A problem with this story is that the witness retracted the claims soon after (in 2016 iirc), admitting that she floated them to discourage retaliation from Epstein.
I do think it's worthwhile to audit the network of malign influence (legal and illegal) which surrounded that guy for decades, but the signal:noise ratio of any Epstein-related discussion is horrendously bad. On my more paranoid days I wonder if things like Qanon exist partly to bury leigitimate investigation efforts in so many layers of self-contradictory garbage that the really salient facts become obscured.
I do think it's worthwhile to audit the network of malign influence (legal and illegal) which surrounded that guy for decades, but the signal:noise ratio of any Epstein-related discussion is horrendously bad. On my more paranoid days I wonder if things like Qanon exist partly to bury leigitimate investigation efforts in so many layers of self-contradictory garbage that the really salient facts become obscured.