Epstein used violent intimidation to suppress reporting on his sexual abuse

Evidence

As journalists dug deeper, Epstein turned to intimidation. When a Vanity Fair reporter pursued claims of sexual abuse, Epstein stormed their offices to complain about the article. A bullet appeared outside editor in chief Graydon Carter’s apartment, and a severed cat’s head was left on his lawn. Allegations about the abuse of two sisters were cut from the final article. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 580

When a Vanity Fair reporter pursued claims of sexual abuse, Epstein stormed their offices to complain about the article. A bullet appeared outside editor in chief Graydon Carter’s apartment, and a severed cat’s head was left on his lawn. Allegations about the abuse of two sisters were cut from the final article. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 580

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 580
• XREF: connects to: Elite sexual abuse proved far more widespread than previously supposed — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1939