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Jeffrey Epstein's scandal of 
secrecy points to a creeping rot 
in the American justice system 
When rich people are credibly accused of crimes, does the public have a right to 
know? Should multimillionaires be allowed to silence their accusers with cash? 
According to superlawyer David Boies, "dozens" of women who could give 
testimony about being  sexually assaulted as girls by mysterious financier Jeffrey 
Epstein are silenced by settlements they reached with their alleged assailant. The 
exact number is yet another secret in this least transparent of criminal cases. 
"Three dozen or eight dozen, I don't know, but there are dozens," Boies told me 
recently. He himself represents two alleged Epstein victims bound by "non-
disclosure agreements" (NDAs). 
Because Epstein can afford to buy silence, he may succeed in shuttering the 
window of accountability pried open in a South Florida court back in February. 
U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra ruled that federal prosecutors — led by the 
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current labor secretary, Alexander Acosta — broke the law by entering a secret 
sweetheart deal to allow Epstein to serve a cushy sentence without facing evidence 
that he assaulted more than 3o underage girls in Palm Beach. 
That ruling may prove hollow, however, if the alleged victims are now gagged by 
their settlements with Epstein. What a galling next chapter that would be in this 
appalling story. 
Epstein, whose enormous and unexplained wealth attracted a circle of friends that 
included Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, actor Kevin Spacey and Britain's Prince 
Andrew, travels from mansion to m…
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