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The doctors who helped Jeffrey Epstein keep his "girls" sexually fit.
"Do You Remember the Name of the Gynecologist You Used to Send Your Victims To?" The doctors who helped Jeffrey Epstein keep his "girls" sexually fit.
Jeffrey Epstein was in some respects fastidious. As he managed an international sex-trafficking operation, the size of which is likely yet to be comprehended, he was careful that the young women in his orbit were sexually healthy -- ready to be used for his purposes. The latest cache of emails, texts, and other documents released by the DOJ reveals that Epstein had an established system for making sure the women were tested for STDs, prescribed birth-control pills, and inoculated against HPV. As a part of this system, he regularly made payments to at least three New York City gynecologists, as well as a dermatologist and his own personal physician.
For the moment, it's difficult to tell whether the involved women, whose names are largely redacted by the DOJ, are among those who have been considered victims. It's also unclear, to varying degrees, if the named physicians were aware of Epstein's criminal activity, though by the time of the earliest relevant messages, he had been convicted for solicitation of a minor. What is certain, however, is that Epstein paid for many of these medical appointments directly via check or credit card. It is also clear, from messages with his close contacts, that he was sending women to gynecologists and other physicians so frequently that it was common knowledge among some in his circle. In one December 12, 2012, email, an associate whose name is redacted but whose email address matches that of Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother, asks Epstein, "Do you remember the name of the Gynocologist [sic] that you used to send your victims to?"
Jeffrey Epstein was in some respects fastidious. As he managed an international sex-trafficking operation, the size of which is likely yet to be comprehended, he was careful that the young women in his orbit were sexually healthy -- ready to be used for his purposes. The latest cache of emails, texts, and other documents released by the DOJ reveals that Epstein had an established system for making sure the women were tested for STDs, prescribed birth-control pills, and inoculated against HPV. As a part of this system, he regularly made payments to at least three New York City gynecologists, as well as a dermatologist and his own personal physician.
For the moment, it's difficult to tell whether the involved women, whose names are largely redacted by the DOJ, are among those who have been considered victims. It's also unclear, to varying degrees, if the named physicians were aware of Epstein's criminal activity, though by the time of the earliest relevant messages, he had been convicted for solicitation of a minor. What is certain, however, is that Epstein paid for many of these medical appointments directly via check or credit card. It is also clear, from messages with his close contacts, that he was sending women to gynecologists and other physicians so frequently that it was common knowledge among some in his circle. In one December 12, 2012, email, an associate whose name is redacted but whose email address matches that of Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother, asks Epstein, "Do you remember the name of the Gynocologist [sic] that you used to send your victims to?"
https://www.thecut.com/article/the-gynecologists-who-helped-epstein.html
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All the public can see in the released document is this:
Sender (email addy redacted): “Do you remember the name of the Gynocologist [sic] that you used to send your victims to?”
Epstein: “ny?”
Sender: “Yes, many years ago you used to send them to a gyno in NY who once commented something to the effect that you were keeping him in business singlehandedly.”
Epstein: “ny?”
Sender: “Yes, many years ago you used to send them to a gyno in NY who once commented something to the effect that you were keeping him in business singlehandedly.”
That’s all the substantive context we see in the DOJ‑hosted PDFs. There’s no visible lead‑in like, “I’m trying to help [X]” or “I’m writing an article” or “the lawyers need the name of that doctor,” and no follow‑up in the same thread explaining why the author is asking.
Regardless of it being Mark (or a lawyer or a journalist or an assistant or whoever), "It is also clear, from messages with his close contacts, that he was sending women to gynecologists and other physicians so frequently that it was common knowledge among some in his circle" is an awfully wide-scale proclamation, given it's based on one email from one person, who seems to be asking because they read an article somewhere, not because they had insider knowledge.
And yes I read the whole article, which provides little addt'l evidence to back the author's thesis
