Let’s Out the Men in Maxwell-Epstein Case

The conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell on five of six charges of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is not and should not be the end of the story. Maxwell is being held accountable, but the men involved with these sexual encounters have not been charged. Maxwell may be able to negotiate a lesser sentence with the court if Epstein releases names and videos of men who visited his New York and Caribbean Island homes.

Many men continue to escape accountability for their sex with prostitutes, and other underage girls. Some men have been charged with criminal offenses, but most seem to be exempt from full responsibility. When police arrest prostitutes, the “Johns” too often go free, or pay a fine and avoid publicity.

This could be a way to dissuade this type of behavior.

Threety-five year ago, Trenton’s two newspapers printed the names not just of the prostitutes, but also those who solicited them. The Associated Press ran this story in 1987: “It was bad enough being charged with soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute, said Jack (not his real name). Then a newspaper printed his name and address on the front page.”

Following the suicide of a man named by them, 1977 saw newspapers suspend this practice. The practice was resumed 10 years later. “Jack” was quoted as saying, “My family had a hard time dealing with it. This made us ridicule. We got anonymous phone calls.”

Public ridicule should suffice to make men reconsider engaging in such actions. Shame and ridicule might be enough deterrents if laws fail to do their job.

It would benefit you to know if wealthy, prominent men have sex with young girls. It has already been revealed that Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were frequent fliers on Epstein’s jet. Flight logs introduced during Maxwell’s trial show Donald Trump flew on the jet between Palm Beach and New York City airports six times, sometimes accompanied by his then-wife, Marla Maples and infant daughter, Tiffany. Bill Clinton was a passenger at least 26 times. Records obtained by foxnews.com show Clinton flew without his Secret Service detail for at least five of the flights and that trips between 2001 and 2003 “included extended junkets around the world with Epstein and fellow passengers identified on manifests by their initials or first names, including ‘Tatiana.’ The tricked-out jet earned its Nabakov-inspired nickname (Lolita Express) because it was reportedly outfitted with a bed where passengers had group sex with young girls.”

Neither Trump, nor Clinton, has been accused of anything illegal or inappropriate, but given both men’s record of behavior with women, people will draw their own conclusions. Whether or not Maxwell uses any of the information she might have to bargain for a lighter sentence, I hope details about all the men who visited Epstein’s island and New York home will be made public as a warning to others who might have illegal and certainly immoral fantasies and think they can escape accountability.

The Washington Post quoted “advocates” for sexually abused girls and women as saying the Maxwell conviction is a “symbolic win” for survivors. The Maxwell conviction should not be symbolic. It will be possible to identify all men responsible for the abuse of these women.

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