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Sadly, I discovered the news of Miss Jufres passing over the weekend
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I was at home with family and obviously the news alert came up on my cell phone
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Had you spoken to her much before this weekend? No, understand that I represented numerous victims of Jeffrey Epstein
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including the first victim that went forward to police in Palm Beach many years ago, back in 2006, 2007
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I never actually directly represented Ms. Jouffre, but she was part of the proceeding that we were all involved in at the time and one of the largest voices in that process
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Had you become aware that she was unwell, whether physically or mentally, in the lead up to this weekend
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I was aware through news reports that she had had some various different health issues obviously that
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she thought she was going to pass unfortunately due to some of them and then it appeared that
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she had recovered so we were hopeful that she was going to be okay but it turns out that's not true
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yeah because she said that she'd she had renal failure due to a car accident and that she had
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four days to live. That was a couple of days before this weekend. The family have said, have confirmed that this was suicide
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The police are still investigating, but they don't think there was anything untoward here. Is that your view that you are you believe in the facts as they are presented to us well what i would say is that unfortunately uh statistics and research shows that there is a
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much higher incident rate of suicide among childhood abuse victims sexual abuse victims
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particularly so it would not be surprising unfortunately if she ended up taking her life
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What I would also say, though, is that in the case of Jeffrey Epstein and all of the people within his orbit, it just requires a certain amount of introspection and investigation to make sure that this was, in fact, what people are saying it is
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I question anything and everything that has gone on in this case for so many years, because oftentimes what we've found is that the initial story is not the truth
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I realise this is many years ago and situations change for people, but in December 2019, she put a tweet out saying that she's making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal
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I have made this known to my therapist and my GP. She said, too many evil people want to see me quieted. Do you think that's true
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I think it was true at the time. I certainly think that that is the way she felt at the time that that was occurring
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Back in 2017 remember all of the investigations were still hot and heavy that a lot of criticism was coming down on her both within the court system as well as outside in the court of public opinion So I not surprised that she would feel that way at the time
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Obviously, with some of the health issues she's had over the recent years, as well as some of the issues regarding her children
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I think that circumstances certainly can change. But you still remain sceptical, cynical about the facts that they're currently being presented
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or you need more questions answered? Yeah, I'm always skeptical. I'm always cynical when dealing with any of the facts, as initially stated in the Epstein case. Everything about this case that the authorities have said since the inception back in 2006 has proved ultimately to be untrue. So not only myself, but the victims are always skeptical of what authorities say
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Including his suicide? including his suicide i was one of the first ones i think if not the first one
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once he was arrested to say that he wasn't making it out of jail alive um and i think that the
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circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspect and that there has never been a complete
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and full openness by the department of justice regarding the circumstances of his death why
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Well, that's curious and a very good question to ask people in authority in the federal government, both the FBI as well as the Department of Justice
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You know it seems very suspect that our current Attorney General is quick to turn over documents regarding Mr Epstein and other people that may have been in his orbit But yet she still keeps secret the DOJ investigation into
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his death. There are, I think, am I right in saying that there are new files that are going
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to be released or have just been released, possibly yesterday or today, that apparently
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contain more information pertaining to Epstein? Have you seen those? Do you know what they contain
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I don't, and I haven't seen them, but they have yet to release any of the videotapes that were secretly recorded within his home, both in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Manhattan and Palm Beach that the FBI has in their custody
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Release the tapes. In addition to that, release the full and complete investigation regarding his death
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None of that has been done so far. It just seems like they're releasing what they feel is helpful to the current administration
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Did Virginia know the truth about what happened? Oh, Virginia most certainly knew the truth about what happened within the Epstein orbit
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As far as what happened to Jeffrey Epstein, I don't think anyone except the Department of Justice knows the real truth
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Did all of the truth that she knew get out? Was it all out there for people to see publicly, whether it was agreed, whether the facts were agreed upon or not
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Yeah, I do think that Miss Jufres did fully and completely disclose everything that had happened to her
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Now, whether people believed her or not, I think that she was a vocal advocate for not only herself, but also all abuse victims at the hands of someone who is that wealthy and that powerful
