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Survivors of precocious enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein sued the US authorities and Google connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) implicit victims' identities being mistakenly revealed successful a trove of documents published online by the Justice Department (DOJ).
The DOJ released much than 3 cardinal files successful January related to the probe into the disgraced financier, including his links to high-profile figures.
But officials were near scrambling aft names of victims -- who were expected to beryllium anonymized -- were near unredacted.
The DOJ "outed astir 100 survivors of the convicted intersexual predator, publishing their backstage accusation and identifying them to the world," the plaintiffs said.
"Even aft the authorities acknowledged the disclosure violated the rights of the survivors and withdrew the information, online entities similar Google continuously republish it, refusing victim's pleas to instrumentality it down," they added.
Google continues to show victims' idiosyncratic accusation successful hunt results and AI-generated content, the lawsuit says.
Journalists astatine the New York Times besides recovered dozens of bare photos successful the files that included people's faces.
Epstein was convicted successful 2008 of soliciting enactment from girls arsenic young arsenic 14, but died successful a New York jailhouse compartment successful 2019 earlier helium could beryllium tried connected enactment trafficking charges.
"Survivors present look renewed trauma. Strangers telephone them, email them, endanger their carnal safety, and impeach them of conspiring with Epstein erstwhile they are, successful reality, Epstein's victims," the lawsuit filing said.
Plaintiffs assertion that the authorities violated the Privacy Act of 1974, and that Google violated California laws connected penetration of privacy, negligent infliction of affectional distress, and unlaw concern practices.
