France listening to 10 ‘new’ suspected victims of Epstein: Prosecutor
Key takeaways
- French magistrates are investigating possible offences involving French perpetrators who facilitated Epstein’s crimes.
- Speaking with the RTL broadcaster, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday that about 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she, in February, urged potential victims to speak up.
- While some were already known to investigators, she said, “new victims come forward, ones we didn’t know at all”.
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French magistrates are investigating possible offences involving French perpetrators who facilitated Epstein’s crimes.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Printed copies of the Jeffrey Epstein files are displayed on February 10, 2026 in Miami, Florida, the United States [Cristobal Herrara-Ulashkevich/EPA]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 17 May 202617 May 2026A prosecutor in France has revealed that about 10 new suspected victims have come forward in the European country’s probe into the network of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaking with the RTL broadcaster, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday that about 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she, in February, urged potential victims to speak up.