The US elite has escaped the Epstein scandal unscathed

On behalf of the 11 Jeffrey Epstein survivors I represent, we applaud the UK's principled, dignified stand for the rule of law in the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew.

- LISA BLOOM

The arrest is for the alleged disclosure of trade secrets to his friend, Jeffrey Epstein.

Trade secrets matter. What matters even more? Women's lives.

It should be said that Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest this week is unrelated to the claims of Epstein's victims. He has previously denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. But the thing that strikes me from across the pond is this. In the UK, disclosures in the Epstein files have brought down a prince and a lord, at the very least costing them their titles. In the US, the Epstein survivors do not expect a reckoning. Not under this administration.

The recent release of millions of pages of the Epstein files revealed what the survivors have said for decades: that Epstein was comfortably embedded within a network of high-profile men (and a few women) who cared more about access to money and connections than about reporting suspicious behaviour. Photos of some of these men adorned Epstein's residences. He told the girls that if they talked, no one would believe them, and he would be protected by his powerful friends.