Epstein's Money Once Silenced Women. This Time Is Different

  • Lawyers took forceful steps to undermine accusers’ credibility
  • $5.5 million to settle three lawsuits, court records show

Courtney Wild, center, on July 16.

Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images 

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Jeffrey Epstein kept details of his sexual encounters out of the public eye more than a decade ago by wearing down his accusers with high-pressure litigation tactics. He settled the claims, some for $1 million or more, and the women stayed silent.

That won’t work this time.