“ ‘I don’t recall’ is not enough”
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at West Palm Beach City Hall, a group of Epstein sexual assault survivors gave testimony regarding their abuse and the government's response. I listened to this hearing, which lasted about three hours, while I was out on a long walk.
The next morning, I was searching news sites for more information on the hearing and was surprised at how little was out there. This earth-shattering stuff about billionaire sexual assaults, massive government failure, and the stories of the women who survived all of this and are speaking truth to power took some serious time to find.
Under one video, someone posted, “This is awful. Why aren’t we hearing more about this?” My exact thoughts.
I went back and listened again to the hearings. Because I was now sitting at a table and not navigating roads, I was able to watch them too. I took notes and am doing my best to summarize and condense, one survivor at a time.
I’m trying to avoid editorializing. It’s not my place. The point of this exercise is to share what the survivors said. This is my attempt to help get the word out.
Each survivor spoke for roughly eight to ten minutes. My notes should take just a minute or two to skim, if you’re so inclined. Please watch the video too and correct me if I need correcting. It’s important to get this right.
This post is a summary of the words of Sky and Amanda Roberts. Sky is a younger brother of the late Virginia Guiffre. Amanda is his wife.
Their six-minute video begins at 25:12:(cut and paste link): https://www.youtube.com/live/fHntY5BVY90?si=ag85yR9MrzXJaI5V
Sky and Amanda Roberts, on behalf of the late Virginia Giuffre.
In summer 2000, Virginia was 16 years old and had just finished her sophomore year in high school. She was working at Mar-a-Lago and was recruited from there by Ghislaine Maxwell.
Before she died, she gave testimony speaking out against what Sky called a “Global sex trafficking operation enabled, protected, and funded by powerful people."
“Many survivors stay silent because many of the perpetrators hold power, wealth, and influence in our society. Point blank period. That is dangerous. No survivor should have to risk their own safety just to be believed. But Virginia, she did it anyway.”
“She stood up when others were afraid. Told the truth under oath. And faced people she knew were powerful.”
“She believed accountability should reach everyone involved, no matter their status or influence.”
He quoted from her sworn 5/3/16 deposition, describing this as “one of the thousands of stories that still remain untold,” then read from the transcript:
Virginia: “They trafficked me to many people.”
“Okay. Please name a person that Ghislaine Maxwell directed you to have sex with.”
Virginia: “Prince Andrew.”
“Okay. Who else?”
Virginia: “As a whole, they both trafficked me to many people.”
She was asked to list others. She listed Glenn Dubin (an American billionaire hedge fund manager). The name after that was redacted. Then Steve Kaufman. Alan Dershowitz (lawyer and Harvard Law School professor).
Sky: “The question isn’t that the names exist. The question is what Congress and the Department of Justice will do about it.”
Will there finally be investigations and accountability?
Next, his wife, Amanda Roberts, spoke. She said they are talking about millions of records and evidence that points to a network that is much more than just Epstein and Maxwell and that affected over 1.200 girls, women, and boys.
Epstein and Maxwell didn’t act alone, and Palm Beach was the blueprint, the “center for expansion.” When the DOJ says, “nothing to see here,” survivors know that this is a coverup.
She quoted from Virginia’s book, Nobody’s Girl: “Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what Epstein was doing.”
The phrase: “I don’t recall” is not enough.
Calls out Les Wexner and demands he be investigated. Said Howard Lutnick’s changing accounts about his association with Epstein deserve scrutiny, resignations, and investigations.
Says Todd Blanche’s decision to move Maxwell to a minimum-security prison shortly after meeting with her demands investigation.
Roberts said:
1. Congress must hold this DOJ accountable for violating the law.
2. State investigations must continue and expand in NM, NY, FL, Virgin Islands, and everywhere this network operated.
3. This committee must issue further subpoenas and must require alleged co-conspirators to testify under oath.
4. Investigators must follow the money. Financial records are not secondary. They are the key to exposing the whole network. Shell companies, tax violations, money laundering, all of it must be investigated aggressively. Financial crimes can open the door to more prosecutions.
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