Laywers representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein have demanded that the Epstein Files be taken down after names of victims and nude photos were included in a huge release last Friday.
They have asked judges to force the Justice Department to take down the files after at least 43 victims were named, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The outlet reported that many of these women had not shared their identities publicly or were minors when they were abused.
The Justice Department was required to redact all victims’ names prior to release.
Over 3 million pages were released on Friday, including thousands of videos.
A DOJ spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal: “The Justice Department takes victim protection very seriously and has redacted thousands of victims’ names in the millions of published pages to protect the innocent,” said a DOJ spokeswoman.
“When a victim’s name is alleged to be unredacted, our team is working around the clock to fix the issue and republish appropriately redacted pages as soon as possible.”
Attorneys Brittany Henderson and Brad Edwards wrote in the letter addressed to U.S. District Judges Richard Berman and Paul Engelmayer: “For the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, every hour matters. The harm is ongoing and irreversible.
They added that they have reported “thousands of redaction failures on behalf of nearly 100 individual survivors whose lives have been turned upside down by the DOJ’s latest release.”
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