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A powerful new public service announcement released by World Without Exploitation, an anti‑trafficking organisation, is intensifying pressure on Congress to release all remaining files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The emotional PSA, published just days before the US House votes on legislation compelling full disclosure of Justice Department documents, features 11 survivors of Epstein’s abuse demanding transparency and justice. 

In the video, each woman holds a photo of herself at the age she first encountered Epstein. Many pause, wipe tears, or speak through trembling voices. Their message is unified and urgent:

“It’s time to bring the secrets out of the shadows. It’s time to shine a light into the darkness.” According to the Department of Justice, Epstein victimised at least 1,000 women and children over decades. Survivors fear that unless the full files are released, the scale of Epstein’s network, and those who enabled him, will remain obscuredDanielle Bensky, who was 17 when she met Epstein in 2004, emphasised at a November 18 news conference, “I am one story of a thousand. We are women from different races, religions, backgrounds, and political views, all united by what happened to us.”

The campaign directs viewers to an online portal that sends automated letters to members of Congress urging them to vote for the release of the Epstein files.

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Congress Under Pressure

The PSA comes ahead of a pivotal House vote on whether to force the Department of Justice to release its full cache of Epstein‑related documents. The push follows years of frustration from survivors who say the government repeatedly sidelined or silenced them.

Among the most outspoken is Courtney Wild, who was only 14 when she was lured to Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion in 2001 under the guise of giving a massage to a wealthy older man. She was sexually abused and later pressured to recruit other girls. Epstein ultimately served just 13 months in a private wing of a county jail, a deal Wild and others have condemned as a profound failure of justice.

Her 2008 civil suit forced authorities to admit they secretly struck a non‑prosecution agreement with Epstein without informing victims, a violation of federal law.

A Larger, Darker Network

The PSA also echoes testimony like that of model Marijke Chartouni-Rochard, who recently described on air how she was groomed and trafficked as a teen. When asked whether Epstein sent her to Mar‑a‑Lago, she hesitated, “I don’t know… I can’t answer that.”

Pressed on whether she was trafficked to other people, Rochard replied carefully, “Terrible things happened to me during my time with Epstein.” Advocates say these accounts show the case is far bigger than Epstein or Maxwell, it is about a network, a system, and decades of silence.

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