Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein by Bradley J. Edwards

Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein by Bradley J. Edwards

Author:Bradley J. Edwards [Edwards, Bradley J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: True Crime, Sexual Assault, Biography & Autobiography, Lawyers & Judges, General
ISBN: 9781982148157
Google: SF3HDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1982148136
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2020-03-30T00:00:00+00:00


I PROVIDED VIRGINIA ROBERTS’S INFORMATION TO the FBI, and on July 5, 2013, FBI agents interviewed her at the United States Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, to inquire about her time with Jeffrey Epstein. This interview sparked something in Virginia that she had tried for years to suppress. In the summer of 2014, she moved back to the United States. She did this because of how important the CVRA case was to her. She felt compelled to come home and fight not just for herself, but for all of Epstein’s victims. She didn’t know Courtney, but she loved what Courtney stood for and wanted to join in.

In addition to becoming a force in the CVRA case, Virginia wanted to see Epstein criminally prosecuted. Since she was a victim in many other jurisdictions, prosecution seemed like a reasonable goal given the extent of the crimes that had been committed against her. Remember, she had unique, often eyewitness information about how widespread Epstein’s crimes really were. She came to America with her family for the sole purpose of continuing her crusade to bring her perpetrators to justice and help other similarly situated crime victims in any way that she could. When she arrived, we met to discuss how best to go about achieving her goals.

Shortly after our meeting, I received an entirely unexpected telephone call. I was at home in bed at eleven thirty on a Friday night when my phone rang. As soon as I said hello, the voice on the other end went into a windup that eventually became familiar.

“Let me introduce myself,” the caller said. “My name is Stan Pottinger. I’m sure you get a lot of crazy calls about this subject matter—Jeffrey Epstein—but hear me out. I have a civil rights practice in New York. Before that, I was the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in Washington. In addition to my own current work, I sometimes work on cases with David Boies. I’ve been contacted to represent one of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and have told David about it. We understand that you’re the expert and we don’t want to reinvent the wheel. I’m calling to see if it makes sense to work together.”

I asked him whether he represented a client who was victimized in New York or in Florida, and he told me Florida. I then told him I would keep it in confidence, but if he said the name of the victim, I would probably know her situation. When he identified the victim, I walked out on the balcony of my room and explained, “I’m not sure where you got your case from, but you have a problem. Your client was represented in the previous underlying litigation, and while she may not have liked her attorney [not me], or the representation she received, I know for a fact that she signed a settlement agreement with Jeffrey Epstein already.” Stan explained that this was not his understanding, but he would check it out and get back to me the next day.



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