Filthy Rich

Filthy Rich: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal That Undid Him, and All the Justice That Money Can Buy by James Patterson, John Connolly and Tim Malloy    320 pages

This true story taken from the headlines just shows what money and power can buy today.   Jeffrey Epstein, though, young women and teens came out of the woodwork with incriminating evidence to convict him and that would have convicted others with fewer connections and less money, and far more accusers than in the Bill Cosby case - but - Epstein got a slap on the wrist went briefly and I mean briefly (15 months/less with good behavior to a Camp Cupcake Detention Like Center where his privileges were such it wasn't really like being incarcerated at all.    The man has a penchant for young girls and carefully worded his hiring of teens who were all coached to say they 18 some as young as twelve, to become masseurs.   Jeffrey Epstein likes at least 3 massages a day and had young ladies living with him who would recruit young girls wanting money for clothes, school, etc.  And how tantalizing the recruiters could make it sound that the girls could make $200 or more a day just massaging him.   Of course, if they wanted to make more money, they could do more to earn it.  This is how Jeffrey Epstein became labeled a sex addict and pedophile.    There were charges of prostitution brought up too as he would pimp the young girls that were up for any activity out to other men - England's Prince Andrew being one of them although the Royal Family denied all such scandal as ridiculous and lies, even though there are tell-tale photos.   Other famous names who went on trips with Jeffrey Epstein when he had a bevy of underage girls along were Donald Trump, Alan Dershowitz, Bill Clinton and many other well known politicians and celebrities.    The story is jaw dropping that names are named, the girls tell their stories without filters, lawyers talk about the evidence,  many people who were involved or attended some or all of the parties, weekends, trips overseas, etc.    And yet, to this day Jeffrey Epstein is still soliciting young girls for "work" through his cohorts and getting away with it.    A look inside the legal system and where and how money talks and a pedophile walks.    I would recommend the book for its sheer eye-opening quality and I would recommend it to young girls so they can know what can be behind a too good to be true offer through older people who find criminal accounts interesting.   Sad that this sort of thing goes on but this is a very indepth look into what a child molester can be capable of and if he has sway with money, and those in the legal fields what can make him like teflon so nothing sticks.   A well written book on a tough topic to read.