Epstein victim seeks US Supreme Court review of prosecutors' secret deal

A woman who was allegedly abused by Jeffrey Epstein is asking the Supreme Court to rule on her challenge to prosecutors' once-secret deal with the deceased sex offender.

A woman who was allegedly sexually abused as a child by Jeffrey Epstein is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that, if allowed to stand, would end her years-long challenge to federal prosecutors' once-secret deal with the deceased sex offender, which in 2008 allowed Epstein to avoid federal charges involving more than 30 underage victims. "The nation's highest court should review this 'national disgrace' and bring some measure of justice by overturning the decision," wrote attorneys for Courtney Wild in a petition to the Supreme Court this week. "The importance of this case to crime victims -- and to the public -- cannot be overstated." Wild's lawyers contend that the case presents a "now-or-never opportunity" for the Supreme Court to decide whether the government's "covert practices" that concealed the Epstein deal from his victims violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act. "Courtney's rights were intentionally violated by our government, and we are now asking our United States Supreme Court to take this important case and finally bring the justice Courtney has been seeking, which will forever forbid the government from working in secret against victims, no matter how wealthy and powerful the criminal might be," said Brad Edwards, one of Wild's attorneys.