| >"psychologically manipulate" - isn't that just a loaded way of saying "convince"? "(...) The girls he allegedly abused were largely from troubled backgrounds, either in the foster care system, from broken families, or below the poverty line". -- and as young as 14 year old, at that. Does "convince" really apply? >Did he actually do all those other things, beatings, threatening? (...) Multiple women say they attempted to refuse Epstein, but to no avail. “I was terrified and I was telling him to stop,” said Araoz, recounting one visit during which Epstein raped her. “If I left Epstein … he could have had me killed or abducted, and I always knew he was capable of that if I did not obey him,” another alleged victim, Virginia Roberts, said during a hearing. |
14 year olds, too - but those "assistants" presumably were older.
Threats - threats are threats, going beyond "manipulation".