Uzigidigidi uJeffrey Epstein eCambridge, eMassachusetts ngoSeptemba 8, 2004.URick Friedman / Corbis ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Ngokwehlazo, isaga esingaqhelekanga kaJeffrey Epstein inayo yonke loo nto. Amathamsanqa amangalisayo. Jet-ukuseta amanyala. Amantombazana amaninzi amahle-kubandakanya amantombazana amancinci kakhulu. Ukwabelana ngesondo kunye nokwabelana ngesondo ngakumbi, akukho mthethweni okanye kuvunyelwene. Yongeza ibhatali ye-VIPs, kubandakanya oosozigidigidi, uluhlu oludumileyo lwe-A, uluhlu lwasebukhosini kwaye abekho ngaphantsi kwabaongameli ababini baseMelika.
Ekuphela kwento eyayilahlekile yayiyintlola… kwaye ayisaphinde ilahleke.
Kule veki, ibali lika-Epstein lithathe indawo yazo zonke izizathu ezidweliswe apha ngasentla. Ukubanjwa okungalindelekanga kwale ndoda ineminyaka engama-66 ubudala kwamkelwa ukuxhaphaza abantwana ngokulala nabantwana ngoMgqibelo ebusuku kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseTeterboro eNew Jersey, njengoko yayijongise ekhaya isuka eParis, yaphinda yayivula. Ityala laxhuma ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweendaba ukusukela ngo-2007, xa u-Epstein wavuma ukuba uyabathanda abafazi abangaphantsi kweminyaka kwiSebe lezoBulungisa, endaweni yokufumana unyango oluhle.
Imithombo yeendaba ibisoloko i-agog ukusukela kwimpelaveki, njengoko iinkcukacha zobomi babucala obothusayo buka-Epstein ziyavela. Uloyiko loluntu lulandele-elinye Kutyholwa ixhoba lize ngaphambili kanye namhlanje, esithi uEpstein wamdlwengula kwi2002, xa wayeneminyaka eyi-15- kwaye kubonakala ngathi kuza kuza.
ISebe lezoBulungisa lavulwa ityala layo elitsha ngokuchasene no-Epstein ngoMvulo, egxile kwithuba lika-2002 ukuya ku-2005, xa u-Epstein watyhola ubukumkani obufihlakeleyo obuzinikezele ekuhambiseni amantombazana angaphantsi kweminyaka phakathi kweNew York neFlorida, ukuze abaxhaphaze ngokwesondo. Ubomi buka-Epstein abusoze bufane.
Kodwa yayiyintoni obu bomi, ngokwenene? Lowo ngumbuzo ophambili ekungekho mntu ukwazileyo ukuwuphendula esidlangalaleni. U-Epstein wayigcina njani indlela yakhe yokuphila ethandekayo bekungumxholo wentelekelelo kunye nemfihlakalo. Wayebanga ukuba wenze ubutyebi bakhe njengobutyebi bezemali kwizityebi ezibalaseleyo, kodwa phantse bonke abathengi bakhe abachazwanga ngagama. Ngaphaya koko, kwishishini apho ukusebenza ngokugqithileyo kuyinto esemgangathweni, u-Epstein wayebonakala enexesha elingenamda lokulandela indlela yakhe yokufumana umyalezo kubasetyhini abancinci.
Olona luvo luphosakeleyo lwalahlwa kule veki nguVicky Ward, intatheli engoyikiyo yophando ozamile ukuveza ubunyani obubi emva kwe-Epstein olungaphambili kunalo nabani na. Kwingxelo ye Irhamncwa lemihla ngemihla , UWadi ukhanyise isivumelwano seSebe lezoBulungisa sika-2007 sokungatshutshisi kunye no-Epstein, esona sivumelwano simnandi, kuba wafumana u-Epstein isigwebo esihlekisayo-solwaphulo-mthetho awunokumka umntu oqhelekileyo amashumi eminyaka emva kokuvuma.
U-Alexander Acosta, u-Nobhala Wezabasebenzi wase-U.S., Usesihlalweni esishushu, kuba kwiminyaka elishumi elinambini eyadlulayo wayeligqwetha lase-US lase Mzantsi Florida elalisika isivumelwano no-Epstein. UWadi ucacisile imvelaphi yeso sivumelwano, ngoku sisisixhobo se-Acosta. Ngokukodwa, ucacisa ukuba umba ka-Epstein weza xa uAcosta wonyulwa kwikhabhinethi nguMongameli uDonald Trump. UWadi ubhala athi:
Unqumle isivumelwano sokungatshutshisi kwelinye lamagqwetha ka-Epstein kuba wayexelelwe ukuba arhoxe, ukuba u-Epstein ungaphezulu kwenqanaba lakhe lokuhlawula. Ndixelelwe ukuba u-Epstein 'ngowengqondi' kwaye ayishiye yedwa, uxelele abo baxoxisana naye kutshintsho lukaTrump, ababecinga ukuba leyo yimpendulo eyaneleyo kwaye baqhubeka nokuqesha iAcosta. (ISebe lezabaSebenzi alinanto yakubuza malunga noku.)
