Missing Louisiana girl, 13, rescued from box in Pennsylvania basement

[AZJonnie]

17. I really shouldn't put myself in a position of sounding like I'm defending those assholes, because it's not my intent

As you've probably gathered, I've followed the whole saga pretty closely, and while I've seen a lot of extreme allegations, there's actually rather a paucity of hard evidence/sworn testimony to back up the more extreme allegations (I don't mean generally, they were guilty of terrible stuff, so please don't misread me on this, *only* the more extreme stuff like 11 year old's, and people held captive, organized cabals of powerful pedos, etc).

In that lawsuit, there were allegations made along those lines, and it's also true that the Estate posthumously settled the case with the USVI that was the origination of these allegations for $105M. But there was no trial, no admission of guilt, and as far as I was able to research, there was not any sworn testimony by the alleged victims, we don't know who they are, etc. And none of the *known* 15 or so victims who've come forward with their stories have made allegations that are this extreme.

So what I should've replied is simply "allegedly". And I do think there's a notable difference between allegations in a 9 digit civil case, settled without a trial or testimony, vs a 13 year old being kidnapped, raped, and discovered in a cage in someone's basement.

And I don't think it should be discounted that Epstein's pilots both testified, under oath, as Federal prosecution witnesses against Maxwell, that Epstein and Maxwell were absolutely not transporting unaccompanied minors apart from Virginia Guiffre, whom they did not know to be a minor at the time, that no sex happened on the plane, etc. Their testimony always weighs heavy on my mind when I think of what may or may not have happened on the plane, or on the island.