Epstein Victim’s Challenge to Non-Prosecution Agreement Tossed

A victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was turned away by the en banc Eleventh Circuit when it denied her petition under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act challenging the non-prosecution agreement the government negotiated with him in secret.

Although the court had the “profoundest sympathy” for Courtney Wild, the opinion by Judge Kevin C. Newsom said the statute was inapplicable because no federal charges were filed against Epstein when she filed her suit.

Epstein abused at least 30 young girls, including Wild, some of whom weren’t even 15 years old, the court said.

After an FBI investigation, federal prosecutors ...