Several Jeffrey Epstein survivors experienced “widespread panic” after the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 files earlier this month without redacting their names, prompting some to believe that the Justice Department is “intentionally” failing to protect their privacy, according to a Wednesday court filing.
In a letter to Judge Richard Berman this week, Bradley Edwards and Brittany Henderson, lawyers who have represented hundreds of Epstein victims, said they were contacted by survivors whose identifies were exposed in the Nov. 12 disclosure of files.
“This type of negligence by the government to a survivor is just unable to comprehend. It just is impossible. It can’t be,” one person identified as Victim 1 allegedly said in a message to the lawyers, per the court filing.
“I thought the government had promised to redact our names and identifying material. I don’t understand how this is happening again,” said another survivor identified as Victim 3.
Edwards and Henderson said they also received calls from at least six other survivors who were contacted by the media after their names appeared in the files made public by lawmakers on Nov. 12.
