I'm really really uncomfortable with some of the victim blaming coming out here at the moment. Rich and powerful men exploiting young girls/women is never a good thing, regardless of whether or not those girls/women thought they were getting something out of it.
May have to take a break for a while.
I get what you mean but I don't think it's a black and white case.
VG was not underage in our country, and whilst a 17 Yr old and a 40 Yr old together sounds wrong, as long as both are consenting it's nobody else's business. I do happen to know a similar aged couple together right now, the girl is 18-19 and the man mid 40's. It happens although it's unusual.
And let's not forget PA is
bleeping dumb, look at the crap he came out with in his interview with Maitlis. As someone else suggested, he probably did think they fancied him. Money is Andrew's God and Epstein had money and connections....
I don't believe everyone involved with Epstein slept with the girls either. He
wanted them to, that's why he invited them to his places, and if they did IMO he blackmailed them saying the girls were underage etc.
I'm not sure I believe VG is 100% telling the truth. Her story has changed before. She experienced something abhorrent yet she was trying to recruit other girls? She left at one point and went back months later so she wasn't kidnapped which often goes hand in hand with trafficking.
I also wonder why she's only gone after PA, why should he be the scapegoat if so many men were doing the same and rich enough to pay people off?
And no, I'm not trying to excuse anyone or anything before some numpty suggests otherwise, but there are alot of aspects to this case, and there are still lots of questions unanswered. We want those guilty of wrongdoing to face charges but the whole case hasn't been investigated properly. There's still video tapes supposedly of what went on, why hasn't anything come of those tapes?