A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.
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Paths to ‘Pedophile Island’
Near Intelligence tracked where visitors were observed 30 minutes before and after spending time on Little Saint James. The resulting data shows the path visitors took to visit the island.
Source: Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker | WIRED
Prince Harry’s party days with Sean “Diddy” Combs could be coming back to haunt him after it emerged that he was named in court documents filed against the rapper, who is facing a litany of shocking sexual assault allegations in a case being brought by one of his former producers Rodney Jones.
Federal law enforcement raided two of Diddy’s properties on Monday as part of an investigation into sex trafficking allegations.
While Harry is not accused of any wrongdoing, being named in the suit by Jones as a friend of Combs will be an unwelcome reminder for Harry of his former association with the rapper.
Jones, who says he was groped, harassed and threatened by Combs, says in the suit which was first filed in February that Diddy’s co-defendants were rewarded “for participating in and facilitating Combs’ sex trafficking venture” by getting “affiliation and access to Mr Combs’ popularity.” Jones says: “Mr Combs was known for throwing the ‘best’ parties. Affiliation with, and or sponsorship of Mr Combs’ sex-trafficking parties garnered legitimacy and access to celebrities such as famous athletes, political figures, artists, musicians and international dignitaries like British royal, Prince Harry.”
Source: Prince Harry Named in Blockbuster Diddy Sex Trafficking Lawsuit
See also: Diddy’s Homes Raided in Connection With Federal Sex Trafficking Probe: Reports
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the FBI of covering up its failure to investigate the late financier, enabling his sex trafficking to continue for more than 20 years.
The victims, using Jane Doe pseudonyms, said the FBI received credible tips as early as 1996 that Epstein trafficked young women and girls, yet failed to interview victims or share what it knew with federal and local law enforcement.
Victims said the FBI finally began a probe in 2006, but ended it two years later after Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida prostitution charge, and kept ignoring tips until his July 2019 arrest. Epstein committed suicide a month later.
“As a direct and proximate cause of the FBI’s negligence, plaintiffs would not have been continued to be sex trafficked, abused, raped, tortured and threatened,” the complaint said.
“Jane Does 1-12 bring this lawsuit to get to the bottom — once and for all — of the FBI’s role in Epstein’s criminal sex trafficking ring,” it added.
Authorities in recent months have been in contact with women who have accused the longtime WWE boss of sexual misconduct.
Federal authorities have been investigating sexual assault and sex trafficking allegations against WWE co-founder Vince McMahon, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Prosecutors in New York in recent months have been in contact with women who have accused McMahon of sexual misconduct, the people said.
The billionaire resigned last week from the wrestling empire he long ran after former WWE employee Janel Grant filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her and trafficking her to other men inside WWE.
McMahon has denied Grant’s allegations and said the federal probe won’t find wrongdoing. He referred to a statement from last week: “I intend to vigorously defend myself against these baseless accusations, and look forward to clearing my name.”
Source: Federal Prosecutors Investigate Vince McMahon Sex-Trafficking Allegations – WSJ
At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse, claiming at least 2,225 victims.
BERLIN (AP) — At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an independent report published Thursday.
The numbers are based on the study of documents and files from the regional churches and the Lutherans’ diaconal relief and social welfare organization, known as Diakonie.
However, the authors said they were not able to analyze the personnel files of all pastors and deacons within the church, but primarily disciplinary files. They estimated that the real number of perpetrators is much higher, with nearly 3,500 people who have committed sexual abuse, German news agency dpa reported.
Source: Report on sex abuse in Germany’s Protestant Church documents at least 2,225 victims | AP News
Forced abortions and other atrocities are alleged by dozens of ex-followers of a charismatic televangelist.
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Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC.
Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members – five British – allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria’s late TB Joshua.
The allegations of abuse in a secretive Lagos compound span almost 20 years.
The Synagogue Church of All Nations did not respond to the allegations but said previous claims have been unfounded.
TB Joshua, who died in 2021, was a charismatic and hugely successful preacher and televangelist who had an immense global following.
Source: TB Joshua: Megachurch leader raped and tortured worshippers, BBC finds
List could be released as soon as Tuesday after deadline for objections to unsealing of names passes midnight Monday
Nearly 200 names connected to the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking conspiracy could be released by a New York judge as soon as Tuesday, exposing or confirming the identities of dozens of associates of the disgraced financier that until now have only been known as John and Jane Does in court papers.
A deadline for objections to the unsealing of the names passes at midnight on Monday, nearly nine years after victim Virginia Giuffre filed a single defamation claim against Maxwell, daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell, in 2015, that in turn produced the names in legal depositions.
A year later, in 2016, US district court judge Robert Sweet rejected Maxwell’s motion to dismiss the case, finding that “the veracity of a contextual world of facts more broad than the allegedly defamatory statements” and that Guiffre “was a victim of sustained underage sexual abuse between 1999 and 2002”. The parties settled out of court in 2017.
ROME—Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu walked the short distance from his apartment in Vatican City to the residence of Pope Francis, expecting to discuss his work overseeing the canonization of saints. . . .
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu was a rising star under Pope Francis—until corruption charges left him battling for exoneration and his freedom.
Source: He Might Have Been Pope. Instead, He May Go to Prison. – WSJ
The owner of a WeHo sex-toy boutique has opened the doors of an ambitious three-business, two-story, one-stop vice shop on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Source: ‘What’s better than sex and weed?’ How about a new West Hollywood one-stop pleasure campus
Source: Spanish clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children, probe estimates
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