# Mega Edition:   The USVI And The Amended Lawsuit Filed By The Survivors (9/5/26)

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Podcast: [Jeffrey Epstein:  The Coverup Chronicles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jeffrey-epstein-the-coverup-chronicles-7243585)
Published: 2026-09-05T13:30:02+00:00
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## Resource

Six Epstein survivors, proceeding as Jane Does 1 through 6, filed an amended class-action lawsuit accusing the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and a group of current and former territorial officials of helping turn the islands into a safe haven for Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking operation. The second amended complaint, filed in May 2024, named the USVI government along with figures including former First Lady Cecile de Jongh, former governors John de Jongh and Kenneth Mapp, former Attorney General Vincent Frazer, former senators Celestino White and Carlton Dowe, and Delegate Stacey Plaskett. The survivors alleged that Epstein’s ability to operate for years in the territory was not simply the product of individual failures, but of a broader system of political access, favorable treatment and institutional protection that allowed him to bring women and girls to the islands and abuse them there. Their claims included allegations under federal trafficking law and other civil theories, and they argued that officials who knew about Epstein’s status as a convicted sex offender nevertheless helped create an environment in which his operation could continue. What followed was a major court battle over whether those allegations could actually survive against the territorial government and the individual officials. The defendants moved aggressively to dismiss, challenging the legal sufficiency of the claims, immunity issues, statutes of limitation and whether the complaint adequately connected particular officials to Epstein’s trafficking. In March 2025, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian largely sided with the defense, dismissing the claims against the USVI and every named defendant except Stacey Plaskett. The ruling did not declare that Epstein had operated without help…

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