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Two women say images of them as children ended up in Jeffrey Epstein’s collection, including material that allegedly continues circulating today.
Two women whose childhood images were allegedly found among Jeffrey Epstein’s collection of child sexual abuse material have sued his estate in a proposed class action that could ultimately encompass thousands of people.
The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Manhattan, seeks at least $6 million on behalf of more than 40 people. Some allegedly appeared in Epstein’s so-called “modeling book,” seized from his New York home in 2019, while others appeared in thousands of downloaded images and videos recovered from his properties. One plaintiff says partially nude photographs taken when she was 12 were stolen by Epstein. Another says material depicting her that investigators seized in 2019 is still being circulated.
Attorney Hillary Nappi says most of the people depicted in Epstein’s collection have never been identified and estimates the potential class could number in the thousands. The lawsuit wants the estate and federal authorities to work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to identify and notify them, while seeking $150,000 for each class member plus additional penalties.
The action names estate co-executors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn as defendants and represents a different front in the legal reckoning over Epstein. He faced numerous allegations and lawsuits involving direct sexual abuse, but was never prosecuted for creating, possessing, obtaining or distributing the child sexual abuse material now at the center of this case.
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Epstein died before the law could finish with him. His archive did not. Somewhere inside those files may be victims who still do not know their childhood was sitting in a dead predator’s collection. The man is gone. The evidence keeps talking.
Sean Combs says he fired the firm because it overcharged him. His attorneys say he stopped paying and communicating months ago.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has another legal fight on his hands, this time with his own lawyers. Sher Tremonte LLP has asked a court for permission to withdraw from representing the imprisoned music mogul in his defamation lawsuit, claiming substantial unpaid fees and months of failed communication.
Partner Michael Tremonte said Combs has not paid the firm since late 2025 and has been uncooperative for more than four months. Combs disputes that account, saying he decided to change lawyers after objecting to what he describes as excessive and unauthorized charges. The firm flatly denies overbilling him. The dispute concerns Combs’ lawsuit against Nexstar Media, attorney Ariel Mitchell and Courtney Burgess over statements and allegations concerning Combs that he says are false.
Combs remains at FCI Fort Dix serving a 50-month federal sentence after his 2025 convictions on two prostitution-related transportation counts. He was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, while numerous civil cases remain pending against him.
Hot Take
There is an old rule in this business. When your own lawyers start heading for the door, check the bill before you check the exits. Diddy says he was being fleeced. His attorneys say the meter ran and nobody paid.
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Jake and Romy Reiner made their opposition clear to prosecutors despite their brother being accused of murdering Rob and Michele Reiner.
Nick Reiner’s surviving siblings played a role in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s decision not to seek his execution for the alleged murders of their parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman said prosecutors consulted Jake and Romy Reiner before announcing Tuesday that capital punishment was off the table. “They made their views very clear,” Hochman said, adding that their position was considered alongside the aggravating and mitigating circumstances. Nick, 33, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and now faces a maximum sentence of life without parole if convicted.
Jake and Romy have also supported keeping grand jury transcripts sealed, arguing that publication of graphic details surrounding their parents’ deaths would cause further trauma. Nick’s public defender has emphasized his history of serious mental illness and substance abuse. Prosecutors maintain the gravity of the charges is unchanged, including allegations of multiple murder and lying in wait. A trial is not expected before 2027.
Hot Take
Jake and Romy lost their mother and father, then watched their brother become the man accused of taking them. If anyone earned the right to want the machinery turned down a notch, it is them. Mercy does not erase the charge. It only stops another grave being dug.
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Authorities are condemning reports that graphic crime-scene photographs of the four University of Idaho murder victims may have reached online personalities.
Anyone responsible for leaking or publishing graphic photographs of the murdered University of Idaho students could find themselves testing a new Idaho criminal law designed to prevent images of dead bodies from being distributed.
Social media personalities claiming to possess photographs of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin have been warned that they may be exposing themselves to potential criminal liability. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation during the last legislative session prohibiting the sharing of photographs and videos depicting dead bodies. Because the law has not yet been tested in circumstances like these, its precise reach remains uncertain.
It is not yet publicly clear who allegedly obtained the photographs, who supplied them or whether purported copies circulating among YouTubers are authentic. Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to murdering the four students and received four consecutive life-without-parole sentences. He is now attempting to withdraw that plea, claiming it resulted from misinformation and false promises.
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Four kids were murdered in that house. Their bodies are not bonus content for somebody’s livestream. Whoever turned a sealed crime scene into internet currency may discover that clicks leave fingerprints too.
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Knox says online sleuths have turned ordinary acts of grief into supposed evidence against a father who has never been accused of killing his children.
Amanda Knox has stepped into the ugly online aftermath of Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial, defending Patrick Clancy against conspiracy theories alleging he somehow participated in or engineered the deaths of his three children.
Writing in The Free Press, Knox said the treatment of Patrick gave her “flashbacks” to the obsessive interpretation of her own behavior after Meredith Kercher’s murder. She highlighted claims that Patrick drugged Lindsay, orchestrated the killings or manipulated her into believing she committed them, despite Lindsay’s defense never disputing that she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan. Online investigators have even scrutinized Patrick’s pharmacy receipt, clothing, facial expressions, remarriage and decision to rebuild his life.
Knox argues there is no way to behave correctly once an online audience decides suspicion itself is evidence. Patrick’s attorney has separately threatened legal action against influencers spreading accusations about him. Lindsay’s September 4 trial ended with an 11-1 jury deadlock over whether she was criminally responsible for the killings.
Hot Take
The internet loves a mystery so much it will manufacture one when the facts refuse to cooperate. Patrick Clancy buried three children. Turning his grief, clothes and second marriage into clues is not detective work. It is rubbernecking with a ring light.
