Epstein threatened to burn woman’s house down if she told anyone about him, the documents claim
The release of tens of thousands of files from probes into deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has confirmed that a former employee warned the FBI in 1996 that he was seeking out child pornography - a decade before the agency investigated the financier.
“I’ve waited 30 years,” Maria Farmer told The New York Times after the Justice Department released files Friday. Among the documents was Farmer’s report to the bureau, which is thought to be the first time someone reported Epstein to law enforcement.
Farmer, who accused Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sexually assaulting her in a 2019 lawsuit, has said she faced threats and claims that she was inventing her story, for years.
“I can’t believe it,” Farmer added. “They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
When you’re a psychopath like Epstein, your line of reasoning is basically “Threatening to burn her house down would be an effective way to keep her quiet”. You don’t even begin to consider things like ethics or morality, you just consider all the ways that would be effective silencing techniques, like threats of bodily harm or property destruction