None of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers will be able to testify against the wealthy sex offender for now under a last-minute settlement reached Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to state sex charges, served just more than a year in jail and became a registered sex offender, is accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls.
He was in court Tuesday for a civil lawsuit against Bradley Edwards, a former state prosecutor who represents some of his accusers, according to the AP.
Epstein had claimed Edwards committed legal misdeeds in representing several accusers in a case that would have allowed several of them to testify for the first time, the news service noted.
Epstein’s case was pushed into the national spotlight after a Miami Herald investigation revealed that he avoided a possible life term during the initial case in 2008 through a secret deal with federal prosecutors led by now-Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta.
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#BREAKING: Wealthy sex offender settles suit, avoids victim testimonies https://t.co/y8lHtGLIWo pic.twitter.com/km1XoMKu0i
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2018
Jeffrey Epstein molested dozens of little girls- possibly hundreds. He should be in prison with Larry Nassar https://t.co/UTZT115Wq8
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) December 4, 2018
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