Defense Waiting to Hear if New Charges to be Filed Against USC Gynecologist

A defense attorney said Friday he is waiting to hear if Los Angeles County prosecutors will file additional charges against former USC campus gynecologist George Tyndall, who is charged with sexually assaulting 16 patients.

One of Tyndall’s attorneys, Leonard Levine, told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sullivan the defense hopes to know “if there are going to be any additional allegations” by July 26, when the 72-year-old doctor is due back in a downtown courtroom.

Tyndall is charged with 18 felony counts of sexual penetration and 11 felony counts of sexual battery by force. Prosecutors said the alleged victims range in age from 17 to 29, and the alleged assaults occurred between 2009 and 2016 while Tyndall worked at the campus health center. read more »

Jeffrey Epstein's friendship with Prince Andrew is raising eyebrows: What's their link?

In all the news coverage of the latest arrest of American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on federal sex-trafficking charges, one name keeps coming up with little explanation: Prince Andrew.

So what does the Duke of York – the beloved second son of Queen Elizabeth II, father of her granddaughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie – have to do with a convicted sex offender who's in the dock in federal court in New York on two sex-trafficking charges involving girls as young as 14 and dating to 2002-2005? read more »

Epstein Paid $350,000 to Tamper With Witnesses, Prosecutors Say

The accusations were made by federal prosecutors who want to deny bail for Mr. Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges.

Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges in New York, was accused of witness tampering on Friday by federal prosecutors, who said he wired $350,000 to two people who were potential witnesses against him. read more »

Jeffrey Epstein allegedly hired private investigators and engaged in a campaign of intimidation against accusers in Florida

Not long after a 14-year-old girl reported Jeffery Epstein to authorities in 2005, she says she received a warning from someone who claimed to be in contact with the well-connected financier.

The girl would be paid cash if she agreed not to cooperate with law enforcement, the person told the accuser, adding that "those who help him will be compensated and those who hurt him will be dealt with," according to a Palm Beach, Florida, police report reflecting the accuser's statement.

The threat was one of many intimidation and bare-knuckle tactics that accusers and witnesses told police they faced after Florida authorities opened their first investigation into Epstein. read more »