Perversion of justice : the Jeffrey Epstein story / Julie K. Brown.

By:

Brown, Julie K, 1961- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 448 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780063000582
006300058X

Other title:

Jeffrey Epstein story

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Case studies.

Contents:

Joe -- Finding Jane Doe -- The police probe -- Eppy -- The Miami Herald -- Dead ends -- The first deal -- Music City -- Blood money -- Mike -- Follow the money -- Forever changed -- Operation Leap Year -- The sweetheart deal -- Dancing with wolves -- Courtney -- Virginia -- Finding Mr. Epstein -- Mar-a-Lago -- Madam Ghislaine -- The prince and the piper -- Starr power -- Bait and switch -- The get out of jail free card -- Shoe-leather reporting -- Milestones -- Morning sickness -- Aftershocks -- Dershowitz v. Brown -- The Feds -- The journalism resistance -- Katie Johnson -- Fireworks -- No apologies, no regrets -- Inmate 76318-054 -- Pedophile Island -- Harvard, MIT, and the Billionaires Club -- In plain sight -- Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself -- The boss -- Conspiracies -- The reckoning.

Summary: "Journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the ... reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him"--Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	306.3 BRO	Available		36748002563668

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The New York Times Bestseller

"A gripping journalistic procedural... Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich." --Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times

"Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting." --Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Catch and Kill

Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him.

For many years, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's penchant for teenage girls was an open secret in the high society of Palm Beach, Florida and Upper East Side, Manhattan. Charged in 2008 with soliciting prostitution from minors, Epstein was treated with unheard of leniency, dictating the terms of his non-prosecution. The media virtually ignored the failures of the criminal justice system, and Epstein's friends and business partners brushed the allegations aside. But when in 2017 the U.S Attorney who approved Epstein's plea deal, Alexander Acosta, was chosen by President Trump as Labor Secretary, reporter Julie K. Brown was compelled to ask questions.

Despite her editor's skepticism that she could add a new dimension to a known story, Brown determined that her goal would be to track down the victims themselves. Poring over thousands of redacted court documents, traveling across the country and chasing down information in difficulty and sometimes dangerous circumstances, Brown tracked down dozens of Epstein's victims, now young women struggling to reclaim their lives after the trauma and shame they had endured.

Brown's resulting three-part series in the Miami Herald was one of the most explosive news stories of the decade, revealing how Epstein ran a global sex trafficking pyramid scheme with impunity for years, targeting vulnerable teens, often from fractured homes and then turning them into recruiters. The outrage led to Epstein's arrest, the disappearance and eventual arrest of his closest accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and the resignation of Acosta. The financier's mysterious suicide in a New York City jail cell prompted wild speculation about the secrets he took to the grave-and whether his death was intentional or the result of foul play.

Tracking Epstein's evolution from a college dropout to one of the most successful financiers in the country--whose associates included Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and Bill Clinton--Perversion of Justice builds on Brown's original award-winning series, showing the power of truth, the value of local reportage and the tenacity of one woman in the face of the deep-seated corruption of powerful men.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-446).

"Journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the ... reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him"--Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Author's Note (p. ix)
Preface (p. xi)
Introduction (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Joe (p. 7)
Chapter 2 Finding Jane Doe (p. 17)
Chapter 3 The Police Probe (p. 31)
Chapter 4 Eppy (p. 41)
Chapter 5 The Miami Herald (p. 55)
Chapter 6 Dead Ends (p. 65)
Chapter 7 The First Deal (p. 75)
Chapter 8 Music City (p. 93)
Chapter 9 Blood Money (p. 103)
Chapter 10 Hike (p. 115)
Chapter 11 Follow the Money (p. 127)
Chapter 12 Forever Changed (p. 135)
Chapter 13 Operation Leap Year (p. 143)
Chapter 14 The Sweetheart Deal (p. 155)
Chapter 15 Dancing with Wolves (p. 163)
Chapter 16 Courtney (p. 171)
Chapter 17 Virginia (p. 183)
Chapter 18 Finding Mr. Epstein (p. 197)
Chapter 19 Mar-A-Lago (p. 203)
Chapter 20 Madam Shislaine (p. 213)
Chapter 21 The Prince and the Piper (p. 225)
Chapter 22 Starr Power (p. 233)
Chapter 23 Bait and Switch (p. 241)
Chapter 24 The Get Out of Jail Free Card (p. 249)
Chapter 25 Shoe-Leather Reporting (p. 257)
Chapter 26 Milestones (p. 263)
Chapter 27 Morning Sickness (p. 269)
Chapter 28 Aftershocks (p. 279)
Chapter 29 Dershowitz V. Brown (p. 289)
Chapter 30 The Feds (p. 297)
Chapter 31 The Journalism Resistance (p. 307)
Chapter 32 Katie Johnson (p. 311)
Chapter 33 Fireworks (p. 325)
Chapter 34 No Apologies, No Regrets (p. 337)
Chapter 35 Inmate 76318-054 (p. 343)
Chapter 36 Pedophile Island (p. 353)
Chapter 37 Harvard, MIT, and the Billionaires Club (p. 369)
Chapter 38 In Plain Sight (p. 381)
Chapter 39 Jeffrey Epstein Didn't Kill Himself (p. 391)
Chapter 40 The Boss (p. 403)
Chapter 41 Conspiracies (p. 407)
Chapter 42 The Reckoning (p. 413)
Epilogue (p. 419)
Acknowledgments (p. 433)
Notes (p. 437)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Booklist Review

In 2006, Florida prosecutors were assigned the case of multimillionaire Jeffery Epstein. For years, he'd been luring underage girls--mostly poor, troubled, inexperienced, or all three--to one of his lavish homes, where they were induced to sexually pleasure him. The police investigation seemed airtight, but then Epstein used his wealth and power to influence the prosecution. He was eventually given a plea deal so favorable that he spent most of his days out of jail at an office, where he continued to be visited by young girls. A decade later, Miami Herald reporter Brown decided to take another look at the case, in part because of the involvement of Trump's Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, who had been in charge of the prosecution. What she found forms the basis of this book, which began as a series of explosive, award-winning articles.Though the emphasis is on Epstein's crimes, the fallout for his victims, and the disgrace of a two-tier justice system, Brown interweaves it with her own experience as an underpaid, overworked reporter in the sadly dying profession of local journalism. These two stories are sometimes juxtaposed clumsily, forcing readers caught up in Epstein's saga of perversion, excess, and privilege to suddenly segue to learning about Brown's difficulty saving for her kids' college tuition.Throughout, however, the account of Brown's dogged reporting, her willingness to spend hours digging, traveling, and interviewing, even in the face of threats and stonewalls, is inspiring, and ultimately her work led to Epstein's arrest. Brown lays out a lot about the way the world works, and much of it isn't good. But, sometimes, when enough people stand up, justice prevails.