00:00Okay, I'll be happy to take a few questions, if you have them.
00:15Ms. Allred, other than holding a press conference like this,
00:18what more can you do to try to compel the government
00:21to release what you're asking for?
00:28Great question.
00:30How can we compel the government to do it?
00:35I think that the answer is that the power lies in the representatives of the people in Congress,
00:45in the House, in the Senate.
00:47We do not have any lawsuit pending,
00:49and therefore we cannot subpoena documents or individuals.
00:56I do represent, or have represented, 27 victims of Epstein, some Epstein and Maxwell.
01:06Some underage, some adults.
01:08But any legal work we were doing for them has been accomplished.
01:16So, having said that, you know, victims have become a political football for the Congress.
01:26We're really talking about law, not politics, but politics is now very much involved.
01:37And so the answer is it's going to be up to them.
01:40But individuals and groups have the power of public opinion, a court of public opinion.
01:47They can write to their elected representatives.
01:51They can also ask them the question of what they're going to do at town halls,
01:57and many of which are being conducted across the country.
02:01Some of the very heated town halls with very frank and specific questions and allegations
02:10made by the people who are attending.
02:14But I think, in the end, you know, they're there to represent their constituents,
02:20and it appears that the majority of people in the United States and most polls would like to see more transparency
02:25of the evidence being revealed to them.
02:33I have a question specifically about this.
02:36You mentioned that no charges were ever filed.
02:38That's correct.
02:39Can you talk us through the process?
02:40Not in this case.
02:42Right.
02:42Can you talk us through the process between police report being filed and no charges?
02:48Was there anything potentially nefarious in that process?
02:51Anything, any sort of cover-up you're suggesting there?
02:56Well, we tried to get to the bottom of it.
02:59Why?
03:00Previously, a number of years ago.
03:03I wrote to law enforcement to try to obtain the answer to the question.
03:08Their response was that they thought that Ms. Arvin only wanted to warn him and not to have him prosecuted.
03:25She denies that.
03:27You know, I don't know how they reached that conclusion, and for now, it doesn't matter to me.
03:36But the point is, often, it is the perception, based on my experience,
03:45that law enforcement sometimes discourages victims from wanting to go ahead.
03:52And that was many years ago.
03:55That was decades ago.
03:58And sometimes, you know, in 1997, which is when it took place,
04:04law enforcement, for whatever reason they had, you know, might have disparaged them.
04:11Alicia has alleged previously that she did want to file a police report that she was disparaged the first time,
04:19but then she went back and insisted on being able to file a police report, and she did.
04:26So all I can say is, I think law enforcement needs to do a better job of supporting victims,
04:33having perhaps, you know, women, victim advocates there to support victims
04:40and to help them to understand how they can play a role in prosecutions
04:44and support them so that predators could, in fact, be prosecuted.
04:53But I'm saying, her position is, she wanted to be prosecuted, she would have testified.
04:59Right.
04:59But you don't have any evidence that there was an actual cover-up here.
05:04It was potentially just how these things were handled kind of badly, you know, at that time.
05:09My understanding is that they did contact Mr. Epstein, that was law enforcement,
05:14and he denied it.
05:15Okay.
05:16What a surprise.
05:19Excellent.
05:21I don't know whether or not they ever contacted Mr. Rexner,
05:27who was owned or was the head of Victoria's Secret.
05:32He was the one who was the first one.