Yima, yintoni?
Ke, u-Acosta, ngokutsho kwakhe, warhoxa ekutshutshiseni u-Epstein ngo-2007, nangona wayenobungqina obuninzi obubonisa ukuba unetyala, kuba wayengowobukrelekrele. Ngubani okrelekrele, ngokuchanekileyo? ngowokuqala kwimibuzo emininzi evelayo apha.
Eli bango lafikelelwa kwinqanaba elifanelekileyo lokuthandabuza, kwaye uAcosta wayenethuba lokuchaza ukuba wayethetha ntoni kwinkomfa yoonondaba ngale mvakwemini. Kwikhamera, Acosta igcinwe ukuba yenza konke okusemandleni ayo ngela tyala, ngelixa uvuma ukuba akubonakali ngathi sisohlwayo esifanelekileyo ngoku.
Umba wobukrelekrele weza, kwaye impendulo ka-Acosta yayingaqhelekanga. Uye wajongisa ekubekeni irekhodi ngqo, endaweni yoko ukuhambisa eli gama lesaladi lingaqhelekanga xa ubuzwa malunga nengxelo yeWadi:
Ke kuye kwakho ingxelo ngaloo nto kwaye manditsho, bekukho ingxelo kwiziphumo ezininzi kule meko, hayi ngoku kodwa kule minyaka idlulileyo kwaye, kwakhona, bendiya kuba madolw 'anzima ukuyithatha le ngxelo njengenyaniso. Eli yayilityala elaliziswe yi-ofisi yethu, laziswa ngokusekwe kwizibakala kwaye ndijonga ekunikeni ingxelo nakwezinye, andinakho ukuyiphendula ngqo ngenxa yezikhokelo zethu, kodwa ndiyakuxelela ukuba uninzi lokunika ingxelo ukuhla ngemingxunya yemivundla.
Kuye nawuphina umntu oqhelene nekomkhulu lesizwe sethu, kukungavumi ukukhanyela uhlobo olungaqhelekanga. Ukunikwa ithuba lokuphikisa ingxelo yeWadi, ngakumbi ukuba ityala lika-Epstein libandakanya imicimbi yezobuntlola, i-Acosta ayenzanga nto. Ewe, uvumile ngokusebenza ukuba kuyinyani.
Singagqiba ntoni ke ngoku? Kubonakala ngathi uJeffrey Epstein wayebandakanyekile kwimisebenzi yobukrelekrele, yohlobo oluthile, yomntu othile-kwaye mhlawumbi yayingenguye ubukrelekrele baseMelika. Uluntu lwaseMelika lwezobuntlola luyekelele malunga nemikhwa yabucala yeearhente ezinexabiso eliphezulu okanye abanolwazi, kodwa abayi kujongana nokuqhuba amakhonkco okurhweba ngesondo kubantwana abancinci kumhlaba waseMelika, iminyaka. Ngelixa kusengqiqweni ukuba u-Epstein wabelana ngolwazi oluthile kwi-FBI-uninzi lwezaphuli-mthetho lwenza oko ukuzithengela i-inshurensi- ayithandabuzeki into yokuba wayesebenzela amaMelika ikakhulu.
Ngoobani abarhanelwa emva koko? Kubonakala ngathi kwenzeka ngokungathandekiyo ukuba oyena mntu uthandana no-Epstein kunye neqabane lakhe kwezoshishino amashumi eminyaka ibingu-Ghislaine Maxwell, usoshiyali wase-Bhritane kunye nentombi ka-Robert Maxwell ongasekhoyo, osasazo oswelekileyo phantsi kweemeko ezingaqondakaliyo ngo-1991. ndikuthandile ukubalasela, ngaphandle kokuba umkhwabanisi kunye nomhlola. Ubukrelekrele baseBritane kuvavanywe ukuba uMaxwell wayesebenzela iKGB, ngelixa Izityholo ezixhaphakileyo Ukuba wayesebenzela iMossad nayo iyafana.
Ukusukela oko imigca phakathi kobukrelekrele baseRussia, ubukrelekrele bakwa-Israyeli kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluhlelekile lunokufiphala ngokumangalisayo, njengoko bendichazile ngaphambili, ukuvavanya ukuba u-Epstein wayesebenzela bani kunokuba nzima ukuphendula nangayiphi na indlela echanekileyo. Kodwa sinoluhlu lokukrokrela ukuqala ukubuza imibuzo.
Into engathandabuzekiyo yeyokuba iringi yokurhweba ngabantu ngokwesondo egxile kubantwana, ebandakanya ii-VIP ezininzi zehlabathi kwiimeko ezilingayo, iya kuba ngumdla omkhulu kwiinkonzo ezimbalwa zobuntlola. I-saga ye-Epstein ibonakala ngathi iya kuba mbi nangakumbi kwaye inomdla.
