Of his office, epstein would have walked free and suggested a different climate on victims of Sexual Assault in 2002 was to blame. Do you make the same agreement today . So these questions are always very difficult because we now have 12 years of knowledge and hind sig hindsight and we live in a very different world. Todays world treats victims very, very differently. Todays world does not allow some of the victim shaming that could have taken place at trial 12 years ago. Todays world understands that when interviewing victims when eliciting testimony, that testimony can sometimes be contradictory. That memories are difficult. So i dont think we can say take a case that is this old and fully know how it would play out today. But it wasnt 1910. One of the most egregious aspects of the sweetheart deal negotiated by acosta for epstein was that it kept victims in the dark. Asked today if he would apologize to epsteins victims, acosta said he would not and he did not. Our colleague Savannah