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Case 1:19-cv-03377 Document 1-16 Filed 04/16/19 Page 2 of 6 sHiamiterald An Epstein sex case is settled; Dershowitz denies latest allegation BY JULIE K. BROWN DECEMBER 19, 2018 8:30 PM, UPDATED DECEMBER 27, 2018 7:55 AM Accused sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have settled a federal civil lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was ordered under threat of violence to have sex with them and other influential individuals when she was in her early 20s, sources confirmed Wednesday. Sarah Ransome, who now lives in Barcelona, claimed that she was recruited and trafficked for sex by the pair in 2006 and 2007 — at the same time that Epstein, a wealthy New York hedge fund manager, was under federal investigation for molesting dozens of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. ss | 3) Women who say they were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein want a judge to throw out his lenient plea deal. AP According to a recent court transcript, among those people Ransome claims she was directed to have sex with was Epstein’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, who helped negotiate a controversial plea https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article223315075.html HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018040