Jeffrey Epstein: soldi, potere e perversione

It feels like there's still a lot of information that hasn't been uncovered or at least, hasn't been shown in this documentary, especially regarding other people that were involved. I would assume one of the reasons for that is that the case might be still under investigation, like, what material did they find in Epstein's house? It is said that he had cameras everywhere that would film who was there and what they did with the underage girls. The series mainly focus on Epstein. Because Epstein got a plea deal in his first trial in 2008 and the second trial didn't take place due to his death, the victims had very little or no opportunity to be heard, and when they talked to the press they were quickly shut down (as shown in this documentary). They are given this opportunity now in these series which concentrate more on the victims and their testimonials. We can get at times shocked at their naivety, I know I had few moments where I was shaking my head in disbelief. But it does show how well the victims were chosen due to their very young age and in most of the cases their dysfunctional background. And Epstein and his wife had a long practice of grooming, manipulation and intimidation, they knew exactly how to pick and control their victims.

These are very good series, informative and we do get quiet a lot of information that hasn't been covered in the press before. I also appreciated that the series concentrated on relevant information and are not too long (I've seen some other Netlix series that were overstretched on 8-10 episodes that could have easily been 4 or 5). Although I think we should have at least one full episode about Ghislaine Maxwell alone as she played a huge role in this scandal

Allowing the victims to speak their truth is invaluable and thus is an incredibly important service the filmmakers have done buuuutt ... there should be a different category for these than, 'documentary'. This film, the R. Kelly one, the Michael Jackson one are all just basically 5 hour long victim impact statements. To me the term, 'documentary', means someone does the arduous work of zooming out through research research research and more research and then more documents and more research and then presents the facts without an emotional heavy hand leaning one way or the other. It documents. Victim impact statements are one of the most important parts of any story but I'm not sure it should be considered the whole story or 5 hours of it. Overall though, this is impactful and definitely worth watching.

What an evil creep Epstein was, and this documentary covers the rise of this sleaze-ball reasonably well. Where it is lacking is in not EXPLAINING well enough how he got away with so much - several times he was credited with being a great salesman, but that can't be all. There are several disappointing omissions. To name a few:-

• How did he get the teaching job at Dalton (from AG Barr's father, no less - not mentioned here. Why?)?
• No real explanation for the sweetheart deal he got from Acosta in Florida. Incredible deal, that even gave immunity to all his associates! There is a book just in that deal.
• his death. Probably, they were just about finished with the documentary when he died, so the end feels rushed. They cover the doubt about his "suicide" (virtually no one believes it was). Could they have done more digging?
• they didn't really dig deep enough into all his enablers. It was hinted he had "kompromat" on lots of people he provided girls to (they said his house was extensively covered by CCTV, inside & out)
• "collaborators" like Dershowitz were allowed to give their version virtually unchallenged

Very well made, but the analysis & investigation seemed to pull their punches. Were they afraid of lawsuits?

This documentary could fallow the track of missed proves. What happened with cameras records of the island, the registers of flights and their passengers, neighboors of his mansions, etc? And About Ghislaine Maxwell, where is she now, they have proves for she goes to jail, she have access to his heritage?

No matter their reasons for being in that situation these girls were minors and are victims of two deeply conniving and charismatic psychopaths.