Listen to the Survivors
Guest article by Dina Doll
Last week, the Department of Justice released millions of Epstein-related investigative files, and in doing so exposed private information about survivors, including photos, names, addresses, and other identifying details that should never have been public. Lawyers representing the victims are calling this an emergency in real time, noting that thousands of redaction failures affected hundreds of survivors. Yet somehow the names of the recipients or senders of some of Epstein’s emails are almost all redacted. Are they hoping that the more private information they release illegally, the quieter the calls for the remaining files will become? Was the disclosure of private details carelessness, or deliberate intimidation? This is a question we must demand an answer to.
MeidasTouch is combing through these documents and posting horrific revelations, but it is also amplifying the voices of the victims. Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou posted a video thanking MeidasTouch for taking an interest in her story and continuing to advocate for survivors and transparency. In the video, she described the distress caused by the DOJ’s unredacted release. She explained that the files revealed deeply personal details about her and countless other survivors, including photographs and home addresses, creating immediate and lasting harm. Her attorneys filed an emergency request for judicial intervention under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Judge Berman responded immediately, scheduling a conference and inviting survivors to participate. De Georgiou emphasized that she and other survivors will continue to fight for accountability and will not stop until the DOJ takes action to protect them.
This is beyond unacceptable. In one document, a minor’s name appeared twenty times without redaction. In another, a list of 32 minor victims was almost entirely visible. Survivors are already facing harassment and threats. Lawyers warn this could be the single most egregious violation of victim privacy in one day in United States history. Every unredacted detail is a renewed assault, a direct act of re-victimization. How can a system tasked with justice allow this? Carelessness or intimidation, the result is the same: survivors are harmed while the powerful remain protected.
The government’s response has been pitifully reactive. Files are being removed one by one as errors are flagged, and officials insist the mistakes involve only a fraction of the material. But the damage is done. Survivors did not ask to have their lives exposed. They just want justice. And yet, in a single reckless release, the system unlawfully treated them as disposable. Each misstep reinforces the same urgent question: carelessness or intimidation? Either way, it is intolerable.
This is not transparency. This is systematic re-victimization. Leaving unredacted personal details visible, including for minors, is beyond comprehension. The focus shifts from the real perpetrators to the people who have already suffered, making survivors relive their trauma while the actual criminals remain untouchable. This is abuse of power, plain and simple.
We cannot, and will not, allow this to be minimized. Survivors’ lives, privacy, and safety must remain at the center of every decision, every disclosure, and every public record. The files are not just documents. They are the lived experiences of real people who have already been victimized. Every unredacted page is another violation, another threat, another trauma inflicted by a system that should protect them.
The DOJ’s recklessness is outrageous. Every survivor deserves protection, every breach of privacy must be accounted for, and every person who was harmed must see that the system defends them, not exposes them. Anything less is a betrayal. Anything less is unconscionable.
Every survivor who has already suffered must be protected. Every breach of privacy must be accounted for. Anything less is intolerable.
I’m proud to be a part of MeidasTouch and the Meidas Mighty community, who refuse to let power silence Epstein’s victims, always putting people first and demanding that the truth is never buried.
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Dina Doll is an experienced attorney and legal analyst. She hosts the MissTrial podcast on MeidasTouch and co-hosts Unprecedented on Legal AF. Dina also serves as the legal expert for Access Hollywood’s Trial Files and provides regular legal commentary for CNN, NewsNation, and other national media outlets. In addition to her media work, she is a delegate to the California Democratic Party, a community activist, and a City Library Commissioner.
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I believe that by not redacting the survivors' pics & info was done in retaliation for them demanding the release of the Epstein files & as an intimidation tactic to get them to quit.
Is it possible they disclosed this personal info by design to discourage our push for more files to be released? If so, what a cruel viscous tactic!