- Epstein survivors aired Super Bowl ad for file transparency.
- Demanded release of remaining 3 million government files.
- DOJ criticized for redaction blunders, revealing victim privacy.
Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released a powerful advert on Super Bowl Sunday, using one of the United States' most-watched television moments to call for full transparency in his long-running sex-trafficking case.
The video, backed by the anti-trafficking group World Without Exploitation, urges Americans to "stand with us" and pressures US Attorney General Pam Bondi to release millions of Ellis remaining government files tied to the scandal, which survivors say have been overly redacted or withheld.
The ad highlights that 3 million pages of records released so far represent only part of the roughly 6 million pages reviewed under the 2025 Epstein Files Transparency Act, and demands the public push Bondi and authorities for full disclosure.
Survivors appear on camera holding photos of themselves as teenagers and declare, "After years of being kept apart, we’re standing together… because we all deserve the truth."
The broadcast coincides with renewed scrutiny of how the Department of Justice has managed the document release, with critics saying incomplete transparency undermines justice for victims.
Nude photos and potential victims exposed in Epstein files
Earlier in February 5 when DoJ released fresh files, it showed nude photos of victims. The names and faces of sexual abuse victims. Bank account and Social Security numbers in full view.
The blunder happened despite a law was intended to preserve important privacy protections for Epstein’s victims. Their names were supposed to have been blacked out in documents. Their faces and bodies were supposed to be obscured in photos.
Mistakes, though, have been rampant. The documents showed show countless examples of sloppy, inconsistent or nonexistent redactions that have revealed sensitive private information.
A photo of one girl who was underage when she was hired to give sexualized massages to Epstein in Florida appeared in a chart of his alleged victims. Police reports with the names of several of his victims, including some who have never stepped forward to identify themselves publicly, were released with no redactions at all.
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Images remain uncensored
The Justice Department has said it intended to black out any portion of a photo showing nudity, and any photos of women that could potentially show a victim.
In some photos reviewed by The AP, those redactions did obscure women’s faces, but left plenty of their bare skin exposed in a way that would likely embarrass the women anyway. Photos showed identifiable women trying on outfits in clothing store dressing rooms or lounging in bathing suits.
One set of more than 100 images of a young woman were nearly all blacked out, save for the very last image, which revealed her entire face.
(With inputs from agency)