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Images and videos taken in 2020, a year after he died in jail, show the late sex offender’s home
House Democrats released photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island on Wednesday, offering a rare glimpse into a secretive place where Epstein is alleged to have trafficked young girls.
The new images and videos show Epstein’s home, including bedrooms, a telephone, what appears to be an office or library, and a chalkboard on which the words “fin”, “intellectual”, “deception” and “power” are written. Several photos show a room with a dentist chair and masks hanging on the wall. The New York Times reported that Epstein’s last girlfriend was a dentist who shared an office with one of his shell companies. The videos appear to be a walk-through of the property.
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© Photograph: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

© Photograph: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform





The Metropolitan Police described the investigation into Vincent Chen as ‘one of the most significant and disturbing’ in recent history

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An investigation into the brutal murder of a woman two decades ago has concluded following a DNA breakthrough

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Renny Martyn revealed in archdiocese bankruptcy proceedings that priest abused her at school when she was six years old
A woman who Big Brother fans might recognize as a contestant on an earlier season of the unscripted television competition has spoken out as a victim of New Orleans’s decades-old Catholic clergy abuse scandal.
Renny Martyn, 71, told her story toward the end of a Tuesday hearing in the federal courthouse where the Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans has been in bankruptcy protection proceedings since 2020 amid the financial fallout of the scandal.
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Peter Cushing’s likeness was featured in a 2016 Star Wars movie despite the actor passing away in 1994

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Vincent Chan, 45, pleads guilty to 26 offences from 2022 to 2024 including attacks on four young girls
Warning: this article contains descriptions of offences readers may find distressing
A man passed vetting to get a job at a London nursery where he sexually assaulted toddlers, some during their nap time, while they were in his care.
Vincent Chan, 45, who worked at a north London branch of the Bright Horizons nursery group, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 26 offences from 2022 to 2024, including attacks on four young girls whom he sexually assaulted and offences relating to more than 25,000 indecent images of children.
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Plus remontée sur un podium individuel depuis les JO, la vice-championne olympique Sara Balzer est déterminée à retrouver les sommets, mais pas à n'importe quel prix. Davantage indulgente avec elle-même, la Strasbourgeoise (30 ans), désormais 19e mondiale, accepte les étapes, comme de passer par la phase préliminaire jeudi au Grand Prix d'Orléans.




