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Those victims are adults now, and my guess is that many are angry and unhappy about the way they were abused as young teens. Not all the victims are willing to go on the record, and some have changed their names and made a new life for themselves. So it's understandable.

I believe the turning point was Virginia Giuffre and her ability to get away from Epstein and bring the lawsuit against him and Prince Andrew. The outcome of her lawsuit wasn't so great, but it made other young women realize that they had a voice.

Don't forget that these girls were specifically recruited from poor circumstances. They were from broken homes, some were high-school dropouts, etc. and the promise of money and modeling or acting jobs were enticing to them.