A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse accuses Donald Trump’s administration and Google of failing to protect their identities and exposing them to “renewed trauma” and harassment.
The Department of Justice “outed” roughly 100 survivors with the release of millions of documents connected to the late sex offender’s criminal cases, “publishing their private information and identifying them to the world,” according to the lawsuit.
“Even after the government acknowledged the disclosure violated the rights of the survivors and withdrew the information, online entities like Google continuously republish it, refusing victims’ pleas to take it down,” including in search results and AI-generated content, according to the lawsuit.
“Survivors now face renewed trauma. Strangers call them, email them, threaten their physical safety, and accuse them of conspiring with Epstein when they are, in reality, Epstein’s victims,” the complaint alleges.