence in the company’s stores. read more » Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe STAR TRIBUNE
After Years of Sexual Abuse Allegations, How Did This Doctor Keep Working? NEW YORK TIMES Hospital staff members looked the other way while Ricardo Cruciani addicted vulnerable women to pain medications and assaulted them, according to a new lawsuit. read more » How has the Catholic church reckoned with sexual-abuse claims? THE ECONOMIST
Prince Andrew can review 2009 Jeffrey Epstein settlement REUTERS Prince Andrew will have a chance to review a 2009 settlement agreement that he hopes will shield him from a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a woman two decades ago, when she was underage. read more » NWSL players halt play mid-game to protest against alleged abuse in league THE GUARDIAN