Exclusive: One 'Jane Doe' tells CNN she is mortified that her name is unredacted multiple times in the Epstein files
Source: CNN Politics
Updated Dec 22, 2025, 5:36 PM ET
PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2025, 12:47 PM ET
A Jeffrey Epstein survivor who has only ever chosen to identify herself anonymously as Jane Doe was startled to learn that her name appeared multiple times in the Justice Departments release of the Epstein files that began on Friday, and she told CNN in an exclusive interview Monday that her attempts to get the DOJ to redact her name from the publicly available documents had been unsuccessful so far.
Jane Doe said she both witnessed and experienced Epsteins abuse in 2009 and reported her experience to the FBI the same year. That time frame is particularly significant, because it was after Epstein pleaded guilty to two state prostitution charges in Florida in the aftermath of receiving a non-prosecution deal with federal prosecutors. Epstein would serve just 13 months in prison, though for much of his jail sentence Epstein was allowed to be out on a work-release program a period of time when his abuse continued, survivors have said.
CNN verified that Jane Does name appears many times in the Epstein files released so far by DOJ. CNN is choosing to only describe Jane Does experience with and allegations against Epstein in broad and agreed-upon terms to protect her identity. She said that since Friday, she has received unsolicited phone calls.
CNN has reached out to DOJ for comment on Jane Does unredacted inclusion in the files.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/politics/epstein-survivors-files-redactions
Buddyzbuddy
(2,049 posts)BumRushDaShow
(165,159 posts)they believe themselves to be the "real victims" because these girls and women "resisted".
(maybe not
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Igel
(37,265 posts)But one can't have a 'right to know' simultaneous with 'must protect the victims'.
And rushing redaction makes for botched work--just like rushing any work, from writing a test in high school to neurosurgery to fixing a car.