Frenkel said the case could develop much like the college-admissions scandal, in which a number of wealthy parents have been charged with paying bribes to get their children into top-tier colleges. More than a dozen have pleaded guilty.
“Once the key witnesses flip, including the victims, the potential is there for other participants to be implicated directly,” he said. “That could be a veiled message in the U.S. attorney’s invitation to decide early whether to hunker down or come forward and get credit or acknowledgment for cooperation to avoid indictment.”
On Monday, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman pleaded for people to come forward with any information about Epstein’s conduct, asking them to call 800-CALL-FBI. While some of Epstein’s alleged victims have accused him of providing them to other men for sexual services, the named men have categorically denied such conduct.
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