A protester holds a sign outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 12, 2025. SAUL LOEB / AFP

Survivors of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sued the US government and Google on Thursday, March 26, over victims' identities being mistakenly revealed in a trove of documents published online by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

The DOJ released more than three million files in January related to the investigation into the disgraced financier, including his links to high-profile figures. But officials were left scrambling after the names of victims, who were supposed to be anonymized, were left unredacted.

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