How US model agencies helped Epstein access victims
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How US model agencies helped Epstein access victims

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 10, 202628 min
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A BBC investigation uncovers new evidence about how model agencies, scouts and powerful fashion figures helped Jeffrey Epstein gain access to young women after his conviction for sex offences. A woman raped by the financier says the president of her model agency put her in danger when he sent her to two photoshoots at Epstein's Florida beach house. At the time, in 2009, Epstein was serving a jail sentence for sex offences against a minor but was allowed to work each day from his home. Also: dozens of soldiers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are sentenced...

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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Also in this podcast, as Russia's most prominent independent newspaper is forced to shut down, its journalists remain optimistic. Russia lost hope, but it's not the end.

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History always goes uncircle. I truly believe that we're going to work again. And… It was like watching the movie for the first time again with some scenes.

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That's why I find it so mind-blowing that it worked. And hypnosis help you forget the end of your favourite film. A BBC investigation has uncovered new evidence about how model agencies, scouts and powerful fashion figures helps Jeffrey Epstein gain access to young women after his conviction

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